Hybrid Data Engineer - Build Scalable Data Pipelines

Essex Fire; Rivenhall End; Hybrid; GBP 48,000 - 51,000; Full time

Job summary

Essex County Fire and Rescue Service (ECFRS) is recruiting a Data Engineer to join the Performance and Analytics team. The role focuses on designing, building and maintaining scalable data pipelines and data products to underpin reporting, analytics and evidence-based decision making.

You will transform data from multiple sources into trusted, reusable assets and collaborate with analysts and stakeholders to drive improvements in data quality and governance across the service.

Qualifications

• Experience developing and maintaining data pipelines and ETL/ELT processes.
• Experience with Microsoft Fabric or equivalent data solutions.
• Experience modelling and transforming data for reporting and analytics.
• Knowledge of data quality, governance and information management best practice.
• Ability to work with stakeholders to understand requirements and deliver effective solutions.
• Level 4 qualification, apprenticeship or equivalent in data engineering, computer science, analytics or related discipline.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and maintain scalable data pipelines and data products.
• Develop and support enterprise-wide data models and semantic structures.
• Integrate data from multiple operational and corporate systems.
• Optimise ELT processes for performance and reliability.
• Support development and adoption of modern cloud-based data technologies.
• Create and maintain data warehouses, lakehouses and reusable datasets.
• Improve data quality through monitoring and data quality frameworks.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to translate requirements into technical solutions.
• Develop documentation, standards and processes for consistency.
• Support data governance, information management and regulatory compliance.

Skills

Data pipelines

ETL/ELT

Data modelling

Data quality

Governance

Stakeholder collaboration

Cloud data platforms

SQL

Education

Level 4 qualification or equivalent in data engineering

Tools

Microsoft Fabric

SQL

Cloud platforms

Job description

Essex County Fire and Rescue Service (ECFRS) is recruiting a Data Engineer to join the Performance and Analytics team. The role focuses on designing, building and maintaining scalable data pipelines and data products to underpin reporting, analytics and evidence-based decision making.

You will transform data from multiple sources into trusted, reusable assets and collaborate with analysts and stakeholders to drive improvements in data quality and governance across the service.