Data Engineer, Health Determinants Research Collaborative Aberdeen - ABC12745
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 18 Tachwedd 2025 |
|---|---|
| Cyflog: | £45,264.00 i £51,233.00 bob blwyddyn |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 02 Rhagfyr 2025 |
| Lleoliad: | UK |
| Gweithio o bell: | Hybrid - gweithio o bell hyd at 5 ddiwrnod yr wythnos |
| Cwmni: | Aberdeen City Council |
| Math o swydd: | Dros dro |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | ABC12745 |
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Job Purpose:
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Location: Marischal College, Broad Street, Aberdeen
Duration: Fixed Term, Full Time
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Job purpose/about the role
The Data Engineer will play a key role in enabling Aberdeen City Council to deliver data-driven insights that support improved outcomes for children and families.
The post holder will be responsible for designing and implementing data services and models within the Council’s Microsoft Fabric platform, integrating multi-source datasets to support strategic priorities such as Whole Family Wellbeing Funding and Fairer Future Pathfinder.
This role requires close collaboration with service leads and analysts to ensure data solutions are aligned with operational needs and uphold governance, quality, and security standards.
The post holder needs to hold as a minimum:
- A bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Applied Mathematics, Engineering, or another technology related field, or equivalent relevant professional experience.
The postholder is able to demonstrate:
- Communicating effectively across technical and non-technical audiences, simplifying complex information for diverse stakeholders across organisational, technical and political boundaries.
- Translating multi-source data into actionable insights using appropriate analytical techniques and tools, including visualisation and reporting.
- Designing, building, and maintaining scalable data pipelines and ETL processes using modern data engineering frameworks.
- Integrating data from disparate systems, including APIs, and developing resilient, secure and future-proof data services.
- Developing and optimising data models within Microsoft Fabric, including lakehouse/warehouse architecture, dataflows, and semantic models that support cross-service analytics.
- Creating and managing Power BI datasets, reports, and dashboards that enable strategic insight and operational decision-making.
- Writing and optimising SQL queries for data extraction, transformation, and analysis across relational and cloud-based data sources.
- Applying data analysis and synthesis techniques to inform decisions and support service improvement.
- Managing metadata and designing repositories that support data governance, discoverability, and reuse.
- Diagnosing and resolving data-related issues, ensuring robust and sustainable solutions.
- Programming and iterating code from prototype to production-ready, using language and tools appropriate to the data platform.
- Demonstrating technical understanding of enterprise data platforms, cloud environments, and data integration technologies.
- Planning, designing, and executing tests to ensure data integrity, performance, and compliance with relevant regulations.
- Negotiating and influencing across teams and stakeholders, contributing to a positive and collaborative organisational culture.
About Us
Please see the Job Profile for further details.
Aberdeen City Council is an equal opportunities employer and we are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion. For further information, please see our Equality, Diversity, Inclusion and Recruitment pack.
Flexible Working
We are happy to talk flexible working and offer flexible working for most roles in the organisation meaning that many of our employees enjoy the freedom of choosing a working pattern that suits them as much as it suits the organisation.
Disability Confident
We are a Disability Confident Employer. If you consider yourself to have a disability and think you may require a reasonable adjustment to be made for this part of the selection process, or would like further information in relation to reasonable adjustments, please contact AskHR@aberdeencity.gov.uk.
Armed Forces
We are a forces-friendly employer, have signed the Armed Forces Covenant and are a gold award recipient in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme. We have a specific email address for those in the forces, those who have left the forces, as well as their partners / spouses / families: armedforces@aberdeencity.gov.uk. We are able to answer questions about jobs and our application / selection process, as well as about our employee support provisions.
Guaranteed Interview Scheme
We have a number of guaranteed interview schemes available to applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the role they are applying for who:
- have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010 (all jobs)
- looked after young people, those that are in continuing care or are a care leaver up to the age of 29 (all jobs)
- are aged 16-24 and live in Aberdeen City or have been to an Aberdeen City Council school and are applying for a Modern Apprenticeship (except Trades apprenticeships)
- have done a Foundation Apprenticeship with Aberdeen City Council and are applying for any apprenticeships relevant to the area in which they did their Foundation Apprenticeship
- are New Scots aged 16-24 and are applying for any apprenticeships
Please note that eligibility to work in the UK is dependent on legal status and all applicants must have the right to live and work in the UK.
Further information can be found at https://www.aberdeencity.gov.uk/services/jobs
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