Are you a data engineer with a passion for public service? Then maybe you’re looking for us!
We are seeking an experienced and skilled Advanced Data Engineer to be part of a growing team that delivers on our mission of protecting and improving the health and wellbeing of the people of Wales. You’ll be involved in improving our data practices, cataloguing our data, automating our data processing, creating pipelines and developing our overall data maturity.
Job Title: Advanced Data Engineer
Job Type: Full-time
Salary: £48,527 – £55,532 per annum
Location: Cardiff, Wales.
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Deadline: 20/10/2025 23:59
Interview date: 03/11/2025
Roles & Responsibilities
Accountabilities
- Work with the engineering team to implement enterprise data models, pipelines, and metadata management
- Collaborate with business, product, and engineering teams to understand data needs and translate them into functional data products, aligning our data architecture with wider organisational digital strategies and priorities
- Actively contribute to the development of a data engineering profession community and forge strong links with other DdaT professional communities
- Develop and maintain data platform components (e.g. data catalogue, data lake, warehouse, ETL frameworks)
- Follow best practice in data security, compliance, and the ethical use of data in accordance with standards and requirements such as GDPR and Cyber Essentials Plus
- Implement robust data ingestion and integration frameworks that ensure data consistency, accuracy, and timeliness across our systems.
- Provide technical guidance to other specialists, fostering a culture of engineering excellence and continuous learning and following engineering standards
- Support the delivery of strategic projects.
Key Skills, Knowledge and Experience:
- Experience collaborating with business stakeholders, analysts, and developers to translate business needs into technical solutions.
- Evidence of skills or experience in leadership and management in digital, data and technology
- Advanced SQL and scripting skills (e.g., TSQL, PowerShell) for data engineering, automation and orchestration tasks.
- Advanced database manipulation and administration skills, particularly T-SQL, Azure SQL, as well as capacity with unstructured and unlinked data management languages.
- Experience using and implementing schema and metadata design (e.g., star schema, snowflake, normal forms), with strong understanding of master and reference data management.
- Experience working with Azure/GCP building and managing data solutions such as data lakes or data warehouses, Azure Data Factory, Data Bricks and so forth
- Skilled in using cloud tools such DataFlow, Cloud Composer and Big Query
- Experience with data visualisation tools, particularly on the Microsoft Stack or GCP.
- Knowledge of data integration patterns and technologies (e.g., ETL, ELT, API-first), including near real-time and event-driven approaches.
- Experience in on-prem to Cloud migration and greenfield projects.
What you’ll bring to the team:
- A user-focused approach to data delivery, ensuring that outputs are accessible, actionable and grounded in real-world context
- Effective communication and stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to influence at all levels of the organization.
- A collaborative mindset, coupled with a passion for delivering in a high-performing team environment.
- Proven experience as a Data Engineer in a hands-on role, with communication and collaboration skills to match your technical expertise.
- Proven experience in cloud platforms such Azure and GCP.
- Strong proficiency in automation of data processes, particularly ETL/ELT at scale.
- Advanced programming skills in SQL and Python and a collaborative, CI/CD approach to pushing code; experience with orchestration and data pipeline tools.
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