Senior Data Engineer

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Job Overview

Are you an experienced Data Engineer looking for an opportunity to make a real difference? Do you thrive on designing scalable data solutions, leading technical teams and working with cutting-edge cloud technologies?

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is seeking an exceptional

Senior Data Engineer to join our Business Intelligence team and play a leading role in our ambitious digital transformation journey.

This is an exciting opportunity to help modernise healthcare data platforms, delivering innovative cloud-based solutions that directly support clinical services, operational performance and strategic decision-making across one of Wales' largest Health Boards.

Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

Main duties of the job

As a Senior Data Engineer, you will provide technical leadership across our enterprise data platform, designing and delivering robust, scalable and secure data engineering solutions across both cloud and on-premise environments.

You Will Have

• Significant experience designing and building automated, scalable data pipelines.
• Advanced Python and SQL development skills.
• Hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform technologies, including BigQuery, Airflow/Cloud Composer, Cloud Run, Dataform and Dataplex.
• Experience delivering complex technical projects in fast-paced environments.
• A passion for mentoring others and developing high-performing engineering teams.
• The ability to communicate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.

Working for our organisation

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is a multi-award-winning NHS organisation with a passion for caring. The Health Board provides an exceptional workplace where you can feel trusted and valued. Whatever your specialty or stage in your career, we have opportunities for everyone to start, grow and build your career. The health board provides integrated acute, primary and community care serving a population of 650,000 and employing over 16,000 staff.

We offer a fantastic benefits package and extensive training and development opportunities with paid mandatory training, excellent in-house programmes, opportunities to complete recognised qualifications and professional career pathways including a range of management development programmes. We offer flexible working and promote a healthy work life balance, provide occupational health support and an ambitious plan for a Wellbeing Centre of Excellence to support you at work.

Our Clinical Futures strategy continues to enhance and promote care closer to home as well as high quality hospital care when needed. Join us on our journey to pioneer new ways of working and deliver a world-class healthcare service fit for the future.

Experience

Essential criteria

• Extensive experience in the design, build, test, modify and maintain data pipelines and data stores creating complex or large-scale data products.

Desirable criteria

• Experience in the design, build, test, modify and maintain data pipelines and data stores creating complex or large-scale data products within a healthcare setting..

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Extensive experience in a broad range of data engineering exercises including data models such as Kimball's Dimensional Data Modelling.

Desirable criteria

• Experience in a broad range of data engineering exercises including data models such as Kimball's Dimensional Data Modelling within a healthcare setting.

Skills

Essential criteria

• Extensive experience in using key programming languages including T-SQL and Python.

Desirable criteria

• Experienced in key programming languages including BigQuery SQL.

Abilities

Essential criteria

• Extensive experience in developing complex data engineering processes using a range of technical tools.

Desirable criteria

• Experience in developing complex data engineering processes using a range of technical tools within a healthcare setting.