# Senior Data Engineer (up to £83,918)

**Company**: Department for Education
**Location**: Coventry, West Midlands
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Salary**: GBP 60,222 - 83,918 per year
**Category**: Data Science
**Industry**: Education

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## Description

At the Department for Education (DfE), we're committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment that allows all employees to thrive. As a Senior Data Engineer, you'll be part of the Data Directorate, working on high-impact, secure data solutions to achieve departmental objectives.

**Job Description:** As a Senior Data Engineer, you'll join a team of talented data engineering professionals working in a large and complex data environment. You'll design, build, and deliver high-performance, secure, scalable data solutions, adapting and embedding practices like CI/CD and DevOps. Your responsibilities will include:

- Working with multidisciplinary teams to understand data needs and deliver solutions

- Leading and building complex data engineering solutions for data products

- Ensuring the stability, robustness, and resilience of products

- Coaching and mentoring junior team members

- Helping build and maintain the data engineering community

**Requirements:** Essential criteria include experience with:

- Designing, building, and performance-tuning complex data pipelines

- Proficiency in two or more of SQL, Python, Apache Spark (Pyspark, Spark SQL)

- Working with structured and unstructured data, data lakes, and large data warehouses

- Implementing modern data architectures and Agile/DevOps practices

- Managing data quality issues and team dynamics

Desirable criteria include experience with:

- Databricks, Informatica DEI, and Azure Data Factory

- Developing complex data models and machine learning solutions

**Benefits:** As a DfE employee, you'll be entitled to:

- A salary of £60,222 - £83,918 per year

- A Civil Service Pension Scheme with employer contributions

- 25 days leave, increasing to 30 days after five years' service

- Flexible working arrangements, including hybrid working patterns

- Professional development opportunities

**Selection Process:** The selection process will assess your experience and behaviors, including leadership, through a written application, sift, and interview stages.

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## Skills

### Required
- SQL
- Python
- Apache Spark
- Pyspark
- Spark SQL
- Azure
- AWS
- Google Cloud
- Databricks
- Informatica DEI

### Nice to have
- Azure Data Factory
- complex data models
- machine learning solutions

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