Data Engineer

Blackpool, Leeds, Newcastle or Sheffield

Digital with Purpose.

DWP is the UK's largest department, every year we pay over £195 billion to over 20 million citizens.

We have two exciting opportunities to join our community of experts at DWP Digital as a Senior Data Engineer.

DWP services cover everything from helping children & families right through to supporting relatives of lost loved ones.

We help people find jobs, and support people financially when they are unable to work due to health conditions and make ensure everybody has the money they need to live during their retirement years.

The scale of what we do is outstanding, and our purpose is unique. We'd love you to join us.

Your role:

We have two roles available.

One role will be based within our Policy & Analysis team. This team brings data in from several sources and systems and makes it available so that our analytical community to make informed choices. The team warehouses and makes data efficient using Informatica and SAS.

The other role will be based within our Centric team. This team builds data solutions for DWP and external organisations. The team matches, merges, and exploits data to give people a solution to their business problem.

Working with a mix of legacy on-premises and modern cloud engineering technologies, you’ll support the development of data solutions or warehousing.

These roles will be fast-paced and offer you the opportunity to work with incredibly large datasets – often millions of rows of data. You’ll use efficient code to make it productionised and document how it works.

There’ll be lots of interaction with customers and stakeholders and other digital practitioners.

Both these roles lean into data engineering technical leadership – you’ll guide other data engineers in terms of direction setting and developing their technical capability.

Your time will roughly be split 70% hands-on data engineering and 30% leadership, strategy, and management.

Essential criteria:

• A deep understanding of data engineering using SQL or Python
• Experience advising on technology and standards, setting direction, building, and maintaining networks and collaborating across teams with a diverse range of stakeholders
• Experience designing, coding, and testing efficient data solutions of medium to high complexity within an enterprise-governed process
• Experience building team capability through role modelling, mentoring, and coaching
• You can maintain and update your own learning and skills development

Details. Wages. Perks.

You'll join us based at one of our brilliant digital hubs in either Blackpool, Leeds or Newcastle

We also have all the tools and tech we need to enable our people to work flexibly. We operate a hybrid working model with a mix of home working and some time in the office.

In return for your skills, we offer a competitive salary of up to £63,517. There is also a Digital Allowance of up to £15,000 per annum available for exceptional candidates.

You'll be eligible for a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions worth 28.97% (worth up to £18,922 a year).

You'll get a generous leave package starting at 26 days, plus all the usual bank holidays, and the option to take extra days off on flexi leave.

We also have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes:

• Flexible working, flexi hours and flexi days
• Hybrid working: some time in a hub with the team, some time at home
• Family-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
• Sports and social activities
• Working in an award-winning environment and culture
• Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities

Click 'Apply' for more information and to start an application on Civil Service Jobs.

Please note, this role requires you to pass Security Check clearance.