Data Engineer

Information Commissioner's Office

Apply before 11:55 pm on Wednesday 6th November 2024

 

Details

Reference number

374773

Salary

£40,565 - £45,948
with potential for further progression to £51,730 with our pay progression scheme.
A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

Job grade

Other

Contract type

Permanent

Business area

ICO - IT

Type of role

Digital

Working pattern

Full-time

Number of jobs available

1

Contents

Wilmslow

Job summary

Job summary

Joining the ICO as a Data Engineer within the Digital, Data and Technology you will report into the Head of Data Platform. Utilising your Data Engineering expertise you will take a pivotal role in the development and implementation of data driven solutions across the ICO as we embark on the execution of our Enterprise Data Strategy.

Job description

Job description

 

  • The role will develop and construct data products and services, and integrate them into systems and business processes for insights, decision making, digitalisation, automation, data science and AI
  • The role will implement data solutions according to the enterprise architecture strategy and solution architecture and design for the ICO data platform
  • The role will support the selection and management of appropriate technology and delivery partners for the ICO data platform, ensuring value for money, quality and on time delivery
  • The role will implement solutions compliant with the safety, security, policies and operational performance of the data platform
  • The role will support the delivery of value from data for the ICO and for its stakeholders such as individuals, businesses, public and third sector organisations

 

Key responsibilities:

  • Designing and engineering solutions that together constitute the ICO’s data platform, for instance for data warehousing, data integration, Big Data, data analytics as well as technologies for data governance, data science and AI/ML, in line with organisational needs and opportunities, and compliant with the Enterprise Architecture vision
  • Supporting the Head of Data Platform and Director of Data in developing and executing the Enterprise Data Strategy
  • Supporting the development of and compliance with engineering standards for the data platform
  • Implementing continuous improvement activities to improve the data platform’s performance, resilience, use, efficiency or effectiveness
  • Providing appropriate technical support for data products and services for incident and problem resolution

Person specification

Person specification 

 

Essential criteria assessed at application stage:

  • Experience relevant to the role requirements, as described in the role responsibilities and person specification, and accumulated through any combination of academic or vocational qualifications or experience
  • Experience of the whole data pipeline in designing and developing data platforms including ETL/ELT, data warehousing, data modelling, Big Data and data integration as well as technology used for data governance, analytics and AI / ML, both on-premise and cloud-based.
  • Extensive knowledge of data and data analytics technologies on-premise and in the cloud, and ability to apply this to the role.
  • Experience of the Microsoft stack for CRM, data warehousing and analytics including Dynamics 365, SQL Server, Power BI, Python, Azure and Fabric
  • Knowledge of the data protection and privacy landscape, regulations and obligations for data practitioners.

 

 

Essential criteria assessed during interview:

  • Communicating effectively across organisational boundaries, requirements gathering, understanding the context.
  • Ability to deal with complexity and ambiguity, creative problem solving and developing innovative solutions.
  • Experience of data governance approaches and operations, including for data quality, metadata management, master data management, records management and cataloguing.
  • Experience of building data products and services supporting data use cases with tangible value for areas including customer experience, operational efficiency or product development.
  • Actively keeps informed of industry developments to make cost-effective use of new and emerging tools and technologies.
  • Knowledge of the public sector and regulatory environment, or clear appreciation of specifics and complexities and how they would influence the role.
  • Knowledge of the role of data modelling including industry-recognised data modelling patterns and standards and how these apply to data architecture, design and engineering.
  • Understanding of wider DDaT profession and practices and their relationship with Data. Experience of delivering using adaptive methodologies such as Agile.

 

Alongside your salary of £40,565, Information Commissioner's Office contributes £11,751 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.
Please visit ico.jobs for full details, including salary and benefits.

Selection process details

Equality, diversity, and inclusion 

  

The ICO is committed to promoting and enhancing equality, diversity, and inclusion. We are focused on developing a workforce that is representative of the communities we serve and together we are building an inclusive workplace where all of our colleagues have the opportunity to make a real difference. We are championing this through our Equality Diversity and Inclusion Board together with a number of staff networks. Read more about our commitment on our website.  

  

Candidates with a disability who meet the minimum criteria for this vacancy will be invited to interview as part of the ICO’s commitment to the Disability Confident Scheme. 

  

If you have a disability or impairment and require an alternative application method, please email the HR team at recruitment@ico.org.uk

 

Closing Date 

 

Please submit your CV and cover letter detailing your suitability to the role by 23:59, Wednesday 6th November

We reserve the right to close this vacancy before this date should we receive sufficient applications. Please apply as soon as possible to ensure your application is considered. 

 

 

 



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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.

Medical

Successful candidates will be expected to have a medical.

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
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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.

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).
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Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

  • Name : recruitment@ico.org.uk
  • Email : recruitment@ico.org.uk

Recruitment team

  • Email : recruitment@ico.org.uk

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