Data Engineer

We have a fantastic opportunity for a Data Engineer join our team based nationally with flexible working. The salary on offer is from £60,000 with eligibility for our annual 10% bonus. This will be a 12-month FTC.

About the role:

The Data Engineer role is responsible for developing and maintaining BI applications and solutions which deliver a single and trusted source for data and reporting to the business. It will support the Lead BI SQL Developer in developing the Enterprise Data Hub (EDH), including the Enterprise Data Warehouse and Data Lake. The role provides technical expertise in developing and maintaining the data migration between source systems and the Data Warehouse, in developing fit for purpose data marts, and in developing automated reporting solutions to support rapid BI and BI automation.

What you will bring to the role:

• Design, develop, test, and roll-out effective Azure data repositories, such as databases, data lakes, data marts, blob storage, and analytics models to support the Reporting Specialists to deliver automated MI reporting, BI dashboards, a self-service BI architecture, and ad-hoc data discovery analysis
• Leverage the relevant data management components such as Reference and Master Data Management, Data Governance, Data Quality, and Metadata to maintain the integrity of the data warehouse and deliver best in class BI capability
• Design, develop, test, and maintain data extraction, transformation, and loading routines (ETLs) to bring relevant data from source systems to the BI Data Warehouse in line with BI and reporting requirements as defined by the Performance
• Maintain the operational reporting layers across the group from a BI technical point of view, ensuring reports are meeting business requirements and support real or near real-time delivery of operational data to operational teams
• Support the delivery of the more complex reporting requirements in line with the business requirements as specified by the Business Relationship Managers
• Develop and implement error and exception management processes, ensuring causes of poor data quality are identified and escalated to the Data Quality Analysts and Data Architect
• Support data archiving, purging, and GDPR compliance processes by developing the required ETLs
• Ensure work is fully documented and referenced in line with agreed processes and formats

What we can offer you:

We understand how important life is outside of work so, as well as a competitive salary we will also offer:

• 27 days annual leave + 8 days bank holiday with the option to buy additional weeks leave.
• A Smarter Working Policy, empowering you to choose the location of how and where you work according to your daily activities.
• Training and development opportunities, providing opportunities for our colleagues to develop and progress their careers at all levels through our Professional Excellence Framework.
• Company-wide Colleague Referral Scheme
• SMART Pension contribution into which the company will contribute up to 6%

• A range of flexible benefits including NHS retail discounts and Cycle to Work Scheme.
• We have a great Colleague Assistance Programme and offer support for all areas of life.

An organisation with a passion…

We are an organisation with a passion for giving back. Putting money back into the NHS, raising £150,000 over 3 years for our charity partner Young Lives vs Cancer, supporting colleagues to volunteer within their local communities, and being committed to creating a sustainable working environment on our pledge to become net zero carbon by 2050. We understand that it's important to feel like the work you do is having a meaningful impact on society, and through our approach to being a responsible business, we make sure that every colleague is given the opportunity to make a difference.

We celebrate diversity, and we are working hard to create an inclusive environment where people love to work and can fulfil their potential.

For full details of the role, please see the attached role profile.
We would encourage all applicants to apply as soon as possible as we may close vacancies early should we receive a high number of applications.

Contact our Talent team at to find out more.

Desired Skills and Experience

* Translates complex data or information into simple concepts (i.e. conceptual integration skills).
* Actively seeks out and considers input from appropriate sources before making decisions.
* Determines the right activities to work on from a range of competing priorities.
* Communicates decisions confidently and resolutely.
* Follows a systematic process for applying data or information to make decisions.
* Monitors execution of decisions to ensure consistency with original intention.
* Recognises causes and consequences of actions and events that are not readily apparent.
* Identifies and evaluates alternative causes or ways of interpreting complex information.
* Selects appropriately from a set of analytical tools and techniques for the situation.
* Prepares actionable decision support materials for team and management.
* Analyses the potential impact of goals and plans on current processes.
* Employs sound facilitation techniques to support idea generation and analysis.
* Demonstrates active listening skills by acknowledging audience's comments and questions.
* Reinforces important messages by responding, clarifying, reinforcing and summarising conversations.
* Consistently encourages others to ask critical questions and share their ideas and concerns.
* Conducts discussions that are sincere and fully expressed.
* Adapts communication messages, methods and influence strategies to the person or audience.
* Supports written ideas with graphics, tables, models and matrices, where appropriate to improve impact.
* Reviews others' communications for substance, editorial quality and visual quality.