Senior Data Engineer (£44,241 - £58,997)

Government Recruitment Service; Newcastle upon Tyne; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A public sector organization in Newcastle upon Tyne seeks a data engineer to build, maintain, and optimize scalable data pipelines. You will design and operate ETL and streaming solutions, ensuring data quality and compliance with government standards. Collaborating with various teams, you'll implement automation while mentoring junior engineers. Ideal candidates have strong skills in data pipeline technologies and a focus on security. Competitive salary and opportunities for professional growth are offered.

Qualifications

• Experience designing and operating ETL and streaming pipelines for large datasets.
• Knowledge of data quality standards and compliance measures.
• Ability to use CI/CD tools for automation and monitoring.

Responsibilities

• Design and build ETL and streaming pipelines.
• Implement data modelling and quality standards.
• Optimise performance on cloud and on-prem platforms.
• Integrate data via APIs and real-time methods.
• Mentor junior engineers on best practices.

Skills

ETL pipeline design and operation

Data security and compliance

Cloud platforms optimization

CI/CD tools

API integration

Job description

Build, maintain and optimise scalable, secure data pipelines and platforms that enable analytics, reporting and operational data products across government. Work with data architects, analysts and stakeholders to translate requirements into robust ETL/streaming solutions, ensure data quality and compliance with standards, and drive automation and reuse to support evidence‑based policy and service delivery.

Your responsibilities will include, but aren’t limited to:

• Design, build and operate ETL and streaming pipelines for large, varied datasets.
• Implement and enforce data modelling, lineage and quality standards.
• Optimise storage, processing and query performance on cloud/on‑prem platforms.
• Integrate data sources via APIs, batch and real‑time ingestion methods.
• Automate deployment, testing and monitoring using CI/CD and observability tools.
• Collaborate with analysts, data scientists and product teams to deliver reusable data products.
• Ensure data security, access controls and compliance with government data standards.
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to engineering best practices and documentation.

For further information on the role, please read the attached role profile. Please note that the role profile is for information purposes only - whilst all elements are relevant to the role, they may not all be assessed during the recruitment process. This job advert will detail exactly what will be assessed during the recruitment process.