Senior Data Engineer
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Job Description
Are you an organised worker who would like the opportunity to develop your technical skills in a wide-reaching role
This post sits within the National Records of Scotland (NRS) Geography team. Their remit is both varied and challenging and they are responsible for maintaining postcode boundaries for Scotland which are the main building block for higher area geographies used to disseminate statistics. The team also produce the NRS Scottish Address Directory and maintain a list of communal establishments managed residential accommodation both of which feed into several government surveys. Geographic products are created and issued on a regular basis and many requests for geographic information are processed some often requiring complex spatial analysis.
As the postholder you will be responsible for helping maintain the postcode and address management systems as well as investigating and developing geographic products and boundaries for use in future work on population statistics. You will be required to use your specialist skills to develop GIS methodologies carry out complex spatial analyses test processes and systems and provide recommendations and outputs in a timely manner and to the required quality standards.
Maintain internal systems using FME Python and GIS required to undertake digitising tasks and for the creation of geography postcode and addressing products.
Produce complex geospatial and geo-statistical analysis and create output files in a variety of formats e.g. shapefiles or GeoJson.
Present clear insights to colleagues to support the end use of the data.
Bring multiple data sources together in a conformed model for analysis.
Design build and test data products that are complex or large scale.
Proactively seek new opportunities to gain value from data and realise innovation.
Select and implement appropriate technologies from an approved portfolio to deliver scalable and future proofed data solutions.
Use a range of tools for storing and working with meta data.
Respond to problems in databases data processes data products and services as they occur. Determine the appropriate remedy and assist with its implementation and with preventative measures.
Use agreed standards and tools to design code test correct and document moderate-to-complex programs and scripts from agreed specifications and subsequent iterations.
Review requirements and specifications and define test conditions generate synthetic test data identify issues and risks associated with this work and analyse and report test activities and results.
- You will be expected to spend a portion of your time engaging with your DDaT specialist community for example attending community knowledge exchanges and providing technical peer support of various kinds whether expert consultancy advice code review or pair programming as well as keeping up to date with relevant technologies concepts and frameworks.
Responsibilities
- Communicating between the technical and non-technical Working
- Data analysis and synthesis Working
- Data development process Practitioner
- Data innovation Working
- Data integration design Practitioner
- Data modelling - Practitioner
- Metadata management Practitioner
- Problem management Working
- Programming and build (data engineering) Practitioner
- Technical understanding Working
- Technical understanding (data engineering) - Working
- Testing - Working
This role is aligned to the Senior Data Engineer level within the Data job family
You can find out more about the skills required here: Data engineer - Government Digital and Data Profession Capability Framework. These skills are assessed by technical assessment and full details will be shared in advance with all candidates who are invited to this stage.
You have used agreed standards and tools (e.g. FME ArcGIS) to design code test correct and document programs and scripts to deliver reproduceable and automated data systems.
You have reviewed requirements and specifications and have defined test conditions that enable the development of data products and identified associated risks.
- You have responded to problems in data data processes data products and the services as they occur.
- Changing and improving Level 3
Apply online providing a CV and Supporting Statement (of no more than 1000 words) which provides evidence of how you meet the skills experience and behaviours listed in the Success Profile above.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools can be used to support your application but all statements and examples provided must be truthful factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others or generated by artificial intelligence and presented as your own) applications will be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action.
Please see ourcandidate guidance for more information on acceptable and unacceptable uses of AI in recruitment.
If invited for further assessment this will consist of an interview and DDaT Technical assessment where the behaviours experiences and technical skills outlined in the Success Profile will be assessed
Interviews and assessments are scheduled for w/c 22nd September 2025 however this may be subject to change.
This role is open to internal candidates andCommon citizenshiporganisations only.
Qualifications
National Records of Scotland (NRS) is Scotlands record keeper. Our purpose is to collect preserve and produce information about Scotlands people and history and make it available to inform current and future generations. We offer rewarding careers and employ people across Scotland in a wide range of professions and roles.
NRS is a Non-Ministerial Department of theScottish Government & and our staff are partUK Civil Service working for Ministers and senior stakeholders to deliver vital public services which improve the lives of the people of Scotland.
We offer a supportive and inclusive working environment along with a wide range of employee benefits. Find out more about what we offer.
This post is part of the Scottish Government Digital Data and Technology (DDaT) profession as a member of the profession you will join the professional development post currently attracts a 5000 annual DDAT pay supplement applicable after a 3 months competency qualifying period. The payment will be backdated to your start date in the role. Pay supplements are reviewed regularly and there is one currently underway. Changes will be communicated when the review is concluded.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
