Data Engineer (P1259N) - #145277

Birmingham, West Midlands (England), B1 2AX : Bristol, South West England, BS1 6EH : Liverpool, North West England, L3 1BP : Salford, North West England, M3 5AX

Job Summary

Here at Homes England Digital, it’s not just about what we do, but why we do it. We want to make sure that the right number of homes are built in the places that people want to live, supporting affordable housing and home ownership, and regeneration.

This is a rare chance to shape the future Data Engineering landscape in a fast growing, national organisation with real social purpose. Working with key stakeholders and a professional Digital Services team you will ensure efficient, consistent, and effective resolution of engineering challenges and help create a first-class data platform for data practitioners across Homes England.

As a Data Engineer you will play a critical role in the development of our Azure Data Platform. You will be helping to grow our team of talented Data professionals, who are committed to making Homes England a Data-led organisation. To deliver this you will be using the latest tools and technologies such as Azure Databricks, Azure Data Factory, Azure Data Lake Storage, Azure DevOps and Terraform alongside languages such as Python, PySpark and SQL. Deploying pipelines through CI/CD practices.

You will work with digital, data and technology colleagues collaboratively, taking an innovative and creative approach to deliver key strategic projects around automated analytics and reporting. We value diversity in experience and perspective to foster good decision making and problem solving within our team.

There are exciting and ambitious projects to get involved with and this is an excellent opportunity to balance day to day delivery whilst providing an environment to learn and stay up to date with current tools and technologies.

For more information about the role, please visit: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/data-engineer

Job Description

You are resilient and comfortable managing and communicating with stakeholders across the business. Your discussions will always be shaped by a good understanding of the commercial and operational impact of what we do as an engineering team. You enjoy working in an innovative, fun and engaging way while delivering high quality solutions.

You will be able to design and deliver pipelines to copy data from various sources, transform this data based on the requirements of the analysis and business teams and present this data in an accessible and consistent way. To deliver this you will have preferably worked with cloud technologies and have a good level of coding skills (preferably Python, PySpark and SQL).

Solutions you deliver should be reusable and scalable with a focus on consistency and maintainability. You will be able to review existing processes and improve them while thinking about better cost efficiency and performance. As part of this you should have a desire to learn and explore new technologies.

As an experienced Digital professional, you’ll understand how to manage relationships with colleagues and be able to demonstrate you can work with others as part of a team in a collaborative, inclusive way.

You are resilient and comfortable managing and communicating with stakeholders across the business. Your discussions will always be shaped by a good understanding of the commercial and operational impact of what we do as an engineering team. You enjoy working in an innovative, fun and engaging way while delivering high quality solutions.

You will be able to design and deliver pipelines to copy data from various sources, transform this data based on the requirements of the analysis and business teams and present this data in an accessible and consistent way. To deliver this you will have preferably worked with cloud technologies and have a good level of coding skills (preferably Python, PySpark and SQL).

Solutions you deliver should be reusable and scalable with a focus on consistency and maintainability. You will be able to review existing processes and improve them while thinking about better cost efficiency and performance. As part of this you should have a desire to learn and explore new technologies.

As an experienced Digital professional, you’ll understand how to manage relationships with colleagues and be able to demonstrate you can work with others as part of a team in a collaborative, inclusive way.

Person specification

Experience

• Experience of delivering data solutions using cloud technologies (preferably Azure)
• Experience of coding and automating data pipelines using languages such as Python, PySpark and SQL
• Experience of working with large and complex data environments
• Evidence of adaptability with the ability to learn new technologies and methodologies
• Experience developing and maintaining effective working relationships with technical and non-specialist colleagues
• Experience of translating business problems into technical solutions
• Experience in a role that includes problem solving, analytical and logical skills
  
  

Skills

• Efficiently collecting, manipulating and validating large and complex datasets
• Designing and building data models and services
• Comfortable giving definition to ambiguous problems, can do this independently with limited guidance
• Solid understanding of software design principles and Agile best practice
• Verbal/written communication & data presentation skills, including experience of effectively communicating with both business and technical teams
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to collect, organise, analyse, and disseminate significant amounts of information with attention to detail and accuracy
  
  

Benefits

Homes England is an executive non-departmental public body with its own terms and conditions, benefits and pension scheme. We are a government agency working in partnership with the private sector and want to employ and retain great people. In return we offer a range of excellent benefits, some of the key benefits include:

Holiday - Homes England offers all staff 33 days annual leave per year in addition to 8 statutory bank holidays.

Working Flexibly - At Homes England we have a strong culture of flexible working and encourage all employees to have a healthy work/life balance. We offer a wide range of potential working patterns, including part time, job share and compressed hours.

Health and Wellbeing - We offer health screening with Nuffield Proactive Health Clinics, a free Employee Assistance Programme which offers confidential support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week as well as access to Occupational Health.

Professional Development - At Homes England we are committed to your continued professional and personal development with learning as one of our core values. We pay for one job-related professional membership subscription per year for our employees.

We also offer an excellent range of family friendly benefits, for example, maternity, paternity, shared parental leave.

Selection process details

How to apply?

To apply please follow the links to our careers page.

Security

Successful candidates must pass a disclosure and barring security check.

Selection process details

For more information on the role, please see the attached Job Description.

Successful applicants will be advised of the outcome of their application and interviews held as soon as practical after the closing date. Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment. We would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your interest in this role and Homes England.

Please note – Homes England has a responsibility to ensure compliance with HMG Baseline Personnel Security Standard to address the potential problems of identity fraud, illegal working and deception generally. To ensure compliance we will carry out a pre-employment Personal Identity and Vetting Report through Experian to meet the standard and you will therefore be asked to provide certain information in order that the verification check can be carried out if you are successful in your application.

Homes England are an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates. We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer that values and respects the people who work for us. Our aim is to be an employer of choice, enabling everyone to reach their full potential.

Homes England Is Committed To Protecting The Privacy And Security Of Your Personal Data. For Further Information Please Refer To Our Privacy Notice Which Can Be Viewed Here

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/homes-england/about/personal-information-charter

Nationality requirements

Open to UK, Commonwealth and European Economic Area (EEA) and certain non EEA nationals. Further information on whether you are able to apply is available here.

Working for the Civil Service

Please note this Post is NOT regulated by the Civil Service Commission.

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. There is a guaranteed disability confident interview scheme for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

Further information

Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.

Contact point for applicants

Name: Recruitment Team

Email: [email protected]

Experience in the provision of post contract management activities in a similar role in either the public or private sector (E)

Familiarity with delivery or operational management activities in a similar environment (E)

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.

People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.

People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

This Job Is Broadly Open To The Following Groups

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service
  
  

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

Working for the Civil Service

Please note this Post is NOT regulated by the Civil Service Commission.

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

Please note this Post is NOT regulated by the Civil Service Commission.

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

Diversity and Inclusion

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).

The Civil Service welcomes applications from people who have recently left prison or have an unspent conviction. Read more about prison leaver recruitment (opens in new window).

Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.

Contact point for applicants

Job Contact

• Name : [email protected]
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Recruitment team

• Email : [email protected]