Azure Data Engineer: Sponsorship Available

Kirklees Council

Job Summary

This role is one of several new positions weve created to enhance our Data and Insight Service. As an Azure Data Engineer at the Council, you will work with a variety of high-value datasets.

You will modernise the councils dataflows, collaborating with data management and engineering colleagues. Your work will involve innovation and deploying robust practices, including data pipelines and warehouse structures. This role will directly contribute to improving health, social, and economic outcomes across Kirklees and support statutory outputs.

You will lead database design, development, maintenance, and management, utilizing modern data engineering standards to seek out opportunities for efficiency, effectiveness, and innovation. Additionally, you will identify and deploy effective testing regimes and ensure timely resolutions. Documenting and communicating your work and knowledge with colleagues will be crucial in supporting the service, council, and partnership objectives.

This is an exciting time to join us as we build the Councils data engineering and development practice. You will have the opportunity to enhance your Microsoft Azure skills and be part of a journey that includes embedding agile ways of working.

Main duties of the job

Why Join Us?

  • We are a modern and progressive council, committed to family-friendly, flexible, and agile ways of working.
  • Generous pension scheme.
  • 5 days of annual leave (plus public holidays).
  • Engage in exciting career opportunities and contribute to building a strong local democracy.
  • The Council has recently developed an ambitious Data and Insight Strategy and is building a new Data and Insight Function.

About us

Kirklees is set in the heart of beautiful West Yorkshire and has a growing population of approximately 440,000. With the two major centres of Huddersfield and Dewsbury, it also encompasses several smaller towns. It is well served by both rail and road networks and is close to Leeds and Manchester.

Other roles you may have experience of could include: Data Engineer, Azure Specialist, Data Solutions Engineer, Data Infrastructure Engineer, Cloud Data Engineer.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Undergraduate degree which includes a strong data component (e.g.
  • Computer Science, Engineering, Statistics) or equivalent experience
  • Advanced skills in developing databases and transforming, extracting,
  • and manipulating data using SQL.
  • Advanced skills in and significant experience of SQL Server Integration
  • Services (SSIS) development, administration, and deployment.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Closing Date: 17 November 2024

To apply for this job please visit www.jobs.nhs.uk.