Lead Data Engineer – UK Health Security Agency

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You'll be part of UKHSA's Data Engineering and Enablement Division within the Digital and Data Directorate. In this role, you will:

Responsibilities

• Design and build modern data platforms supporting national health security
• Work end-to-end – from stakeholder engagement through to production delivery
• Help shape and improve engineering standards across the team
• Act as a technical lead, supporting and guiding others

Key Responsibilities

• Designing and delivering ETL/ELT pipelines across multiple data sources
• Building data orchestration and curated data marts for analytics and insight
• Re‑using and extending platform capabilities to deliver efficient solutions
• Working in agile, multi-disciplinary teams using DevSecOps practices
• Leading on design, development, testing and deployment of data products

Qualifications

• Strong Python experience (Pandas, clean code, testing standards)
• Experience building large‑scale data pipelines using Spark
• Hands‑on experience with AWS services (Glue, Lambda, Step Functions, S3)
• Strong SQL and data warehousing experience
• Experience with GitHub workflows and CI/CD pipelines
• Ability to collaborate effectively and solve complex data challenges

Location: London, England, United Kingdom

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