Senior Data Engineer, SEO, Perm, Liverpool/ Newport

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Reference number

470831

Salary

£44,027
A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28\.97%
GBP

Job grade

Senior Executive Officer### Contract type

Permanent### Business area

CC \- Digital, Data and Technology### Type of role

Information Technology### Working pattern

Flexible working, Full\-time, Part\-time, Compressed hours### Number of jobs available

1
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• Location


• About the job


• Benefits


• Things you need to know


• Apply and further information

Location
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Bootle, North West England, L20 7HS : Newport, Wales, NP10 8XGAbout the job
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Job summary

Job Purpose

As a member of the multi\-skilled DDaT function, the Senior Data Engineer designs, builds and maintains the data pipelines, integrations and data processing services that underpin both the Commission’s operational systems and its analytical data estate. The role helps shape the evolution of the Commission’s data platform by applying solid data engineering and modelling practices to ensure data is structured, reusable and well\-governed.

The Senior Data Engineer designs and develops data flows and transformations across products and platforms, including the SQL logic, stored procedures and views needed to prepare and structure data for use across services and analytical workloads. The role also contributes to evolving the Commission’s Azure data platform, including the use of Synapse and layered data architecture approaches where appropriate.

As a senior member of the engineering capability, You will provide technical leadership, mentoring and promote consistent engineering standards, patterns and best practice across delivery teams.

Job description

Key responsibilities:

• Programming and Build (Data Engineering) You will design, build, test and maintain scalable data pipelines and data processing solutions using modern engineering practices.


• Data Integration You will design and implement data ingestion and integration patterns across Azure services, ensuring they are secure, efficient and maintainable.


• Data Modelling Apply data modelling principles to develop models that support analytics and operational use, working with analysts and architects to ensure accuracy and usability.


• Data Standards and Best Practice Improve data engineering standards, coding conventions and design patterns, ensuring consistency across pipelines and services.


• Technical Leadership Mentor data engineers, review code and pipelines, and provide guidance on data engineering best practice across delivery teams.


• Problem Resolution (Data) Investigate, diagnose and resolve data issues, ensuring root cause analysis and preventative measures are implemented.


• Performance and Reliability Engineering You Will monitor, optimise and troubleshoot data pipelines and storage solutions to ensure reliable, performant and cost\-effective services.

Person specification

Essential Criteria

Ability:

• Technical problem\-solving able to diagnose and resolve complex data issues and deliver robust solutions.


• Collaboration able to work effectively with engineers, analysts, architects and service teams.


• Communication able to explain data engineering concepts to technical and non\-technical stakeholders.


• Attention to detail able to ensure data quality, accuracy and reliability.


• Technical leadership provided across delivery teams by guiding design decisions, reviewing pipelines and code, and ensuring alignment with agreed standards, patterns and architectural guardrails.

Experience:

• Designing and building data pipelines using modern cloud data platforms (e.g. Azure Synapse, Data Factory, Databricks).


• Developing performant SQL\-based transformations and ELT patterns.


• Working with relational and/or big data technologies.


• Using CI/CD, version control and automated testing in data engineering workflows.


• Supporting a data platform across multiple environments including production.

Technical:

• Strong SQL and data transformation skills.


• Proficiency in Azure data tools (e.g., ADF, Synapse, Delta Lake, Data Lake Gen2\).


• Knowledge of ETL/ELT principles and data integration patterns.


• Familiarity with infrastructure\-as\-code, DevOps practices and monitoring.


• Experience with Python, PySpark or similar languages desirable.

Behaviours

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Changing and Improving


• Delivering at Pace


• Communicating and Influencing

Benefits
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Alongside your salary of £44,027, Charity Commission contributes £12,754 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides .
This is your chance to make a contribution that really matters and to make an impact in an organisation where your voice will be heard and your hard work noticed.

Watch this short video to find out more about us.

We operate a flexible hybrid working policy where office attendance is combined with at least 3 days homeworking per week dependent on role requirements.

We recognise everyone as an individual, accepting people for who they are and treating everyone fairly. We welcome the unique contribution diverse applicants bring from all backgrounds and we aim to have a workforce that represents the wider society that we serve. We champion inclusion and wellbeing, aiming to create a workplace where everyone feels valued and has a sense of belonging.

We do not discriminate on the basis of culture, ethnicity, race, nationality or national origin, age, sex, gender identity or expression, religion or belief, disability status, sexual orientation, educational or social background or any other factor.

We offer access to the highly competitive Civil Service Pension Scheme (employer contributions of 28\.97%), far more than in the private sector, and a flexible, family\-friendly environment. Additionally you can look forward to other great benefits via our ‘Perkbox’ and ‘Edenred’ schemes. These include everything from an interest\-free season ticket loan and bicycle loan (after two months) to discounts on gym membership, cinema tickets and restaurants. Please see the attached Charity Commission benefits document.

A minimum of 25 days of paid annual leave, increasing by one day per year up to a maximum of 30 days per year.

The Charity Commission’s operational ambition is to realise the Commission’s values of being an expert regulator that is fair, balanced, and independent, which works in a way that is supportive, collaborative, and innovative to achieve our ambitions. We want to develop our capability to regulate charities to realise this goal and meet our statutory and public duties to ensure that charity in England and Wales can deliver maximum benefit to society in a way that upholds its reputation in the eyes of the public.

Work at the Charity Commission and you’ll make a difference every day to:

• The 170,000 charities of all shapes and sizes that we regulate across England and Wales.


• The trustees we partner with and advise.


• The people and causes that benefit from the £10bn generously donated each year by the public.

Find out more about working for us here.

To note: Any move across the Civil Service on or after 4 October 2018 may have implications on an employee’s ability to carry on claiming childcare vouchers.

Things you need to know
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Artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.### Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles , and will assess your Behaviours, Strengths and Experience.
To apply for this post, you must complete an online application with the following:

• A blind CV setting out your Job History/Full Qualifications/Previous skill and experiences.


• A Personal Statement (maximum 750 words) demonstrating how you meet the essential criteria for the role outlined on the Job Description.

We will assess your CV and Personal Statement against the Essential criteria for the role.

At interview and we will assess you against Strengths the following Behaviours at interview:

• Changing and Improving


• Delivering at Pace


• Communicating and Influencing

Interview Arrangements

Interviews will be taking place via MS teams.

The sift is due to take place on the 29/07/2026\.

Interviews will be taking place on 12/08/2026\.

We will try to meet the dates set out in the advert. There may be occasions when these dates change. You will be provided with sufficient notice of the confirmed dates.

At the interview, the panel can then probe further and ask applicants to provide further specific examples that show how they best demonstrate their skills.

We reserve the right to raise the score required at any stage of the process to manage numbers.

Behaviours:

The distinguishing Behaviours (the required skills, knowledge, and behaviours) for this role are set out in the Civil Service Behaviours Framework 2018 (Success Profiles \- GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)) and should be referred to when making this application.

You are required, under the Behaviours approach, to describe how you have dealt with a specific situation.

You must give evidence of your knowledge, skills, and behav

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