Senior Data Engineer, N and I Business Operations

Government Recruitment Service; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Government Recruitment Service in Sheffield is seeking a Senior Data Engineer within N and I Business Operations. You will design and lead data flows between systems and analytics platforms, while guiding junior staff and promoting agile practices.

You will also contribute to cloud financial management, cost allocation, budgeting and reporting to help the organisation optimise AWS/Azure expenditure and data-driven decision making.

Qualifications

• Senior Data Engineer with experience designing data flows for analytics and BI.
• Understanding of FinOps, budgeting and cost management in cloud environments.
• Ability to mentor teammates and apply agile working practices.

Responsibilities

• Design and lead complex data flows connecting operational systems with analytics and BI.
• Mentor junior team members and promote collaboration in an agile environment.
• Support cloud financial management including cost allocation and forecasting.
• Work with Data Science and Product Owners to align data services with business needs.

Skills

Data engineering

Cloud platforms

Finance awareness

Tools

AWS

Azure

Job description

Senior Data Engineer, N and I Business Operations

Company: Government Recruitment Service

Salary: £49,850 to £49,850 a year

Hours: Full-time

Location: Sheffield

Job type: Permanent

Posting date: 19 Oct 2026

Closing date: 2 Nov 2026

Summary

Home Office Digital designs, builds and develops services for the rest of the department and for government. Every year our systems support up to 3 million visa applications, checks on 100 million border crossings, up to 8 million passport applications and deliver 140 million police checks on people, vehicles and property.

Senior Data Engineers design and implement complex data flows to connect operational systems with analytics and BI systems. You’ll build and manage data flows, collaborating with the Data Science community and Product Owners to identify strategies and services to best support business needs. You’ll help set the direction for service technology and data architecture, while mentoring junior team members, promoting collaboration and encouraging an agile approach to work.

You’ll get to work with some of the largest and most varied datasets around, and benefit from a wealth of continuous professional development resources and career opportunities. You’ll play a key role in delivering joined-up, intelligent services that unlock the value from data and deliver better outcomes for the UK.

Where business needs allow, some roles may be suitable for a combination of office and home-based working. Where this is the case, employees will be expected to spend a minimum of 60% of their working time in the office. Applicants can raise any queries to the email address at the bottom of the advert.

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This role sits in the Central FinOps team and is primarily focused on cloud financial management. We are looking for an experienced finance professional who wants to apply their knowledge in a digital and data-enabled environment. Strong finance experience is the primary requirement. Previous data engineering, cloud or programming experience is not essential, as the relevant technical skills can be developed in the role.

You will support the financial management and control of significant AWS and Azure expenditure. This includes cost allocation, budgeting and forecasting, invoicing, reconciliation, recharge and chargeback. You will investigate financial discrepancies and work with finance, commercial, supplier, cloud platform and business teams to ensure expenditure is accurate, traceable and attributed to the correct portfolios, programmes and services.

Using financial and cloud consumption data, you will help improve management information, reporting, dashboards and automated financial processes. Your work will strengthen financial governance, transparency and accountability while helping stakeholders understand their cloud consumption and associated costs.

This is an opportunity to move from a finance-focused career into FinOps, cloud financial management, data analytics and automation, while continuing to apply established experience of financial operations, accounting processes, governance and controls.

Senior Data Engineers design and lead the implementation of complex data flows to connect operational systems, data for analytics and BI systems.

As a Senior Data Engineer, you will identify, build, modify and manage data flows between complex systems using the appropriate solution.

You will be working with the Data Science community, who set the scope of data engineering work through user research and data pipelines. Through sharing work with Product Owners, you will identify strategies for how the service is best able to support business needs.

You will work with fellow members of the Data Engineering community to set the direction of the service technology and data architecture. You will also mentor more junior members of the team - promoting challenge, collaborating and encouraging an agile approach to working.

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