Lead Data Engineer
Location: National*
Closing Date: 23rd April
Interviews: Week commencing 12th May
Grade: G7
(MoJ candidates who are on a specialist grade, will be able to retain this grade on lateral transfer)
Salary:
London: £61,201 - £78,225 (which may include an allowance of up to £17,024)
National: £56,532 - £73,450 (which may include an allowance of up to £16,918)
Working pattern: full-time, part-time, flexible working
Contract Type: Permanent
*We offer a hybrid working model, allowing for a balance between remote work and
time spent in your local office. Office locations can be found ON THIS MAP
The Role
We’re recruiting for a Lead Data Engineer here at the Ministry of Justice, to be part
of our warm and collaborative Data & Analytics Engineering team.
This role aligns against Lead Data Engineer from the Government Digital and Data
Framework.
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 Analytical
Platform. A summary of the type of work the teams are involved in can be found in
our handbook.
Key Responsibilities:
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
We welcome applications from anyone with the skills we consider 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.
If this feels like an exciting challenge, something you are enthusiastic about, and
want to join our team please read on and apply!
Benefits
● 37 hours per week and flexible working options including working from home,
working part-time, job sharing, or working compressed hours.
● A £1k per person learning budget is in place to support all our people, with
access to best in class conferences and seminars, accreditation with
professional bodies, fully funded vocational programmes and e-learning
platforms
● Staff have 10% time to dedicate to develop & grow
● Generous civil service pension based on defined benefit scheme, with
employer contributions of 28.97% from April 1st 2024 (Contribution Rates)
● 25 days leave (plus bank holidays) and 1 privilege day usually taken around
the Kings’ birthday. 5 additional days of leave once you have reached 5 years
of service.
● Compassionate maternity, adoption, and shared parental leave policies, with
up to 26 weeks leave at full pay, 13 weeks with partial pay, and 13 weeks
further leave. And maternity support/paternity leave at full pay for 2 weeks,
too!
● Wellbeing support including access to the Calm app.
● Bike loans up to £2500 and secure bike parking (subject to availability and
location)
● Season ticket loans, childcare vouchers and eye-care vouchers.
● 5 days volunteering paid leave.
● Free membership to BCS, the Chartered Institute for IT.
● Some offices may have a subsidised onsite Gym.
Person Specification
Essential
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
• understanding of the software development lifecycle, including testing (e.g.
pytest), version control (e.g. git) and CI/CD (e.g. 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
Willingness to be assessed against the requirements for SC clearance
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 and the Civil Service
D&I Strategy.
How to Apply
Candidates must submit
• an anonymised CV, including career history, responsibilities, and
achievements
• a cover letter which describes how you meet the requirements set out in the
Person Specification above - this should be no longer than 750 words
We are recruiting using a combination of the Government Digital and Data
Profession Capability and Success Profiles Frameworks. We will assess your
Experience, Technical Skills and the following Behaviours during the assessment
process:
● Changing and Improving
● Managing a Quality Service
A diverse panel will review your application against the Person Specification above.
Successful candidates who meet the required standard will then be invited to
interview. There will be one interview, covered in two sections, which will include a
technical exercise and assessment of civil service behaviours. More information on
the exercise will be provided to candidates invited to interview.
Should we receive a high volume of applications, a pre-sift based on leading a
technical team will be conducted before the sift.
Should you be unsuccessful in the role that you have applied for but demonstrate the
capability for a role at a lower level, we reserve the right to discuss this opportunity
with you and offer you the position without needing a further application.
A reserve list may be held for up to 12 months, from which further appointments may
be made.
Terms & Conditions
Please review our Terms & Conditions which set out how we recruit and provide
further information related to the role and salary arrangements.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact
datarecruitment@justice.gov.uk