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

Government Recruitment Service; West of England; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A government agency in the UK is seeking a data engineer to build and optimise ETL and streaming pipelines for large datasets. The role involves ensuring data quality, security, and compliance while collaborating with analysts and product teams. Ideal candidates will have extensive experience in data engineering, including the automation of deployment processes. This position offers the chance to work on impactful data solutions within government operations.

Qualifications

• Experience in designing scalable data pipelines.
• Familiarity with cloud storage solutions.
• Understanding of data quality standards.

Responsibilities

• Design and operate ETL and streaming pipelines.
• Enforce data modelling and quality standards.
• Automate deployment and monitoring processes.

Skills

ETL design and implementation

Data quality assurance

Automation tools (CI/CD)

Cloud platform experience

Data security compliance

Tools

APIs

Database management systems

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.