Data Engineer

Department for Work and Pensions (DWP); United States; Híbrido; USD 60.000 - 101.000; Jornada completa

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Flexible hours

Volunteer time off

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Discounts

Season-ticket loan

Sports & social

Career development

Descripción de la vacante

Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to lead the design and delivery of modern cloud-based data solutions. You will design and optimize ETL/ELT pipelines, work with stakeholders to convert complex requirements into trusted data assets, and drive best practices across the data platform team.

You will guide technically, collaborate across DWP Digital’s areas, and help shape architecture while delivering value with Agile methods.

Formación

• Proven experience designing and delivering complex ETL/ELT pipelines.
• Communicate complex technical concepts clearly to technical and non-technical audiences, including senior stakeholders.
• Strong understanding of cloud and distributed data processing for scalable, maintainable solutions.
• Proven ability to analyse complex requirements and define testing approaches.
• Experience migrating data from legacy/on-premise systems to cloud platforms.

Responsabilidades

• Lead the design and delivery of cloud-based data solutions.
• Design, build and enhance scalable ETL/ELT pipelines using Python and PySpark.
• Transform data into trusted datasets to enable insights and decision-making.
• Lead teams through large-scale data and platform transformations.
• Champion Agile delivery, data governance and operational excellence.

Conocimientos

ETL/ELT pipelines

Stakeholder communication

Cloud data processing

Requirements analysis

Issue resolution

Data migration

PySpark

Herramientas

Azure

Spark SQL

Descripción del empleo

You'll lead the design and delivery of modern cloud-based data solutions, ensuring high-quality, trusted data is available to drive better decision-making across the organisation while supporting engineering standards and developing others within the team. We have opportunities across three areas of DWP Digital: Skills England - delivering data-driven insights and digital services to support skills development, workforce planning and technical education (London, Coventry, Darlington, Sheffield and Leeds). Data & Analytics - within the Architecture and Engineering Technical Oversight Team, providing technical assurance and governance across data platforms, products and services (Blackpool, Manchester, Leeds and Newcastle). Technology Services - delivering the secure cloud, connectivity, network and security foundations that underpin DWP's digital services (Manchester, Blackpool, Newcastle, Leeds and Birmingham)., As a Data Engineer, you will design build and enhance scalable ETL/ELT pipelines using Python and PySpark, ensuring data solutions are reliable, efficient and aligned with engineering best practice. You'll work closely with stakeholders to understand complex business requirements, transforming data into trusted, high-quality datasets that enable valuable insights, reporting and decision-making. You will manage and optimise data across multiple platforms, ensuring it is secure, accessible and fit for purpose, while supporting effective database management and data extraction solutions. Leading teams through large-scale data and platform transformation, you'll help shape technical direction, embed engineering best practice and develop capability across the wider team. Using your cloud data engineering expertise, you'll develop complex data pipelines, drive automation, improve platform performance and champion Agile delivery, data governance and operational excellence to deliver resilient, high-quality data services. Are you an experienced Senior Data Engineer with strong skills in Azure and data pipelines and experience leading technical teams?

• Proven experience designing and delivering complex ETL/ELT pipelines, managing priorities and driving quality outcomes.
• Ability to communicate complex technical concepts clearly to technical and non-technical audiences, including senior stakeholders.
• Strong understanding of cloud and distributed data processing, designing scalable, resilient and maintainable data solutions.
• Proven ability to analyse complex requirements, produce clear specifications and define effective testing approaches.
• Experience leading the resolution of complex data, platform and pipeline issues across strategic, tactical and operational levels.
• Strong knowledge of migrating and transforming data from legacy and on-premise systems to cloud platforms.
• Expertise in automating ETL/ELT pipelines using PySpark and Spark SQL across Azure-based data environments.

Pay of up to £75,664, 28.97% employer pension contributions, hybrid working, flexible hours, and great work life balance.

Pay: We offer competitive pay of up to £75,664. You'll get a salary of up to £68,205, and a Digital Allowance of up to £7,459 is available for exceptional candidates - both elements of the offer are subject to our assessment of your capability at interview.

Pension: You'll get a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions worth 28.97%, worth up to £16,786 per year.

Holidays: A generous leave package starting at 26 days rising to 31 days over time. You can also take up to 3 extra days off a month on flexi-time. You'll also get all the usual public holidays.

Benefits

• Flexible working including flexible hours and flex-friendly policies
• Time off volunteering and charitable giving
• Bring your authentic self to work with 'I Can Be Me in DWP'
• Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and more
• Interest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket, so it's even easier for you to get to work and start making a difference
• Sports and social activities
• Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities.