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

Government Recruitment Service; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A government agency in Nottingham is seeking a skilled data engineer to design, build, and operate ETL and streaming pipelines for large datasets. You will ensure data quality, compliance with government standards, and drive automation for evidence-based policies. The role involves mentoring junior engineers and collaborating with analysts and product teams to deliver reusable data products. This position requires expertise in cloud optimization and data modeling within a dynamic government environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in designing and building ETL and streaming pipelines.
• Familiarity with data modelling, lineage, and quality standards.
• Ability to optimise data storage and processing performance.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and operate ETL and streaming pipelines.
• Implement data modelling and quality standards.
• Collaborate with analysts and product teams to deliver data products.

Skills

ETL and streaming pipeline design

Data modelling

Data quality assurance

Cloud platform optimisation

API integration

CI/CD deployment automation

Collaboration with analysts

Tools

CI/CD tools

Observability tools

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.