United Kingdom Job Openings

Ministry of Defence

DDaT- Data Engineer

London

FULL TIME

November 14, 2024

Details

Reference number

377464

Salary

£44,590

The base salary for this grade is £44,590, offers above this will be made up of a Digital Skills Allowance of up to £11,400 per annum for exceptional candidates. This role is eligible for London weighting.

A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

Job grade

Senior Executive Officer

Contract type

Permanent

Business area

MOD - Strategic Command

Type of role

Architecture and Data
Defence Operations
Digital
Information Technology
Intelligence

Working pattern

Flexible working, Full-time, Compressed hours

Number of jobs available

Contents

Location

About the job

Benefits

Things you need to know

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Location

London

About the job

Job summary

Do you want to work at the forefront of UK Defence, supporting operations that are beyond the reach, capability, and expertise of other armed forces?
We are a tri-service organisation that recruits the best of the armed forces and civilians to perform the most rewarding and complex tasks. We are recruiting exceptional individuals to support our activities tackling some of the most interesting and challenging national security issues in government. You will be working with unique, highly sensitive data, not seen elsewhere in defence, to the backdrop of a macro environment that is ever changing.
Some of the challenges you will face include working in mixed military and civilian teams to enable high risk operations by providing timely, accurate and trustworthy data and the development of cutting-edge capabilities.
This position is advertised at 37 hours per week.

Job description

You will be supporting the delivery of data products and capabilities used by our soldiers and marines on discreet military operations promoting the UK’s national interest across the globe. As our capabilities become ever more complex, consuming larger quantities of data, the effective, reliable, and scalable ability to process data into consumable products is essential.
The team in London is a mix of civilian, military personnel and contracted support working in collaboration with other teams across locations in the UK and overseas. We work across security classifications and have direct access to the operational users need.
We work closely with NATO, Five Eyes and other partners. There is opportunity for international travel to support operations within risk tolerance.
Some of the responsibilities you will take on include:

Implement and automate data flows to connect operational systems and data for analytics to exploitation systems.
Write scripts to extract, transform and load (ETL) data for ingestion and structure/format data for export around other parts of the business.
Develop and implement data engineering best practice (source-to-target mapping, code standards, data quality, generating representative datasets etc.)
Support and mentor other data engineers as well as develop your own skills.
Setup and administer global policies for data.

Person specification

Essential Criteria

Ni Fi, Airflow and Azure Data Factory
Python and Pandas
SQL/No SQL Databases (Neo4j, Elastic, Azure Blob)
Messaging technologies such as Kafka
Storage solutions such as Min-io or CEPH
Experience of agile working
Kubernetes (AKS and Kubernetes Engine)
Dev Sec Ops best practices, including source control (Git) and vulnerability scanning

Desirable Criteria

AWS & Azure solutions for storage and data engineering, particularly tools available on Stack Hub
Data analysis and visualisation tools such as Palantir, Tableau, Power Bi, TAK
Familiarity with data governance and lineage practices

Behaviours

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

Seeing the Big Picture
Delivering at Pace
Changing and Improving
Leadership

Technical skills

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

Data development process
Data integration design
Programming and build (data engineering)
Problem resolution (data)

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £44,590, Ministry of Defence contributes £12,917 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

Learning and development tailored to your role
An environment with flexible working options
A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

The post does not offer relocation expenses.
External recruits who join the MOD who are new to the Civil Service will be subject to a six-month probation period.
Please Note: Expenses incurred for travel to interviews will not be reimbursed.
Please be advised that the Department is conducting a review of all pay related allowances which could impact on those allowances that the post currently being advertised attracts.
Any move to MOD from another employer will mean you can no longer access childcare vouchers. This includes moves between government departments. You may however be eligible for other government schemes, including Tax-Free Childcare. Determine your eligibility at https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk/.
The Ministry of Defence is committed to providing a safe and healthy working environment for its staff which includes educating them on the benefits of not smoking, protecting them from the harmful effects of second-hand smoke and supporting those who want to give up smoking. Under the Smoke-Free Working Environment policy, Smoking and the use of all tobacco products (including combustible and chewing tobacco products) will not be permitted anywhere in the Defence working environment however some exemptions are in place, please refer to local guidance. The policy is Whole Force and includes all Defence personnel, contractors, visitors and other non-MOD personnel. All applicants seeking, considering, or accepting employment with the Ministry of Defence should be aware of this policy and that it is already in place at a number of Defence Establishments.
MOD Recruitment Satisfaction Survey – We may contact you regarding your experience to help us improve our customer satisfaction. The survey is voluntary and anonymous. You may however be given the opportunity to provide additional information to help us improve our service which includes the collection of some personal data as defined by the United Kingdom General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR). The MOD Privacy Policy Notice sets out how we will use your personal data and your rights.

Things you need to know

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Strengths, Experience and Technical skills.

Candidates will be required to provide CV details to include previous skills and experience.
Candidates will be required to provide a statement of suitability. (Word count: 500)
If successful, there will be an interview consisting of Strengths, and an assessment against the Behaviours and Technical Skills.
At interview, you will be assessed against the following Success Profiles:
Behaviours

Seeing the Big Picture
Delivering at Pace
Changing and Improving
Leadership

Technical Skills

Data development process
Data integration design
Programming and build (data engineering)
Problem resolution (data)

Please refer to the Technical Skills - Framework: Data engineer - Government Digital and Data Profession Capability Framework (ddat-capability-framework.service.gov.uk)
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. There is a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria. If you need to advise us that you need additional help or reasonable adjustments for the recruitment process, please contact: DBSCiv Pers-Resourcingteam3@mod.gov.uk .
As a result of the changes to the UK immigration rules which came in to effect on 1 January 2021, the Ministry of Defence will only offer sponsorship for a skilled worker visa under the points based system, where a role has been deemed to be business critical. This role does not meet that category and we will not sponsor a visa. It is therefore NOT open to applications from those who will require sponsorship under the points based system.
Should you apply for this role and be found to require sponsorship, your application will be rejected and any provisional offer of employment withdrawn.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.

Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is developed vetting (opens in a new window).

See our vetting charter (opens in a new window).

People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

Open to UK nationals only.

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.

Diversity and Inclusion

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).

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Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

Name :

Recruitment Team

Email :

recruiting-group-mailbox-ldn@mod.gov.uk

Recruitment team

Email :

DBSCiv Pers-Resourcingteam3@mod.gov.uk

Further information

Please ensure you read the attached candidate information document prior to completing your application. If you are dissatisfied with the service you have received from DBS, or believe that DBS has failed to follow the recruitment process in line with the Civil Service Commission principles of selection for appointment on merit on the basis of Fair and Open competition, you can raise a formal complaint by writing to DBS at the following address: Defence Business Services, Scanning Hub, Room 6124, Tomlinson House, Norcross Lane, Blackpool, FY5 3WP. If after raising your complaint with DBS you remain dissatisfied you can complain directly to the Civil Service Commission at the following address: , Civil Service commission, Room G/8, 1 Horse Guards Road, London, SW1A 2HQ Or by email:
info@csc.gov.uk.

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