AMS PSR

On behalf of UKRI, we are looking for a Data Engineer (Inside IR35) for a 10 month contract. This is a hybrid working role (travel once per quarter onsite - Swindon).

UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) is the national funding agency investing in science and research in the UK.

UKRI invests £8 billion of taxpayers’ money each year into research and innovation and the people who make it happen. They work across a huge range of fields –from biodiversity conservation to quantum computing, and from space telescopes to innovative health care. They give everyone the opportunity to contribute and to benefit, bringing together people and organisations nationally and globally to create, develop and deploy new ideas and technologies.

As a Data Engineer your main responsibilities will be to:

• Develop, maintain and support ETL/ELT pipelines in a cloud-based environment.
• Development and testing of code within the data infrastructure environment.
• Ensure that appropriate data quality, integrity and alerting is built into all solutions.
• Collaborate with business subject matter experts to understand the organisation’s essential data requirements and to manage the organisation’s data assets.
• Assessment and evaluation of data/system changes that may impact data performance, models or reports and recommend amendments if required.
• Support development of processes to ensure standards and procedures are correctly applied.
• Take responsibility for the quality of work delivered.

Essential:

• Extensive ETL/ELT development experience, including pipeline design, development, and implementation (preferably with Talend Data Fabric).
• Strong working knowledge of SQL with the ability to query across MySQL and SQL Server databases.
• Proficiency in Cloud based platforms (AWS experience preferred). 
• Experience in relational database design, including physical, canonical and logical modelling. 
• Familiarity with various software development tools, methods and technologies. 
• Coding experience in SQL, and exposure to Java and/or Python.

Desirable:

• Experience with the Talend Data Quality framework and other ETL tools.
• Exposure to other commercial SQL-based platforms, such as Oracle or SQL Server.

Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not Overseas.

Disability Confident 

As a member of the Disability Confident Scheme, UKRI guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group. This scheme encourages candidates with a disability and/or neurodivergence to apply. In exceptional circumstances, we may also need to apply the desirable criteria in our shortlisting process which may include holding active security clearance.

Armed Forces Commitment

UKRI guarantees to interview veterans or spouses / partners of military personnel who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of ex-military candidates / military spouses or partners, who meet all of the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group. In exceptional circumstances, we may also need to apply the desirable criteria in our shortlisting process which may include holding active security clearance.

In applying for this role, you acknowledge the following "this role falls in scope of the Off Payroll Working in the Public Sector legislation. Any rates of payment quoted will reflect the gross rate per day for the assignment and will be subject to appropriate taxes and statutory costs. As such the payment to the intermediary and your income resulting from this contract will be different".