Main characteristics
- Location
- Southampton, Hampshire
- Company
- Data Careers Ltd
- Salary
- £51997 - £57677/annum + generous 27% pension
- Employment type
- Permanent
- Category
- IT
Job summary
Head of Data EngineeringMaritime and Coastguard Agency
Salary
£51,997 - £57,677
Associated recruitment and retention allowance (£5,000) is applicable for the first year of service. This will be reviewed on an annual basis.
Location
Cardiff, Fareham, Southampton
About the job
Job summary
Are you a passionate Data Engineer professional looking for your next challenge?
Could you provide technical expertise, design and deliver new data pipelines across data projects and programmes?
Do you have experience in delivering the data pipelines using Python, in a cloud environment?
If so, we are looking for a Head of Data Engineering to join us at the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) and we'd love to hear from you!
The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) implements the governments maritime safety policy in the United Kingdom and works to prevent the loss of life and occurrence of pollution on the coast and at sea.
Safer lives. Safer Ships. Cleaner Seas.
Our vision is to be a world-leading organisation, accelerating the transition to sustainable shipping with non-negotiable safety standards. We put our people, our customers and our planet at the heart of everything we do.
We welcome applications from all communities, and we dont discriminate against any identity. Were interested to hear from you, regardless of your background.
Job description
MCA have embarked on an exciting journey to change the way that we use data across the organisation, to empower our people and partners to harness the power of data to make the best decisions to save lives, and create safer, more sustainable seas.
We have an exciting opportunity for a Data Engineering professional to join our growing team as the Head of Data Engineering in the Information Technology Directorate. You will bring your experience and use your passion and enthusiasm to work across all areas of the MCA, and lead a team to support our mission and help make our data vision a reality.
Reporting to the Chief Data Architect, the Head of Data Engineering is a pivotal role in our journey to becoming a data enabled organisation, responsible for designing, implementing and leading the data engineering pipelines to deliver trusted data and supporting technologies to enable the organisation to analyse, share and exploit our data assets.
The successful applicant will be able to deliver cloud pipelines. They will inspire and coach the Data Engineering team to apply best practice to unlock data from source systems. They will have strong programming skills and be skilful in actively creating data pipelines and deliver data for analysis and reporting across the business.
The Head of Data Engineering will collaborate closely with Data Scientists, Information Asset Owners and wider Government Data Engineering professionals to design, develop and deploy data services, advanced analytics and data science.
The role holder will also champion continuous improvement, promoting innovation and integrating new data development technologies into the MCA Data Platform.
Responsibilities
Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
* Responsible for designing, architecting and building data pipeline solutions.
* Working with the Head of Data Science taking responsibility for designing and delivering the data roadmap for the MCA.
* Providing technical leadership across data projects and programmes.
* Contributing to creating an agile, fast paced organisation by promoting innovation as we investigate and adopt modern technologies and modernise our approach to become a data-enabled organisation.
For an in-depth insight into the role, please refer to the Role Profile attached to this advert.
This is a fantastic opportunity to take a key role within our dynamic and collaborative team, enjoying an agile work environment with exposure to the full data life cycle delivering new systems and services. You will join early in our journey to deliver the data strategy, unlocking the data within our organisation, bringing it to life and ensuring it is used to enable better decision making across all functions within the MCA.
There may be a requirement for travel on official duty within the UK, which may involve overnight stays away from home.
Person specification
About You
We are looking to be joined by a motivated individual with proven experience in data and/or software engineering, preferably using Python in a cloud environment.
You will be adept at delivering data engineering projects at pace, working through complex business problems, and partnering with internal and external stakeholders.
You will have strong knowledge of technical design, implementation, and security. You will also have strong experience of a broad range of data management processes and technologies, both traditional and big data.
An excellent communicator, you are able to establish relationships with a wide range of stakeholders of varying seniority levels.
Further Information
Office locations for this role will either be Southampton, Cardiff or Fareham. MCA supports flexible working and operates a hybrid working model between home and office for this role, giving you greater flexibility over where and when you work. Details of the arrangement will be discussed further with your line manager.
The central team for this role is based on Southampton. There will be a requirement to travel (as per business requirements) for meetings, site and stakeholder visits.
Please note that applicants who are not already in the Civil Service at this grade, will enter into this role at the bottom band of the salary range if they are successful.
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
* Changing and Improving
* Working Together
* Delivering at Pace
* Communicating and Influencing
* Seeing the Big Picture
Technical skills
We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:
* Digital, Data and Technology Profession Capability Framework - Data Analysis and Synthesis (Skills Level: Practitioner)
* Digital, Data and Technology Profession Capability Framework - Problem Resolution (Data) (Skills Level: Expert)
* Digital, Data and Technology Profession Capability Framework - Technical Understanding (Skills Level: Expert)
* Digital, Data and Technology Profession Capability Framework - Communicating between the technical and non-technical (Skills Level: Expert)
Benefits
Being part of our brilliant Civil Service means you will have access to a wide range of fantastic benefits. We offer generous annual leave, attractive pension options, flexible working, inclusive working environments and much more to support a healthy work/life balance.
Find out what it's like to work at the Maritime and Coastguard Agency.
Things you need to know
Selection process details
This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Experience and Technical skills.
How to Apply
You will be required to submit a CV as part of your application. Please evidence your experience here of:
* Delivering successful and high-value data engineering initiatives using an agile approach.
* Delivering data engineering projects working through complex business problems and partnering with internal and external stakeholders.
* Data Engineering and/or software architecture and development using Python, in a cloud environment.
CVs should be submitted within the application window to Data Careers (our recruitment partners) and you will find further information on how to do this by clicking 'apply at advertiser's site' at the bottom of this page.
A longlist of all CVs received will be sent across to MCA who will be completing an internal sift.
Sift and Interview Dates
The internal sift is due to take place from 16th November 2023.
Interviews/assessments are likely to be held from 22nd November 2023.
This interview could be conducted online via Teams or face to face at one of our offices. Further details will be provided to you should you be selected for interview.
We will try to meet the dates set out in the advert. There may be occasions when these dates will change. You will be provided with sufficient notice of the confirmed dates.
The selection process will be designed specifically for the role. As a result, your assessment will include:
* An interview.
* A presentation.
As part of the technical assessment we will be using the Digital, Data and Technology Profession Capability Framework (Head of Data Engineering). For further information and for relevant skill levels please follow the link here.
Youre encouraged to become familiar with the role profile, as you may be assessed against any of the criteria recorded within.
Further Information
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 security check (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
This job is broadly open to the following groups:
* UK nationals
* nationals of the Republic of Ireland
* nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
* nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
* nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
* individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
* Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service
Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)
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.
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