Senior Data Analytics Engineer (Public Health)

London Borough of Camden; City Of London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A local government organization in London is looking for a Senior Analytics Engineer to enhance public health initiatives through innovative data analysis and engineering. The role involves designing scalable data pipelines, collaborating with stakeholders, and utilizing tools like SQL and Denodo. Ideal candidates will have strong experience in data science and a commitment to improving community health. This position encourages applications from diverse backgrounds.

Qualifications

• 3+ years' professional experience in data analysis, science, or engineering.
• Strong skills in SQL, data modelling, and tools like Denodo.
• Experience with R or Python and supporting reproducible analytical pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Design scalable, secure, reproducible pipelines that bring together diverse datasets.
• Align Camden's health data with corporate models and virtualization platforms.
• Build dimensional models and intuitive tools that unlock insights.

Skills

SQL

Data modelling

R

Python

Data governance

Education

Relevant qualification or 3+ years' experience in data analysis

Tools

Denodo

Job description

Join Camden's Public Health Intelligence team and help transform how we use data to improve lives. We're on the lookout for a Senior Analytics Engineer who's passionate about public health, data innovation, and driving real-world change. This is a unique opportunity to work at the intersection of public health, data engineering, and analytics, enabling evidence-based decisions that improve population health and reduce inequalities. You'll contribute to ambitious initiatives such as Raise Camden, where we're building linked, longitudinal records to better understand child wellbeing, and our Estates Mission, which uses integrated data to improve services for those with the greatest need. Your work will directly influence how Camden supports its communities.

Responsibilities

• Design scalable, secure, reproducible pipelines that bring together diverse datasets, from clinical records to housing and education.
• Align Camden's health data with corporate models and virtualization platforms like Denodo, ensuring consistency and interoperability.
• Build dimensional models and intuitive tools that unlock insights for analysts, policymakers, and frontline teams.
• Develop trusted relationships with stakeholders to lead complex data projects, overcoming governance barriers that may limit sharing of personal data.
• Design innovative approaches to link and analyse datasets with limited interoperability.
• Guide analysts in software development best practices using R, Python, SQL, and Git.

We want Camden Council to be a great place to work and to ensure that our communities are represented across our workforce. A vital part of this is ensuring we are a truly inclusive organisation that encourages diversity in all respects, including diversity of thinking. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and those of Other Ethnicities, LGBT+, disabled and neurodiverse communities to make a real difference to our residents so that equalities and justice remains at the heart of everything we do.

Qualifications

• A relevant qualification or 3+ years' professional experience in data analysis, science, or engineering.
• Strong skills in SQL, data modelling, and tools like Denodo or similar virtualization technologies.
• Experience with R or Python and supporting reproducible analytical pipelines.
• Knowledge of public health, NHS data, clinical coding (ICD-10, SNOMED-CT), and public sector data governance.
• Experience translate complex data needs into clear deliverables whilst negotiating competing stakeholder priorities.
• A proactive and collaborative mindset to improving the use of data and information.

Camden is changing on the inside to make life better for everyone. Our residents and communities are at the heart of everything we do. We're home to the most important conversations happening today and we're making radical social change a reality, so that nobody gets left behind. Here's where you can help decide a better future for us all.

To discover more about Camden and our commitment towards diversity, equality and safeguarding, please visit https://www.camdenjobs.co.uk/inclusion-and-diversity