Data Engineer
| Posting date: | 02 April 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £37,497 to £38,373 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 16 April 2025 |
| Location: | Blackpool, Lancashire, FY4 5ES |
| Remote working: | Hybrid - work remotely up to 3 days per week |
| Company: | DWP Digital |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 396869_1743573483 |
Summary
Data Engineer
Pay up to £38,373, plus 28.97% employer pension contributions, hybrid working, flexible hours, and great work life balance.
DWP. Digital with Purpose.
We are looking for a Data Engineer to join our community of tech experts in DWP Digital.
We're using fresh ideas and leading-edge tech to build and maintain digital solutions that will be used by nearly every person in the UK, every day and at key moments in their lives.
DWP is the UK's largest government department. We help people into work, and make payments worth over £195bn a year to support and empower millions of people.
The scale of what we do is extraordinary, and our purpose is unique. We'd love you to join us.
What skills, knowledge and experience will you need?
- Experience using Power BI or Business Objects to design and develop dashboards, reports, and data visualisations.
- Understanding of data modelling and database design concepts
- Experience of SQL scripting.
- Skilled at engaging with a diverse range of stakeholders and colleagues to foster collaboration and innovation that delivers tangible business value.
- Able to translate technical concepts into non-technical language and understands the appropriate media to communicate findings.
You and your role
Designing and creating data visualisations is at the core of this role, using BI/MI tooling to display complex data and insights in a way that engages, informs and inspires technical teams and non-technical stakeholders alike.
Working within our Debt team, our Data Engineers understand and utilise tools like Power BI and Business Objects, cloud platforms like Azure, AWS and GCP, and scripting like SQL, to collate, organise and create innovative solutions from complex datasets that have a real-world impact on the way millions of UK citizens access and use essential DWP services.
Details. Wages. Perks.
Location: You'll join us in one of our brilliant digital hubs in Birmingham, Blackpool, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle or Sheffield, whichever is most convenient for you.
Hybrid Working: We work a hybrid model - you'll spend some time working at home and some time collaborating face to face in a hub.
Pay: We offer competitive pay of up to £38,373.
Pension: You'll get a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions worth 28.97%.
Holidays: A generous leave package starting at 24 days.
You can also take up to 3 extra days off a month on flexi-time. You'll also get all the usual public holidays.
We have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes:
- An award-winning environment and culture: Employer of the Year 2023 (Women In IT Awards), Founders Award for Outstanding Digital Leadership 2023 (Digital 100)
- Flexible working including flexible hours and flex-friendly policies
- Time off volunteering and charitable giving
- Bring your authentic self to work with 'I Can Be Me in DWP'
- Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and more
- Interest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket, so it's even easier for you to get to work and start making a difference
- Sports and social activities
- Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities.
Process:
We know your time is valuable so our application and selection process is just two stages:
- Apply: complete your application on Civil Service Jobs. There'll be full instructions when you click through.
- Interview: a single stage interview online.
CLICK APPLY for more information and to start your application
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