Lead Data Engineer (1 role available), Data Directorate, Ministry of Justice (Ref: 90177)

Job summary

This position is based nationally.

Job description

Lead Data Engineer (Grade 7),�Data Directorate, Ministry of Justice

Hello!

Welcome to the Data & Analysis directorate at the Ministry of Justice and thank you for taking an interest in this role. We�re looking for 1�Lead Data Engineer to join our growing team. The successful candidate will join the Data Modelling and Engineering Team (DMET), although we also work closely with the Data Platform team. A summary of the type of work the teams are involved in can be found in our�. We're also hosting a webinar on Monday 2nd September 2024 from 18:00 to 19:00 for anyone interested in learning more about the team and the roles we�re currently recruiting. You can�.�

This is a great opportunity to work with leading cloud technology and help change the way data is used in the public sector. Data engineers at MoJ play a critical role in our mission to put data at the heart of decision-making.�We're looking for people with the drive to develop a deep understanding of data needs and data availability across specific areas of the Ministry of Justice. You will work in a team of Data Engineers, alongside Analytics Engineers, to bridge the gap between data producers and data users, developing analytical pipelines and self-service tools to acquire and transform data, making it available on our�.

As a Lead Data Engineer your work might involve:

leading a team of Data Engineers to build robust and scalable automated data flows to connect operational systems, data for analytics and business intelligence (BI) systems creating and promoting best practices within the team and wider� applying knowledge of systems integration to your work championing data engineering across the department and wider collaborating with a range of stakeholders to understand their needs and establish project goals and deliverables using a range of AWS services to deploy your solutions in a reproducible, sustainable manner

You may also be expected to carry out the following day to day activities:

updating and maintaining technical documentation leading and organising team-building and development initiatives for data engineering and wider supporting the Ministry of Justice's Analytical Platform users to use our data and tools line managing more junior colleagues keeping up-to-date with current trends and best practices in engineering for continuous improvement

About you

We welcome applications from anyone with the skills we consider to make a good data engineer. You may not currently be in a data engineering role and that's ok. Many of our team members have a background in analysis, software engineering, data science, and more.�

Essential Skills

You�ll have a demonstrable passion for Data Engineering,�with the following skills or some experience in:

leading a technical team, preferably one that uses Python and SQL, as well as strong technical skills in these languages� automated testing, for example with pytest version control tools, such as git� continuous integration and deployment, such as GitHub Actions� designing and building data pipelines� translating complex data sources into useful and usable data sets� communicating with stakeholders and managing expectations� setting technical direction within a team and developing the capability of others

Desirable skills

It's a bonus if you also have experience of:

Kubernetes and container-based workflows continuous integration and deployment tools, such as GitHub Actions cloud infrastructure, especially AWS, and infrastructure as code tools, such as Terraform orchestration systems, such as Airflow big data tools, such as Spark data transformation tools, such as dbt Data Lake table formats, such as Iceberg

We make our workplace as inclusive as we can. Find out more about�.�

Salary and benefits

If you're based in London, your base pay will be between �58,847 and �79,313, which may include an allowance of up to �20,466

Outside London, your pay will be between �54,358 and �74,525, which may include an allowance of up to �20,167.

You'll also get:

a generous defined benefit pension, with employer contributions from 26% to 30% flexible working options, including part-year working, term-time working, reduced hours, compressed hours and job sharing 26 days leave (plus bank holidays), rising to 31 days after 5 years compassionate maternity, adoption, and shared parental leave, with up to 26 weeks leave at full pay, 13 weeks with partial pay, and 13 weeks further leave training and development opportunities, including access to Pluralsight, DataCamp and Civil Service Learning 5 days paid volunteering leave a cycle to work scheme season ticket loans, childcare vouchers and eyecare vouchers a quarterly reward and recognition scheme exclusive deals on travel, food, and entertainment secure bike parking and subsidised onsite gyms (subject to location)

Location

We welcome applications from candidates based across the UK. Candidates will have the option of being based in the Leeds or London HQ offices (with flexible working arrangements available) or your nearest Justice Collaboration Centre or Justice Satellite Office:�.

Recruitment process

You'll need to apply online by submitting:

an anonymised CV, including career history, responsibilities, and achievements a cover letter, explaining why you're the right person for the job and how you meet the criteria above � this should be no longer than 750 words

There will be an initial sift of applicants, comparing submitted evidence against the �About you� criteria. We�ll assess your application and get back to you in around two weeks to let you know if we�d like to invite you to an interview.

The interview

There will be one interview, covered in two sections, which will include a technical exercise and assessment of civil service behaviours. The interview will take place via Microsoft Teams.

The purpose of the technical exercise is to test your technical skills. The exercise will last one hour and will involve completing some scenario-based tasks using Python. More information on the exercise will be provided to candidates invited to interview.

In the second section of the interview, candidates will be assessed against the following civil service behaviours:

Changing and Improving Managing a Quality Service

You can find out more about behaviours via the�.

We recommend that you use the STAR approach � situation, task, action, and result � when structuring your answers. Further information can be found on the�.

Interviews are likely to take place in October 2024. The highest scoring candidates who pass the interview will be offered a role. If you do well at the interview but we don't offer you a role right now, we'll keep your details for a year and let you know if other opportunities come up. The whole process can take up to a month.

Further information

If you require any additional information about the role, please contact:

You can also ask questions at the webinar on Monday 2nd September -�.

Person specification

Please refer to Job Description

Behaviours

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

Changing and Improving Managing a Quality Service

Benefits

Alongside your salary of �54,358, Ministry of Justice contributes �15,747 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Access to learning and developmentA working environment that supports a range of flexible working options to enhance your work life balanceA working culture which encourages inclusion and diversityA with an average employer contribution of 27%Annual LeavePublic HolidaysSeason Ticket Advance

For more information about the recruitment process, benefits and allowances and answers to general queries, please click the below link which will direct you to our Candidate Information Page.

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