Senior Data Platform & Cloud Engineer

Transformation Unit; Sheffield; Hybrid; GBP 49,000 - 57,000; Full time

Job summary

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a senior data engineering professional to provide specialist expertise in data engineering, cloud technologies, data integration and business intelligence to support analytics across the Cancer Alliance.

You will translate business requirements into technical specifications and develop secure, scalable data solutions that enable reporting, analysis and informed decision-making across multiple sources and partner organisations.

Qualifications

• Degree (or equivalent) in a technical, digital, data engineering or computing discipline.
• Strong understanding of modern cloud based data platforms and how data engineering and platform design support large scale analytics and intelligence delivery.
• Significant equivalent experience in NHS or public sector digital or data platform roles.
• Postgraduate qualification in computer science, data engineering, cloud computing or related field.
• Relevant professional certifications (e.g. cloud, data platform, infrastructure or security).

Responsibilities

• Apply specialist knowledge of data engineering, cloud technologies, data integration and business intelligence platforms to support the delivery of technical solutions that meet operational, analytical and reporting requirements.
• Translate business and information requirements into technical specifications and support the development of solutions that ensure cancer data from multiple sources is integrated, managed and made available for reporting, analysis and decision-making purposes.
• The role requires specialist knowledge of data engineering, cloud platforms, data modelling, data integration, digital infrastructure and NHS information standards, acquired through degree-level study, equivalent specialist training and significant practical experience.
• The post holder will work collaboratively with colleagues across the Cancer Alliance, South Yorkshire ICB, NHS provider organisations and partner agencies to support the ongoing development of modern data and analytics capabilities and contribute to service improvement initiatives.
• The post holder will exercise professional judgement in resolving complex technical issues, adapting established approaches where appropriate and working within agreed policies, procedures and technical standards.

Skills

T-SQL

Spark SQL

Fabric pipelines

Fabric notebooks

Data flows

Data modelling

Cloud architecture

Data governance

Power BI integration

Python

Azure

NHS data standards

Education

Degree in data engineering or computing

Postgraduate qualification in CS/Data/Cloud

Professional certifications in cloud/data

Tools

Microsoft Fabric

Power BI

Azure

Job description

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a senior data engineering professional to provide specialist expertise in data engineering, cloud technologies, data integration and business intelligence to support analytics across the Cancer Alliance.

You will translate business requirements into technical specifications and develop secure, scalable data solutions that enable reporting, analysis and informed decision-making across multiple sources and partner organisations.