Data Engineer

Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA); Swansea; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 58,000; Full time

Job summary

The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to design and implement modern cloud-based data platforms. This role involves optimizing data flows and ensuring the delivery of high-quality data products while providing support and mentorship to other team members. Offering a competitive salary between £42,848 to £57,400, this position also includes a generous pension contribution and flexible working arrangements to promote a healthy work-life balance.

Benefits

Flexible working options

28% employer pension contribution

On-site gym

On-site nursery

25 days holiday plus bank holidays

Free parking

Qualifications

• Experienced in Python and SQL languages.
• Familiar with distributed data processing and integration techniques.
• Ability to deliver reliable solutions to business problems.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement data flows for analytics and BI systems.
• Lead the development of data streaming systems.
• Maintain and operate data processing services.

Skills

Python

SQL

Data integration techniques

Distributed data processing

Testing

Tools

Git

Databricks

Apache Spark

AWS Glue

Job description

DVLA bring an exciting opportunity for a Data Engineer to help design, build and run modern cloud-based data platforms and products that enable smarter decision-making. We are looking for technically skilled data enthusiasts from any relevant background being Data Engineering, Software Development, Analysis, or Data Science who have a passion for building high-quality, maintainable data services. £42,848 - £57,400 plus excellent Civil Service benefits and over 28% pension contribution. Flexible, hybrid working from Swansea, a great place to work, live and play with a healthy work-life balance on how and where you work.

About the role

As Data Engineers at DVLA we are part of the Government Digital and Data function, a community of experts leading digital transformation of government services affecting most of the people in the UK.

Data Engineers develop and operate data platform and data products enabling the agency to deliver its services and make better, data-driven decisions.

As a Senior Data Engineer you will be responsible for developing and maintaining our data platform and data products using the latest cloud technologies, whilst ensuring we follow and maintain industry standards and best practices. As a key member of the team you will provide support to users and other Data Engineers, including leadership and mentoring. You will be influential in the delivery of high quality, accurate data products.

Would you like to find out more about the role, the digital team and what it’s like to work at DVLA? If so, DVLA are organising a familiarisation session where you can virtually 'meet the team' on Tuesday 24th June at 12pm.

Please click here to book your virtual seat - highly recommend joining

As a Senior Data Engineer you will:

• Design and leads on the implementation of data flows to connect operational systems, data for analytics and business intelligence (BI) systems
• Recognise opportunities to reuse existing data flows
• Lead the build of data streaming systems
• Optimise the code to ensure processes perform optimally
• Lead work on database management
• Operate the production data processing services you build

About you

We welcome applications from anyone with relevant technical skills. For example, you could have a background in data or software engineering, analysis or data science. We are looking for data enthusiasts with a strong technical understanding and interest in engineering reliable and maintainable data products.

You will be experienced in a range of technologies including:

• Python & SQL languages
• Distributed data processing (e.g. Databricks, Apache Spark, AWS Glue)
• Data integration techniques (e.g. API, ELT/ETL)
• Decentralised version control systems (e.g. git, mercurial)
• Testing

You will also possess programming and build skills with the ability to deliver a reliable solution to a business problem.

With the ability to also combine multiple data sources into a single dataset or model to develop solutions and to use data analysis and synthesis to understand a problem.

During the interview we will ask you to work with a small codebase, a project written in Python and SQL. As it is the same project you will have received during screening, you will have time to familiarise yourself with the code. During the interview you will be able to use Google or Bing to help you solve the problem, but you will not be able to use AI coding assistance tools. We want to test your approach to solving problems in code more than memorisation of specific features of a given language.

Benefits

In return, you can expect a planned, transparent progression with learning and development tailored to your role, an environment with flexible working options and a culture encouraging inclusion and diversity, long-term career progression plus the following benefits:

• Salary of £42,848 to £57,400 (including a non-pensionable recruitment & retention allowance) dependent on technical skills as assessed at Interview
• Best in class learning and development tailored to your role
• An environment with flexible working options where they encourage a great work-life balance
• A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity with a range of staff communities to support all of their colleagues
• Generous employer contribution of 28.97%, depending on chosen pension scheme. Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency contributes £12,413 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme.
• Digital communities with clear career frameworks
• On-site gym plus personal training available (membership applies)
• On-site nursery, restaurants and coffee bar
• 25 days holiday (plus bank holidays), increasing by 1 each year (up to 30) & 1 extra day for the King’s birthday
• Free parking
• A hybrid office/home based working model where staff will spend a minimum of 60% of their time in the office over a month, with flexibility dependent on balancing business and individual need

If you are a data-driven problem solver with a passion for building high-quality, cloud-based data products and want to see the impact of your work at scale then we’d love to hear from you. No matter technical background, if you’re ready to grow your career in a supportive, flexible and forward-thinking environment then DVLA offers this opportunity to shape services that affect lives of millions across the UK. Apply now or contact in complete confidence.

Job contact:

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02078718557