Office for National Statistics UK Jobs – Data Engineer

About the job

Data Engineer

Location: We operate a hybrid working model and fully support flexibility with colleagues already based across the UK working from home and linked to one of our core locations in Newport, Titchfield (Fareham), London or Darlington.

Salary: £36,838 – £42,519 (London: £39,838 – £45,619)

Working Patterns: All our vacancies are offered as a flexible option of Full time, Part time, Flexible working or Job Share

Closing Date: Apply before 11:55 pm on Thursday 20th October 2023

We are looking for accomplished Data Engineers or those from similar backgrounds to join our busy Data Growth & Operations team, building tools, services and pipelines to make data available to the analysts and data scientists working across the ONS.

You will be responsible for designing and implementing ETL pipelines for all sorts of data, preparing it for analysis & research. Across your role you will be involved in cleaning, validation and enhancement of data, as well as data management and liaison with data users to best understand their needs.

On top of your experience building efficient & effective ETL pipelines, you will be comfortable using a range of coding tools and languages (particularly Python, PySpark & SQL) and familiar with taking code from prototype to production ready – with understanding of security, accessibility and version control to boot.

Asides from your technical expertise, in a collaborative environment like ONS communication skills are key, and you’ll be expected to be able to communicate across a range of technical and non-technical stakeholders.

For a full Job description and details of the skills and experience we are looking for, please follow the APPLY button to our advert on Civil Service Jobs.

In return we offer you:

✔Hybrid working in an organisation voted top in the UK for work-life balance

✔A market leading pension scheme – our employer contribution rate is around 27%

✔A choice of working patterns *for every role*: full-time, part-time, job-share.

✔Maternity, adoption or shared parental leave of 26 weeks full pay (subject to qualifying criteria)

✔Upskilling Opportunities – Staff development is taken seriously with your right to learn protected and invested in through courses, certifications and e-learning provided or paid for by ONS!

✔Employee Assistance Programmes

✔Diversity Network Groups

✔Mental Health Allies

✔Civil Service Sports and Social club

✔Generous holiday allowance – 25 days annual leave, rising to 30 days after 5 years service in addition to 9 public holidays

For more information about this role, a full application pack, and to apply, please follow the APPLY link to Civil Service Jobs.