Senior Data Engineer (4644)

Join us at Social Security Scotland as a Senior Data Engineer and be at the forefront of our ambitious digital transformation. This role offers an exciting opportunity to work with a talented team and turn data into a driving force for positive change, helping us create a system that supports the people of Scotland for decades to come.

The Digital, Delivery & Change division is responsible for delivering the infrastructure, capability and digital solutions that will support Social Security Scotland. As a Senior Data Engineer within the division, you will play a crucial role in developing robust data infrastructure and systems that underpin our diverse digital initiatives. Collaborating with a growing team of digital experts across Engineering & Cloud Services, Architecture, Applications, and more, you will design and implement data flows that facilitate analytics and business intelligence.

Your expertise will ensure the delivery of high-quality data products that meet the needs of our stakeholders and enable effective decision-making. We are committed to fostering a positive and inclusive culture that empowers all team members to thrive, making this an exciting opportunity to contribute to meaningful societal change.

A Senior Data Engineer designs and leads the implementation of data flows to connect operational systems, data for analytics and business intelligence (BI) systems.

At this role level, you will:

• Recognise opportunities to reuse existing data flows.
• Lead the build of data streaming systems.
• Optimise the code to ensure processes perform optimally.

GDD Pay Supplement

This post is part of the Government Digital and Data (GDD) profession and currently attracts a 4,000 annual GDD pay supplement, which is paid monthly. Pay supplements are reviewed regularly.

• Design, develop and support real-time data streaming solutions using Apache Kafka to deliver scalable, reliable data integration.

Success Profiles

We use an assessment framework called Success Profiles which lists the elements we test and provides detailed descriptions of each. Find out more about the framework here.

For this post, the following Success Profile elements will be assessed:

Experience

1. Experience of designing, developing, testing, documenting and maintaining automated, repeatable data solutions using agreed standards, tools and best practices.