Data Engineer

Warwickshire County Council; Warwick; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 56,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous pension

Annual leave

Christmas day off + bank holidays

Vivup discounts

Job summary

Warwickshire County Council is seeking a Data Engineer to shape how data supports services, communities and decision‑making for a changing local government. You will maintain pipelines, databases and integrations while modernising data handling for future needs.

The role offers flexibility in where you work and encourages collaboration across a multidisciplinary team, including data engineering, property information and GIS. Experience with scripting, ETL, and GIS platforms will help you excel.

Qualifications

• Experience with SQL, Python or ETL tools to transform data.
• Ability to design and build M and DAX queries in Power BI.
• Experience managing complex datasets in PostgreSQL/PostGIS or cloud data lakes.
• Strong organisational skills and ability to prioritise work.
• Experience with GIS systems (ArcGIS, ArcGIS Online, or QGIS).
• Experience with Git or other version control systems.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and improve data pipelines, databases and integrations.
• Develop dashboards and web maps to help users understand data.
• Collaborate across data engineering, GIS and analytics teams.

Skills

SQL

Python

ETL

Data modelling

Power BI queries

Git

Tools

Power BI

PostgreSQL

PostGIS

Cloud storage

Git

Job description

About the Team

Warwickshire County Council is looking for a Data Engineer to help shape how data supports services, communities and decision‑making at a time of major change for local government. As Warwickshire prepares for the creation of two new unitary authorities in April 2028, reliable, well-designed data pipelines, integrations and analytical platforms will be essential. This role sits at the heart of that work: maintaining the systems services rely on today while helping us modernise how we manage, join, share and use data for the future.

At the same time, the role of a data engineer is evolving. Alongside maintaining and improving the data pipelines, databases and integrations on which our services rely, we are beginning to explore new ways of working. These include preparing for a future migration to Microsoft Fabric, making greater use of cloud‑based data services, strengthening our use of Git, source control and modern development practices, and exploring how AI‑assisted development can help us work more effectively.

You will join a friendly and experienced multidisciplinary team working across data engineering, property information and GIS. Our work ranges from supporting operational and statutory services to developing innovative projects such as new web maps and dashboards to help people find, understand and use information about Warwickshire.

About the Role

You may already be working in data engineering, but you could also be a recent graduate, an apprentice completing your training, or someone looking to move into data engineering from software development, analytics, GIS or another technical field.

We do not expect you to have experience of every technology we use. If you have practical experience of using a scripting or programming language, building or orchestrating data pipelines, or cleaning and transforming complex data, we encourage you to apply. Your experience may have been gained through employment, education, a placement, an apprenticeship or substantial project work. What matters most is that you can demonstrate sound technical foundations, an aptitude for solving data problems, a willingness to learn and the potential to develop quickly. In your application, please give us an example of a data or automation problem you have tackled, explain the approach and tools you used, and describe your own contribution. You will have flexibility in how and where you work, and the support of a friendly multidisciplinary team working across data engineering, property information and GIS.

Key Requirements

• The ability to extract, transform and query data using SQL, Python or other ETL (Extract, Transform and Load) tools
• The technical capacity to design and build M and DAX queries within Microsoft Power BI
• Experience of managing complex datasets within a recognised database environment (preferably PostgreSQL/PostGIS) and/or a cloud storage facility (such as a Lakehouse, Delta Lake or Data Lake solution)
• Excellent organisational skills and the ability to manage competing priorities
• Experience of using GIS systems, such as ArcGIS, ArcGIS Online, or QGIS
• Experience of using Git or another version‑control system

Working for Warwickshire –This is the difference you make

Warwickshire County Council is a place where everyone feelsvalued, included, safe, supported,andwelcome. Our people are at the heart of this vision, could you be one of them!

At Warwickshire County Council we are committed to ensuring Warwickshire’s economy is vibrant and supported by the right jobs, training,skillsand infrastructure.Our people vision for Warwickshire County Council isa great placeto work where diverse and talented people are enabled to be their best.

Your future matters to us, we provide a generous pension scheme which includes an employer contribution rate of typically around 19percent per month, to help support your financial security during retirement.The scheme also offers a valuable package of benefits for members and their dependants. To find out more please visit: Warwickshire Pension Fund homepage – Warwickshire Pension Fund

The benefits we offer include agile working, a valuable part of the pay and reward package for employees working in local government, generous annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays and anadditionalday at Christmas, and access to Vivup benefits and discounts platform.

To discuss the role please contact Paul Larcombe, Data Engineering & GIS Manager at [e-mail]

Closing date:22nd September 2026
Interview date:28Th September 2026

Should you require application forms in an alternative format / language or any adjustments to be made throughout the application process or upon appointment, please contact [e-mail] and we will make every effort to meet your specific requirements.

Warwickshire County Council is committed to equality of opportunity for all employees and is keen to address areas of under representation in its workforce.See more