Senior Data Engineer (ICT), Inverness

Job Description

Post Title: Senior Data Engineer (ICT)
Location: Inverness
Hours: 35 hours per week
Duration: Permanent
Salary: £46,155 - £49,959 per annum

Salary placing will normally be at the first point of the scale.

Contact Person: ​Paul Patience Tel: 01463 702923 or Email: paul.patience@highland.gov.uk

Job Purpose:

• The Highland Council’s ICT department has undergone significant transformation, bringing ICT services in-house. A key focus now is maximizing the use of data and systems, which has led to the launch of the ambitious ‘Data Foundations’ project, sponsored by the Chief Executive and part of the Highland Council Delivery Plan 2024-2027.
• This project aims to improve data insights across all Council services, enabling better data-driven decisions and supporting customer self-service through enhanced online services, intelligence reports and dashboards.
• You will help shape the Council’s decision-making process through data insights, driving the shift from siloed operations to integrated, user-centric services. Your ambition to transform the Council, using data as a tool, will be essential in delivering efficient, cost-effective solutions. You’ll contribute to the strong portfolio of work already achieved by ICT Services, confident that better services can be delivered for less.
• In this role, you will lead the implementation of an organisation-wide data warehouse, integrating data from across the council for use in reporting and analysis. Your experience with data integration, programming, databases, and ETL tools will be critical to success.

Please APPLY ONLINE. If you are unable to apply online and you wish to request an offline application pack, please contact HR Transactions, Tel: 01349 868642 (24 hour voicemail) or email: Recruitment.Enquiries@highland.gov.uk quoting the post reference number above.

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The Highland Council understands that diversity fosters creativity and innovation. We are committed to equality of opportunity and being fair and inclusive. We welcome applications from people from all backgrounds, representative of the communities we serve and particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be under-represented in our workforce.

As a disability confident employer, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum essential criteria requirements for the post.

Shortlisted applicants will normally be contacted by email, unless otherwise stated. Please check your emails regularly, including your junk/spam folder.

Requirements

• Educated to degree level in a numerate/business related subject, or equivalent experience in data management and ICT security
• Significant experience in data integration, data warehousing, or a similar role 
• Demonstrable experience in implementing data integration solutions including design, build and test data products based on feeds from multiple large-scale systems