Senior Data Engineer: Sponsorship Available

Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust

Job Summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen in the Data and Analytics Team, at Northern Care Alliance, for a Senior Data Engineer to help migrate the current on-premises solution to a cloud-based solution in Azure.

The Data and Analytics Team has recently undergone a period natural growth and progression which has resulted in the opportunity for two Senior Data Engineers to join the existing Data Platform Team.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a team that is looking to be one of the first hospitals in the country to have a complete Cloud Based Data Warehouse Solution.

The Data and Analytics Team is not only transitioning to a state-of-the-art Azure data platform we are also implementing an agile multi-disciplinary, product focused approach to delivering cutting edge insights, data science and visualisations to the organisation.

The Senior Data Engineer is pivotal to the delivery of high-quality efficient healthcare provision, robust information to operational, clinical and corporate decision makers through the use of on-demand reporting through our current Data Warehouse and moving forward our cloud-based data warehouse. The successful candidate will help to design, develop & implement the trusts new cloud-based data warehouse, alongside be responsible for the migration away from legacy\on-prem solutions and replacing them with state-of-the-art cloud based technologies (Azure), alongside this you will also help to maintain & develop existing on-prem solutions.

Main duties of the job

  • You will be working within a team leading in the specification, development and implementation of a Hybrid on-premise and Azure cloud Data warehouse and reporting platform.
  • Work closely with members of the Data & Analytics Team to proactively develop / improve the trusts Data Warehouse platform / function into a highly efficient architecture.
  • Ensure you are proactive rather than reactive when there are issues within the data warehouse to be fixed in a timely manner & documented for future references.Comprehensive knowledge of Data Engineering products such as SSIS, SSRS, SQL to help triage and signpost solutions to customers, and potential issues to internal teams.
  • Work closely with Senior Data Engineering Manager and team to identify risks and rectify them before they become an issue, particularly those that have a detrimental impact to patients, service users and Data Platforms reputation.
  • Manage / Support the day-to-day operations of the trusts data warehouse solution both on-prem & MS Azure to ensure they are kept running without any errors through our BAU requests portal, dealing incidents & change through our Agile (Scrum) process, liaising with third-party vendors, internal & external teams to ensure business continuity.
  • Design, implement, support, and continual improve the new Microsoft Azure based Data Warehouse, from bringing in new systems through to staging, data warehouse and reporting layer using the Kimball methodology within Data Factory / Pipeline process.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Degree in related technical or informatics related field, or equivalent experience as Data Warehousing Developer or Business Intelligence Developer.
  • Evidence of relevant continued professional development in both technical specialist SQL \ Data Warehouse disciplines
  • Relevant technical skills qualifications backed up with accredited professional certification. Microsoft certification in SQL Server, MS Azure

Desirable

  • Leadership Qualifications Project Management Qualification (e.g. PRINCE2, Agile, Scrum etc.)

Knowledge

Essential

  • Advanced Experience/knowledge of Azure infrastructure or other cloud computing platforms including data factory and ETL processes / synapse.
  • Advanced knowledge of Microsoft SQL Server (Indexes, Performance tuning & query optimization, complex Stored procedures/views/functions)
  • Knowledge of dimensional / fact modelling methodologies and appropriate application of different techniques (Kimball).
  • Knowledge of supporting & developing Microsoft Azure ETL pipeline solutions, triggers, connections / data lake, data bricks, power apps / automate.

Desirable

  • Knowledge & experience in working within an Agile (Scrum) environment / framework.

Professional Registration

Desirable

  • Membership of a relevant Fed-IP recognized professional body is desirable (BCS, SOCITM, IHRIM,CILIP, AphA)

Experience

Essential

  • Experience in handling large datasets from multiple source systems.
  • Experience of providing end user support, training and advanced technical expertise through workshops/sessions.
  • Experience of supervising / mentoring junior members of the team.
  • Significant experience of supporting & developing (“on-prem”) data warehouse environments using Microsoft stack (SQL Server, SSIS, SSRS, SSAS).

Desirable

  • Experience of NHS information and data.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

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: 12 December 2024

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