Lead Data Engineer

We are recruiting for a full time Lead Data Engineer on a permanent basis
Your passion has never had a greater purpose

Here at SEPA, we’re connected by a passion that drives us to be purposeful in every action we take – to protect our environment. Through our expertise, we lead projects that make a difference for Scotland, and our workplaces are grounded in respect for that expertise.

That’s why, when you join us as Lead Data Engineer, you’ll discover enriching benefits, meaningful support, and opportunities to learn every day. That’s what it means to be Passionately Purposeful – for our environment, and for your career.

Experts at what we do, we work in a professional way towards our shared goals, knowing the work we do makes a genuine, lasting difference on the environment.

As a Lead Data Engineer, you will lead on the delivery and maintenance of SEPA’s data platform and data products, ensuring that analytical and operational solutions are reliable, secure and meet stakeholder needs. You will:

• Collaborate with data customers, subject matter experts and data architects to deliver data sources, integrated datasets, and data & analytics services.
• Drive the development, testing and maintenance of data pipelines, warehouses, lakes, semantic models and reports.
• Implement security and access controls for data at rest and in motion.
• Define and apply engineering standards, quality assurance and agile practices in all delivery.
• Provide guidance to the team and promote adherence to best practices.

This is a highly important role within our Governance, Performance & Engagement portfolio, which means you’ll need:

• Degree in a relevant discipline or equivalent experience.
• Proven strong communication, teamwork and leadership skills, with a track record of mentoring colleagues, defining data engineering standards and delivering successful data engineering projects.
• Comprehensive knowledge of common data architectures and modelling (warehousing, data lake, medallion, data mesh, 3NF, dimensional / Kimball).
• Significant experience with the Azure stack (Fabric, Databricks, Power BI, Synapse, Delta Lake, PySpark / Spark
  
  SQL, SQL DW, Purview, Log Analytics, Entra
  
  ID).
• Proven experience with agile delivery and Dev Ops practices (IaC, testing, monitoring, version control).

Please open the link to Lead Data Engineer which outlines the core responsibilities and expectations of the role within a defined activity family. Please note the role profile name may be different to the job title being advertised.

We’re cultivating a workplace that supports not only your passion and your professional lives, but your personal life. So, you’ll find benefits that make a difference at work and h as:

• Hybrid and Flexible working opportunities
• Up to 35 days annual leave and 7 additional public holidays each year (pro rata)
• Paid time off to support your Wellbeing and enable you to Volunteer in your community
• Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
• Progressive Family Friendly policies
• Training & development to enable colleagues to improve their skills, competencies and knowledge to perform at their best.

Plus, many more lifestyle benefits such as 24/7 access to an online employee discount platform, credit union facilities and access to a Cycle to Work Scheme.

SEPA is committed to promoting equality, diversity, and good relations in everything it does – as a community leader, as a provider and commissioner of services, and as an employer.

Passionately Purposeful about Scotland’s environment – and your career.

Protecting our environment, promoting our work, and supporting our people, working at SEPA means being part of an organisation that’s grounded in respect for your expertise – and your wellbeing. So you can be your best, and make the biggest impact.

We recruit solely based on merit. Our shortlisting process is conducted on an anonymous basis. Please ensure that you include all relevant information when you apply.

We support flexible working arrangements to help you maintain a healthy balance between career and home life. This…