Advanced Data Engineer

If you are an Public Health Wales employee this post will only be offered on a secondment basis and you will need to have gained your line managers approval for the secondment prior to going to interview.Job Title: Advanced Data Engineer
Pay Band: 7
Hours of Work: 37.5 per week
Duration of Contract: 12 months Fixed Term
Division/Directorate: Public Health Data, Knowledge, and Research (PHDKR) Directorate
Department: Data Engineering
Base: No 2 Capital Quarter - Public Health Wales Cardiff Office

Main duties of the job

Job overview
Public Health Wales is seeking experienced and skilled Data Engineers who can help us on our journey to achieve our mission of protecting and improving the health and reducing health inequalities for the people of Wales. This includes working towards better data practices, more automated processing, analytical pipelines, and developing our overall data and technical maturity.
As a Data Engineer within Public Health Wales, you will work collaboratively with other technical specialists (including, but not limited to, developers, database administrators, data analysts and scientists) on the development, implementation, maintenance, and improvement of robust, efficient, secure, and scalable data infrastructure.
We are looking for someone who can champion the profession of data engineering, is committed to delivering continuous improvement, and will help drive the organisation towards its digital and data strategy.
If you'd like to discuss the role further, please contact Oliver Roberts, Principal Data Engineer, at oliver.roberts@wales.nhs.uk.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.