Summary: The Ministry of Justice is seeking a Lead Data Engineer for a 6-month hybrid contract based in London. The role involves overseeing the integration of legal aid data onto the Analytical Platform and collaborating with Analytics Engineering to develop a flexible data model. The ideal candidate will have strong technical skills and experience in leading data engineering teams while ensuring best practices are followed. Active SC Clearance is a prerequisite for this position.

Key Responsibilities:

• Oversee and enable work with upstream teams to integrate legal aid data onto the Analytical Platform.
• Lead the build of a new data layer and collaborate with Analytics Engineering colleagues.
• Guide and support a team of data engineers in applying best practices.
• Review, design, and develop data pipelines.
• Engage and maintain relationships with business stakeholders and cross-functional teams.
• Ensure practices are up to date with the latest developments in data engineering.
• Build CI/CD workflows, ideally with GitHub Actions.
• Utilize infrastructure as code, ideally Terraform.

Key Skills:

• Active SC Clearance.
• Excellent skills in Python, SQL, and Jinja.
• Experience with cloud platforms, ideally AWS.
• Experience with orchestration tools, ideally Airflow.
• Experience in leading and supporting data engineering teams.
• Experience in building CI/CD workflows.
• Experience in reviewing and developing data pipelines.
• Experience in engaging with business stakeholders.
• Experience with infrastructure as code, ideally Terraform.

Salary (Rate): £600

City: London

Country: UK

Working Arrangements: hybrid

IR35 Status: inside IR35

Seniority Level: Mid-Level

Industry: IT