Data Engineer

Job summary

Please note this role requires you to pass Security Check clearance. For further information, please see 'Selection process details'.

Do you want to be part of an energetic, innovative team and bring your skills to one of the biggest changes to the administration of the Civil Service in decades?

We’re looking for people who are flexible, intuitive and comfortable working in an environment with high levels of volume, speed and complexity.

An exciting role is available in the Synergy Shared Services Hub (Hub), a new organisation that will manage shared services on behalf of departments in the Synergy cluster: the Ministry of Justice, the Department for Work and Pensions, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, and the Home Office.

Your work will impact shared services arrangements and support almost a quarter of a million officials and public servants across the four departments and arm’s-length bodies that deliver some of the most vital public services in our country.

The success of the Hub is crucial, as Civil Servants rely on shared services to provide business-critical tools in human resources, finance, payroll and procurement. Shared services affect everything we do, from joining a department as a new starter, to the way we claim expenses, buy goods and services such as laptops and canteen provisions, and receive our pensions when we retire.

Most importantly, we’re looking for applications from people who can demonstrate a passion for our core ambition: delivering a once-in-a-generation transformed service.

Job description

Primarily, this role will involve developing and supporting reporting data solutions using Oracle Fusion Data Intelligence/Oracle AI Data Platform, Oracle Transactional Business Intelligence and other modern cloud technologies, helping to deliver secure, reliable and scalable reporting products across the Synergy Shared Services Hub.

You'll work across the full reporting development lifecycle, developing and maintaining reports, datasets, data pipelines and integrations that enable reporting and analytics services within the Hub. Working closely with stakeholders, you'll help to deliver trusted management information and insights to users across multiple government departments.

As part of the Hub Reporting Team, you'll contribute to the design, development and continuous improvement of reporting solutions, applying engineering best practices and supporting the delivery of reusable and scalable reporting products.

You'll be an active member of the wider data community, sharing knowledge, learning from colleagues and contributing to the continuous improvement of reporting services and ways of working. You'll keep up to date with developments in reporting, analytics and data technologies, helping the team to make effective use of new capabilities where appropriate.

You will be accountable for:

• Designing, implementing and maintaining tools and processes for the continuous integration, delivery and deployment of business services. Collaborating with others, where necessary, to review and agree specifications, and to design, code, test and document programs or scripts.
• Working with business stakeholders across local analytical, risk and operational teams, understanding their needs and, with support, translating these into high-quality pipeline and/or data development solutions.
• Leading the development ofBusiness Intelligence (BI)and/orManagement Information (MI)reporting, maximising user value while ensuring continuous improvement and maintenance activities are kept up to date and that tools are appropriately assured. Leading requirements gathering to underpin the development of Business Intelligence and Management Information reporting tools.
• Using strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail to identify, investigate and resolve data and other technical issues.
• Applying and promoting a variety of validation and testing methods, as well as engineering standards, across the team to ensure the quality of data from the beginning of its lifecycle.
• Supporting senior members of the team in delivering continuous service improvement. You will be willing to challenge established practices, using evidence to deliver an evolving and relevant engineering service within the team.

We care about our employees and can offer you an environment that is family-friendly, supportive and inclusive, within an organisation with real social purpose.

Person specification

When giving details in your employment history and personal statement you should highlight your experience in line with essential criteria below:

• Working-Good understanding of analysing, reporting on and implementing test activities and results to verify the accuracy, integrity and reliability of data pipelines and systems.
• Working- Understanding of data modelling. You can produce relevant data models for key team outputs, explain which models to use for which purpose, and understand industry-recognised data modelling patterns and standards.
• Working- Ability to support the design, development and deployment of data visualisation frameworks and semantic layers to assist with self-service analytics, along with experience of engaging in Business Intelligence (BI) and Management Information (MI) development using Power BI or similar tools.
• Working- Ability to elicit user requirements and ensure these are confidently and clearly communicated to suppliers and colleagues across teams.
• Practitioner- Ability to design and undertake data mining and code analysis for the effective quality assurance of data products, resolve local processing issues within your own role, and support junior colleagues in doing the same.
• Practitioner- Knowledge of Oracle Fusion reporting technologies, including Fusion Data Intelligence (FDI/AIDP) and Oracle Transactional Business Intelligence (OTBI), or equivalent reporting platforms.

If you would like to learn more about the role, please contact [email removed]

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £44,447, Department for Work and Pensions contributes £12,876 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides (opens in a new window).

We also have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes:

• Working patterns to support work/life balance such as job sharing, term-time working, flexi-time and compressed hours.
• Generous annual leave – at least 25 days on entry, increasing up to 30 days over time (pro–rata for part time employees), plus 9 days public and privilege leave.
• Support for financial wellbeing, including interest-free season ticket loans for travel, a cycle to work scheme and an employee discount scheme.
• Health and wellbeing support including our Employee Assistance Programme for specialist advice and counselling and the opportunity to join HASSRA a first-class programme of competitions, activities and benefits for its members (subscription payable monthly).
• Family friendly policies including enhanced maternity and shared parental leave pay after 1 year’s continuous service.
• Funded learning and development to