Principal Data Engineer

At Swindon Borough Council, we understand what matters to our residents: an affordable home, good education, job opportunities and quality of life in a great location, as one of the UK’s fastest growing towns.

That’s why we’re working with partners to deliver our ambitious vision for Swindon so that the borough continues to thrive in the future and benefits from well-managed growth, investment and regeneration.

Your next role

We have an excellent opportunity for a Principal Data Engineer to join our small and friendly Performance, Intelligence & Insight team - with the chance to progress, shape and challenge our service.

In this key position, you will be responsible for the Council’s Data Architecture, which ensures the Council has the access to the data and insight it requires to fulfil its statutory or other functions.

Working in collaboration and line managing a Data Engineer, the aim is to build and document the Council’s data and pipeline infrastructure against the vision and designs agreed in Council’s Data Strategy.

We are forward thinking and looking for new talent and ideas, therefore this is a great opportunity for you to challenge and shape our service, in an organisation that truly makes a difference to the local community.

We are focused in supporting your professional development and can offer award winning leadership development programmes as well as coaching and mentoring networks.

The successful candidate will require the following skills:

• Significant experience in a wide range of databases, programming, ETL, big data, cloud and analytics tools.
• Proven experience in delivering value through integrating data, including experience of manipulating, processing and extracting value from integrating large, disconnected datasets.
• Understanding different tools and an ability to reverse-engineer a data model from a live system. Understanding industry-recognised data modelling patterns and standards.
• Proficiency in integrating and separating data feeds in order to map, produce, transform and test new data products.
• Ability to design, write, optimise and iterate code from prototype to production-ready. Understanding security, accessibility and version control.

This role is 37 hours per week but we operate an agile working policy, allowing you to manage your own diary and work flexibly, including off-site/remote working.

You must be fluent in the English language (as a requirement of Part 7 of the Immigration Act – for the effective performance of a customer-facing role).

Your next package

Please see our Rewards and Benefits offer for more details.

As an employee, you will receive a diverse and exciting environment in which to work, encouraging creativity and innovation whilst recognising the need to support ongoing personal development and a flexible work life balance.

For Swindon to thrive in the future, we need to lay the foundations now. It’s why our regeneration and transformation programmes are already underway. So, you’ll be joining us at an exciting time on our journey. We’ll look to you to share your knowledge, influence decisions and drive real, positive change. With your contributions, we’ll achieve our vision of a prosperous, re-vitalised Swindon together. And you’ll be proud to say it was made better with you.

Please see our Vision and Values page for more details and our new Swindon Plan

Your next steps

Read the role profile and select the Apply button where you will be redirected to the Swindon Borough Council website to complete our online application process. Clicking the ‘Apply’ button on this job website is not an application, you must register on the Swindon Borough Council website in order to be considered for the role.

Potential applicants are sometimes put off if they don’t meet 100% of the requirements. We think individual experience, skills and passion make all the difference, so if you meet the majority of the criteria, we’d love to hear from you.

If you are interested in the role and would like further information to or more detail, please contact Martin Bell, Head of Data, Performance and Insights at MBell2@swindon.gov.uk

As an inclusive employer, we welcome applications from a diverse range of communities, and in particular disabled people and people from ethnic minorities. Read our statement of commitment to equality & inclusion.

If you are experiencing technical issues submitting your application please email resourcing@swindon.gov.uk