Lead Data Engineer

COVID-19 has reinforced the impact that threats to health can have on society and the economy and driven health security as a critical component of our national security architecture. The United Kingdom Health Security Agency (UKHSA) is a system leader for health security; taking action internationally to strengthen global health security, providing trusted advice to government and the public and reducing inequalities in how different communities experience infectious disease, environmental hazards and other threats to health.

UKHSA will prevent threats by anticipating risks and building readiness and defences; detect and monitor infectious diseases using cutting-edge environmental and biological surveillance; analyse threats using world-class science and data analytics; respond with rapid, collaborative and effective actions;and lead strong global, national, regional and local partnerships designed to save lives and protect the nation from public health threats. UKHSA will build onthe legacy of the COVID-19 response to ensure resilient and scalable infrastructure to protect the public from future threats to health.

UKHSA recognises that diversity of background and life experience brings different insights, creates challenge and encourages change and innovation. We want all our employees to feel that they can be themselves at work and that they are valued.

Job description

You will work in the Data Engineering and Enablement Division that reports into the Digital and Data Directorate. Its an exciting time to join as we seek to create leading Health Protection data capabilities that enable data scientists and data analysts to develop insights that inform public health decisions with resilience platforms and curated data assets.

The role requires the ingestion of a wide range of data assets, building acquisition, orchestration, data pipelines and curated data marts and data egresses. We are seeking to mature our advanced capabilities with standardised practices, machine learning and agility needed to pro-active detect and respond to new public health issues.

You will be involved in the delivery lifecycle from engaging with stakeholders on new initiatives, analysing use cases, developing optimal designs that where possible re-use and extend capabilities, and implement and operate the design. Our teams work collaboratively in an agile multi-disciplinary structure and we are looking for engineers who have the ability to operate in feature teams, data operations and DevSecOps models. We are developing our engineering community of practice to share knowledge, enhance our standards and processes to provide a strong foundation to develop individuals, teams and innovation.

Essential Criteria

Person specification

Application form and statement of suitability

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• Application form and statement of suitability

Behaviours

Essential

• Delivering at Pace (Lead behaviour)
• Communication and Influencing
• Working Together
• Managing a Quality Service

About the employer

We pride ourselves as being an employer of choice, where Everyone Matters promoting equality of opportunity to actively encourage applications from everyone, including groups currently underrepresented in our workforce.

UKHSA ethos is to be an inclusive organisation for all our staff and stakeholders. To create, nurture and sustain an inclusive culture, where differences drive innovative solutions to meet the needs of our workforce and wider communities. We do this through celebrating and protecting differences by removing barriers and promoting equity and equality of opportunity for all.

Please visit our careers site for more information https://gov.uk/ukhsa/careers