Senior Data Engineer

Newcastle Upon Tyne

Senior Data Engineer Permanent Edinburgh/Hybrid £45,942 to £53,478 + £5,000 RRA bonus (Grade E3)

The Scottish Funding Council is Scotland’s tertiary education and research authority. Our ambition is to make Scotland an outstanding place to learn, educate, research, and innovate - now and for the future. We invest around £2 billion every year, and our funding?enables colleges and universities to provide life-changing opportunities for over half a million people.?

We’re not only looking for the best people to come and work for us, but also people who will connect with our guiding principles which include working in partnership, championing diversity, and supporting sustainability for future generations.

By fostering our guiding principles, we are very proud of the inclusive working environment that we have created. We are committed to attracting people of all backgrounds: we want our colleague base to reflect the people and communities that we serve.

Job Summary

We are seeking an experienced Senior Data Engineer who will deliver robust data products and services for all SFC, in support of its priorities and needs of our partners.

Key Responsibilities

Translate business requirements into technical specifications, roadmaps and deliverable data solutions, including data streams, integrations, transformations, databases, data warehouses, and business intelligence, reporting and analytical platforms.

Define the data architecture framework, standards and principles, including modelling, metadata, security and data virtualisation.

Support the Head of Data Engineering to develop and enhance standards and policies/guidelines whilst driving adoption of standards.

Define data flows and data lineage, visualising which parts of the organization generate data, which require data to function, how data flows are managed, and how data changes in transition.

Provide technical guidance and advice to help in the design and development of data solutions for data modelling and warehousing, data integration, and analytics.

Provide direction and support to a team of data engineers and provide technical guidance on the data products.

Develop roadmaps for both product related DE work as well as overall data maturity roadmap

Drive the design, building, and launching of new data models and data pipelines in production.

Person specification

It is important through your CV / Cover Letter that you give evidence of proven experience of each of the following essential criteria:

Essential Requirements:

Working experience in Python or similar standard data processing languages and development experience in at least one scripting language

Extensive and demonstrable Data Modelling / architecting in Data Warehouses and BI Solutions.

Deep technical expertise gained from extensive hands-on experience.

Effective analytical skills with ability to undertake data profiling and source system analysis, and to present clear insights to support the end use of the data.

Effective oral and written communication skills.

Evidence of leadership experience, with experience initiating and driving projects.

Additional informationLocation SFC offers hybrid working for its employees. This means that whilst the role is based at our Edinburgh office, there is substantial opportunity to work from home most of the time. As a rule of thumb SFC expects that a minimum of three days a month in the office (on average) will achieve the benefits of its hybrid approach, however it is for the employee and their line manager to agree the balance between home and workplace working - determined primarily by business need. Please be aware that this role can only be worked from within the UK and not overseas. Relocation expenses are not available.

Key Rewards and Benefits

Normal full-time hours of work are 35 per week. We will consider flexible working arrangements. A flexi-time system is in operation.

Annual leave entitlement of 26.5 days pro-rata, rising to 30 days pro-rata after 4 years’ continuous service. Public and privilege holiday entitlement of 11.5 days pro-rata.

A flexible approach to hybrid working, giving you flexibility to work from home for some of the time while also maintaining regular in-person contact with colleagues.

Annual pay review: approved within the framework of the Scottish Government’s Public Sector Pay Policy.

Eligibility to join the Civil Service Pension Scheme.

Support for continuous professional development.

Support for health and wellbeing, including generous occupational sick pay, free access to confidential advice and support through our 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme.

Pre-Employment Checks As part of our pre-employment process, we will ask you to provide relevant documentation to show that you are eligible to work in the UK and a Basic Disclosure Scotland certificate. You must be eligible to work in the UK to apply for this role; we do not offer sponsorships. We also take up references as part of this process. Expenses will be reimbursed for Basic Disclosure check. This will only be requested if you are appointed into the role. Disability Confident If you need any adjustments to support your application, such as information in alternative formats, please contact us and we’ll do everything we can to help. If you’re eligible under the Disability Confident Scheme please give details when prompted at the appropriate stage in the online application process.