23533 - Lead Data Engineer

Ministry of Justice UK•National City, CA

7h•£58,511 - £79,313•Hybrid

About The Position

Justice Digital, Data and Science is recruiting Lead Data Engineers to join its collaborative Data & Analytics Engineering community within Justice Data. Multidisciplinary teams work across the data lifecycle to improve decisions, tools and services throughout the Ministry of Justice and the wider justice system. The role involves understanding data needs and availability, and working with Data Engineers and Analytics Engineers to connect data producers and users. The team develops analytical pipelines and self-service tools to acquire and transform data, making it available on the Analytical Platform. The role aligns with the Government Digital and Data Framework’s Lead Data Engineer role and requires Security Check clearance. The vacancy is permanent and offers national and London pay scales. It is open only to eligible existing Civil Service employees and employees of accredited NDPBs. Hybrid working is available where business needs allow, with employees expected to spend at least 60% of their working time in an office. The role may be worked full-time or part-time, with flexible arrangements considered in line with business needs.

Requirements

Strong technical proficiency in one or more programming languages, preferably including Python and SQL.
Understanding of the software development lifecycle, including testing such as pytest, version control such as git, and CI/CD such as GitHub Actions.
Experience designing and building data pipelines that combine complex data sources into useful, usable datasets.
Ability to communicate with technical and non-technical stakeholders and manage their expectations.
Ability to lead and set a team's technical direction and develop others' capability.
Willingness to be assessed against Security Check clearance requirements.

Responsibilities

Lead a team of Data Engineers building robust, scalable, automated data flows connecting operational systems, analytics data and business intelligence systems.
Create and promote best practices within the team and more widely.
Apply systems integration knowledge to engineering work.
Champion data engineering across the department and beyond.
Collaborate with stakeholders to understand their needs and establish project goals and deliverables.
Use AWS services to deploy solutions in a reproducible and sustainable manner.
Update and maintain technical documentation.
Lead and organise team-building and development initiatives for data engineering and wider teams.
Support users of the Ministry of Justice Analytical Platform in using its data and tools.
Line manage more junior colleagues.
Keep up to date with engineering trends and best practices to support continuous improvement.

Benefits

Civil Service Pension Scheme with a stated employer contribution of 28.97%.
25 days of annual leave, increasing to 30 days after five years of service, plus bank holidays and a privilege day for the King's birthday.
Flexible working arrangements, including hybrid working, part-time working and compressed hours.
10% of working time allocated to personal and professional development.
£1,000 per-person learning budget, with access to conferences, seminars, professional accreditation, funded vocational programmes and e-learning.
Maternity, adoption and shared parental leave, including up to 26 weeks at full pay, 13 weeks at partial pay and a further 13 weeks of leave.
Maternity support and paternity leave at full pay for two weeks.
Training and development opportunities.
Employee-run networks providing advice, support and a channel to share views with senior management.
Access to flexible benefits, voluntary benefits, retail vouchers and discounts.
Free annual sight tests for employees who use computer screens.
Family-friendly policies, including opportunities to work reduced hours or job share.