Data Engineer

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Contract:Permanent

Hours:Full time (37 hours per week)

Location:Force Headquarters, Ripley, Derbyshire, DE5 3RS

Salary:£41,517 – £49,134 per annum

Can you deliver solutions to help our client achieve digital excellence?

They’re committed to delivering an excellent public service and improving their organisation to benefit the public. Their Information Services department’s aim is to ensure the force achieves digital excellence by continually delivering and optimising solutions. Our client is a data driven force and rely on data and analytics to provide valuable insights when delivering operational policing.

As a Data Engineer, you will be responsible for developing solutions using the data obtained from operational systems and transactional databases force wide. With expert-level data modelling skills, you will design and develop data architecture to ensure each department has easily accessible information, when they need it.

Innovation is at the core of what our client does, so your strong problem-solving skills will be key as you design and re-engineer streams with analytic tools to solve complex data problems. You’ll have a real ingenuity, to not only create and maintain the pipeline solutions and database-centric architecture, but to optimise these platforms and make innovative suggestions for streamlining and improving data quality.

You’ll already be proficient with various coding tools and languages, and will write processes that are fit for purpose. With your experience of developing data driven solutions using cloud technologies, a strong knowledge of utilising and identifying appropriate data architectures, you will also be optimising databases through indexing and performance tuning.

Our client invests in their team and throughout your career they will provide training and development opportunities, with industry specific qualification such as ITIL and Microsoft Certified Azure Data Engineer Associate course.

They want their staff to feel valued and rewarded, which is why they offer a generous rewards and benefit scheme with competitive government workplace pensions, free onsite parking and extensive discounts at a range of businesses including access to the Blue Light Card and our ‘Boost’ employee benefits scheme.

They also appreciate the importance of work life balance and welfare, which is why they implement flexible and agile working practises, including flexi-time and remote working, and this role comes with a minimum of 27 days annual leave (plus Bank Holidays) increasing after 5 years’ service.

If you have a real desire to work in an exciting, fast moving and diverse technology environment then this could be the role for you. Please see the full job description and click to apply (you will be redirected to our clients website on clicking apply).

As part of your application, you must provide both a CV and Supporting Statement, stating how you meet the essential/desirable criteria as listed in the job description. Please ensure you provide detailed evidence of your technical knowledge and experience within your application.

Please note that this role requires MV/SC vetting, with 5 years continuous UK residency at the point of application.

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