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Leeds ODA Improvement Programme (DE) 1

Closing date for applications: 07/11/2022
OVERVIEW OF ROLE
Specialist role
 Data engineer
Summary of the work
 A data engineer is required to support the implementation of a cloud data platform to enable delivery of data services.
Latest start date
 05/12/2022
Expected contract length
 3 months, with the potential to extend.
Location
 Yorkshire and the Humber
Organisation the work is for
 Leeds City Council
Maximum day rate
 £455
ABOUT THE WORK
Early market engagement
 Assessed market, considered and drafted requirements.
Who the specialist will work with
 The individual will be mainly working with personnel from the Leeds Office of Data Analytics (~60 individuals), but may also require interaction with other supporting teams, e.g. platform, service management, etc. The team will have a mix of data specialists - each focused on curating high quality data products and creating powerful and actionable insights.
What the specialist will work on
 The Office of Data Analytics (ODA) for Leeds has several improvement projects as we seek to organise the service, transfer our data to Azure, and to automate priority dataflows that are currently manually processed. A data engineer is required to support the implementation of a cloud data platform to enable delivery of data services.Specifically, there are 2 distinct projects/ activities:1. Azure data platform development2. Data pipeline development*The above may delivered as distinct roles for tasks 1 and 2 or a combination of skills between two Engineers across both tasks.
WORK SETUP
Address where the work will take place
 Leeds City Council, Merrion House, Merrion Way, Leeds. LS2 8LX. Note that LCC operates a flexible/ hybrid working arrangement and the requirement to be present on site can be negotiated.
Working arrangements
 LCC operates a flexible/ hybrid working arrangement and the requirement to be present on site can be negotiated, but the individual should consider 1 day per week as a minimum.Expenses will be within your daily rate for your regular work location. Additional travel expenses will be available should you need to travel to other sites.
Security clearance
 Have SC clearance, or capable of getting SC clearance quickly. Pre existing SC clearance is not essential but is preferred.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Additional terms and conditions
 Not applicable
EVALUATION CRITERIA
How many specialists to evaluate
 3
Cultural fit criteria
 -Enjoy leading diverse groups of people to tackle business challenges. -Adapt communication style depending on audience and has an ability to influence for positive results. -Undertake to create an environment for success, encouraging equality, diversity and an inclusive culture, allowing people to be authentic. -Proactively looks for opportunities to celebrate and share success -Lead by example, visible to the team, professional and strives for excellence. Demonstrates core values in every aspect of work -Thrive working with diverse groups of stakeholders solving their problems and adding value to their operating environment.
Assessment methods
Evaluation weighting
 Technical competence 65% Cultural fit 15% Price 20%
EXPERIENCE
Essential skills and experience
  • Have strong specialist knowledge and expertise across several data management areas, acquired through master’s level education in a STEM discipline, or an equivalent level of knowledge and/or equivalent specialist experience
  • Hold expert technical knowledge of data platform and infrastructure configuration in MS Azure
  • Have expert Knowledge of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using terraform (preferably) or similar
  • Have in-depth knowledge of implementing DevOps practices (CI/CD etc), preferably using Azure DevOps
  • Have expert level knowledge of architecting the most efficient data platform and infrastructure configuration, including expertise in associated data integration
  • Have a proven record of successfully delivering data platforms/solutions in large and complex organisations
  • Hold experience of developing clear process documentation, based on customer requirements
  • Have experience of Azure Data offerings (SQL Database/Managed Instance, Data Factory, Synapse etc)
  • Demonstrate experience of managing and automating data across an organisation, using latest technologies
  • Demonstrate data engineering skills, covering process design; code development (using languages such as SQL, Python, R); data architecture; testing and assurance; and reference/ master data management
Nice-to-have skills and experience
  • Demonstrate a service Management qualification (e.g. ITIL v3 Foundation)
  • Demonstrate a project management qualification (e.g., Agile Practitioner, Prince II or APM)
  • Demonstrate Microsoft Azure certifications
  • Demonstrate experience in working in environments with Secure Azure Networking implementations (Private Endpoint etc)
  • Demonstrate implementation of Power BI. Of particular interest; across different azure tenants & on-premise report server
  • Demonstrate awareness of processes and systems for collecting and flowing health and care data
EXPRESS INTEREST
Closing date for applications: 07/11/2022

Leeds ODA Improvement Programme (DE) 1

Closing date for applications: 07/11/2022


Specialist role:

Data engineer

Location:

Yorkshire and the Humber

Organisation:

Leeds City Council

Maximum day rate:

£455
FULL DETAILS / EXPRESS INTEREST HERE
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