Data Engineer

Job summary

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Are you passionate about data and insights, building skills, and embedding best practices at CCS in this field? Do you excel at root cause analysis, problem solving, and complex process mapping? Are you ready for a challenge? Join our data strategy team at this exciting time as we embark on a journey to transform the use of data and insights in both our directorate and our organisation.

Job Summary

Crown Commercial Service has an exciting opportunity for a Data Engineer to join the Data and Insights team. The role will require engagement with all levels of the business, and with key strategic external customers, to define requirements and embed best practise around data standards and the use of data. The role holder will be responsible for translating business needs into a robust and sustainable data architecture that leverages the full suite of technology solutions to provide intelligence to the organisation.

Job description

Key Accountabilities:

• Strategy & Architecture: Delivering the data strategy, improving Data Architecture, and ensuring data models, Data Warehouse Structures, and API interfaces are robust and scalable.

• BI & Implementation: Supporting the implementation of third-party Business Intelligence solutions, establishing technical standards for interoperability, and having oversight of related projects.

• Stakeholder Engagement: Working with Data Infrastructure and Data Insights teams, as well as operational customers, to deliver "Business Intelligence as a service" with excellence. Delivering the data strategy, improving Data Architecture, and ensuring data models, Data Warehouse Structures, and API interfaces are robust and scalable.

• BI & Implementation: Supporting the implementation of third-party Business Intelligence solutions, establishing technical standards for interoperability, and having oversight of related projects.

• Strategy & Architecture: Delivering the data strategy, improving Data Architecture, and ensuring data models, Data Warehouse Structures, and API interfaces are robust and scalable.

• BI & Implementation: Supporting the implementation of third-party Business Intelligence solutions, establishing technical standards for interoperability, and having oversight of related projects.

• Stakeholder Engagement: Working with Data Infrastructure and Data Insights teams, as well as operational customers, to deliver "Business Intelligence as a service" with excellence. Stakeholder Engagement: Working with Data Infrastructure and Data Insights teams, as well as operational customers, to deliver "Business Intelligence as a service" with excellence.

Person specification

Essential Criteria (to be assessed at application stage):

• Understanding of Data Warehousing administration and development with specific emphasis on Azure Data Warehouse, SQL and the wider suite of Azure tools.

• Understanding of the development and management of API integrations (Experience with Salesforce, Workday and bespoke solutions).

• Experience in delivering against defined business needs and implementing innovative solutions to meet those needs and ensure data quality is maintained and enriched.

• Experience in data model development and system design.

Desirable criteria (In the event of a high number of applications, the desirable criteria will be used as a second sift):

• Appreciation of the Business Intelligence marketplace and the capabilities of BI tools.

• Experience of working across a variety of data projects simultaneously.

Behaviours

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

• Making Effective Decisions
• Changing and Improving
• Managing a Quality Service

Technical skills

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

• Data integration design
• Programming and build (data and analytics engineering)

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £37,845, Crown Commercial Service contributes £10,963 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

What we will offer you, here are some of the benefits you can expect:

• Competitive salary

• Generous pension scheme

• A discretionary non-contractual performance related bonus

• Working remotely in addition to working in advertised office location

• Flexi time scheme (available for B1-B6) - Remove this bullet for SCS roles

• Minimum 25 days annual leave to a maximum service related 30 days excluding bank holidays

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The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see theCivil Service People Plan and theCivil Service D&I Strategy.

We want to make our recruitment process accessible to everyone, so if there is any way that we can support you, please contact recruitment@crowncommercial.gov.uk

Working flexibly, delivering outcomes

CCS is a flexible business with a smarter working model where our colleagues benefit from a mix of home and office working. Successful candidates are expected to work from one of the office locations listed. Our current office attendance approach requires a minimum of 26 days per quarter (approx 2 days per week, which may be subject to change) in CCS office locations or off site meetings with suppliers, customers, partners, networking / industry events. This is pro rata for those who work part time. Our smarter working principles mean that our people have the advantage of both office and offsite based collaboration and learning, as well as working from home. This way of working allows us to honour our commitment to being a responsible business, offer flexibility and better work life balance as well as ensuring we deliver our business with confidence and in accordance with our CCS values.

CCS operates a smarter working model that balances flexibility with meaningful collaboration. Successful candidates will spend at least 26 days per quarter (approximately 2 days per week, pro-rata) working from either their contracted office, another CCS site, or off-site for meetings and events. For the remainder of the time, you have the flexibility to work from home or another suitable location that meets the needs of your role and the business—an approach designed to support your work-life balance while fostering team connection

Things you need to know

Artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance (opens in a new window) for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours and Technical skills.

Selection Process

Please note if successful at sift there will be a technical test during the interview.

A reserve list may be held for up to 12 months, which the Civil Service may use to fill future suitably similar vacancies across government for candidates who are considered appointable following interview. Should you be placed on a reserve list and want to be removed please contact recruitment@crowncommercial.gov.uk.

Please note that as part of this recruitment process, if you are unsuccessful at the interview stage but are close to the benchmark score you may be considered for and offered a role at a lower pay band within the same job family.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check (opens in a new window).

See our vetting charter (opens in a new window).People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

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

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).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 theCivil 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 : The Recruitment Team
• Email : recruitment@crowncommercial.gov.uk

Recruitment team

• Email : recruitment@crowncommercial.gov.uk

Further information

Complaints procedure

Our recruitment processes are underpinned by the principle of selection for appointment on merit on the basis of fair and open competition as outlined in the Civil Service Commissioners’ Recruitment Principles details of which can be found at http://civilservicecommission.independent.gov.uk

If you feel your application has not been treated in accordance with the Recruitment Principles, and you wish to make a complaint, you should contact recruitment@crowncommercial.gov.uk in the first instance.

If you remain unsatisfied with the response you receive you can then contact the Civil Service Commission at info@csc.gov.uk

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