Lead Data Engineer, End User Compute & Collaboration
| Posting date: | 16 April 2026 |
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| Salary: | £62,109 per year |
| Additional salary information: | You may be eligible for an additional non-pensionable allowance, pending a Capability and Skills Assessment, with a value of up to £18,291. |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 29 April 2026 |
| Location: | Manchester, Greater Manchester |
| Remote working: | Hybrid - work remotely up to 2 days per week |
| Company: | Government Recruitment |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 457273 |
Summary
Lead Data Engineers deliver the data engineering vision for the organisation as set by the Principal Data Engineer. As a Lead Data Engineer, you will focus on designing and implementing numerous complex data flows to connect operational systems, data for analytics and BI systems.
You will identify and deliver new data sources and develop ETL processes, collaborate with the Data Acquisition, Analytics and Infrastructure teams to deliver the data strategy through the design and implementation of technology systems.
You will lead the data management and data engineering services and analytical projects, working collaboratively with other teams to acquire and ingest new data sources. You will also work with the Principal Data Engineer, Data Architects, Database Administrators, Technical Architects, Solution Architects and Data Analytics team to set the enterprise data strategy and standards and agree implementation and governance.
You will identify and deliver new data sources and develop ETL processes, collaborate with the Data Acquisition, Analytics and Infrastructure teams to deliver the data strategy through the design and implementation of technology systems.
You will lead the data management and data engineering services and analytical projects, working collaboratively with other teams to acquire and ingest new data sources. You will also work with the Principal Data Engineer, Data Architects, Database Administrators, Technical Architects, Solution Architects and Data Analytics team to set the enterprise data strategy and standards and agree implementation and governance.