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

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

Job summary

A government agency in the United Kingdom is looking for a skilled data engineer to design and build scalable ETL and streaming pipelines. The role involves ensuring data quality, compliance with standards, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to create reusable data products. Candidates should have experience in optimizing data processing and integrating various data sources. This position is ideal for someone with strong technical abilities and a passion for data-driven decision-making.

Qualifications

• Experience in designing and building ETL and streaming pipelines.
• Strong understanding of data quality and compliance standards.
• Proficient in automation tools for deployment and monitoring.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and operate ETL and streaming pipelines for large datasets.
• Implement data modelling and quality standards.
• Optimise performance on cloud and on-prem platforms.
• Integrate multiple data sources through various methods.
• Automate testing and monitoring processes.
• Collaborate with various teams to deliver data products.
• Ensure compliance with government data standards.
• Mentor junior engineers.

Skills

ETL development

Data modelling

Cloud computing

API integration

CI/CD

Data security compliance

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.