Data engineer in infrastructure projects

The NISTA Data & Insight Team brings together data scientists, engineers, analysts and digital professionals who genuinely care about learning from each other, sharing ideas and making things happen. Together we turn rich, high-value project data into analysis, insights and tools that support people across government, from project delivery teams to senior leaders in HMT, the Cabinet Office and No10, to make decisions that shape how the UK delivers its biggest and most complex projects.

• Act as a bridge between technical and non-technical colleagues, building effective relationships, explaining technical concepts clearly and helping people understand how data flows through the organisation.
• Design, build and evolve robust data pipelines used to extract, transform and load data from our collection platforms into our cloud-based environment.
• Take ownership of the core technical tools that ensure our data is accurate, reliable and efficient to use.
• Work closely with data scientists and infrastructure engineers to shape how data is collected and transformed, enabling high-quality analysis and insight.
• Implement secure, well-governed change practices so back-end improvements can be delivered without disrupting the experience of our end-users.
• Create and maintain clear technical documentation so that our data landscape is transparent and easy to work with.
• Learning and experimenting to keep up-to-date with relevant new and innovative data tools and techniques

• Programming and build (data engineering): You have experience of designing, coding and testing resilient, large-scale data solutions in Python and SQL.
• Experience working in a multi-disciplinary data team to deliver and develop impactful data solutions.
• Communicating between the technical and non-technical: You have experience of communicating confidently to build effective relationships with technical and non-technical stakeholders.

• Alongside your salary of £44,780, HM Treasury contributes £12,972 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme.
• Generous Annual Leave - 25 days (rising to 30 after 5 years), plus public holidays and the King’s birthday.
• Outstanding Pension Scheme - Defined Benefit pension with employer contributions of 28.97%
• Parental Leave Packages - Including 6 months’ occupational pay for maternity/adoption, shared parental leave options.
• Advance Schemes & Discounts - Rental deposit, cycle-to-work, SmartTech, season ticket loans, and access to HM Treasury’s benefits portal for a wide range of discounts.
• Flexible & Hybrid Working - Options include part-time, job-share, compressed hours, flexitime, and hybrid working.
• Hybrid working: HM Treasury operates an office based working approach across all Treasury sites. There is an expectation of a minimum of 60% attendance in the office. Please be aware that this role can only be worked in the UK and not overseas.