Data Engineer - Metadata Management & Data Modelling

Summary: The Data Engineer role focuses on supporting the delivery of the Domain API by ensuring that new API data structures and definitions comply with enterprise data standards and metadata policies. The position requires strong communication skills and foundational knowledge in data modeling, along with basic proficiency in Python. The role is client-facing and involves managing metadata catalogues and ensuring compliance with data standards. The position is based in Telford, requiring two days a week in the office, and is classified as inside IR35.

Key Responsibilities:

• Metadata Catalogue Management: Identify all relevant data attributes and maintain Axon with definitions, ownership, relationships, and any governance gaps.
• Compliance with Data Standards: Map API requirements to enterprise standards, validating naming conventions, semantic consistency, MSOP rules, and domain classifications.
• Data Lineage & Structural Validation: Validate lineage, structure, and definitions across key systems of record including ETMP, ETDS, DWIT, MDTP, NRS, and RCM.
• Governance Reviews: Ensure API request/response data adheres to controlled vocabularies, approved sources, and enterprise compliance policies.

Key Skills:

• Strong communication and consultancy skills: This is a client-facing role.
• Data Modelling experience or knowledge: A good experience may be challenging at A6 level, so foundational knowledge is acceptable.
• Basic Python proficiency, as the role will leverage GenAI to build models.
• SC eligibility with sufficient notice, we can initiate and complete the SC process.
• Axon/Abacus experience: Good to have metadata catalogue, data domain mapping, lineage documentation. Abacus for architecture compliance and linking data models.
• Beneficial: EDC/IDQ, ERD/UML tools, OpenAPI/Swagger understanding.

Salary (Rate): £483 daily

City: Telford

Country: UK

Working Arrangements: hybrid

IR35 Status: inside IR35

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: IT

Detailed Description From Employer:

Data Engineer - Metadata Management & Data Modelling - Gold

Max Supplier Rate: £483

Clearance Required: SC ACTIVE

Duration: 6 months

Location: Telford with 2 days/week in office

IR35 Status: Inside

Purpose of the Role: To support delivery of the Domain API by ensuring all new API data structures, definitions, and attributes are aligned with enterprise data standards, metadata policies, and master data ownership across ETMP, ETDS, DWIT, MDTP, and related systems.

Required Skillset

• Strong communication and consultancy skills: This is a client-facing role.
• Data Modelling experience or knowledge: A good experience may be challenging at A6 level, so foundational knowledge is acceptable.
• Basic Python proficiency, as the role will leverage GenAI to build models.
• SC eligibility with sufficient notice, we can initiate and complete the SC process.

Key Responsibilities

• Metadata Catalogue Management: Identify all relevant data attributes and maintain Axon with definitions, ownership, relationships, and any governance gaps.
• Compliance with Data Standards: Map API requirements to enterprise standards, validating naming conventions, semantic consistency, MSOP rules, and domain classifications.
• Data Lineage & Structural Validation: Validate lineage, structure, and definitions across key systems of record including ETMP, ETDS, DWIT, MDTP, NRS, and RCM.
• Governance Reviews: Ensure API request/response data adheres to controlled vocabularies, approved sources, and enterprise compliance policies.

Tools & Technical Proficiency

• Axon/Abacus experience: Good to have metadata catalogue, data domain mapping, lineage documentation. Abacus for architecture compliance and linking data models.
• Beneficial: EDC/IDQ, ERD/UML tools, OpenAPI/Swagger understanding.