Senior ETL developer Bristol, England
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We recognise the challenges that people with (multiple) protected characteristics may experience on the job market and in their career progression. We are fully committed to being an inclusive employer and ensuring equal opportunities. We are keen to make our workforce as diverse as possible, and we hope to attract applications from underrepresented groups including ethnic minorities, people with a disability and people with gender diverse identities.
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Job description
This role has a direct influence in the delivery of data products and services into the systems and business processes, whilst also supporting the team design, build, test and maintenance of the data management systems, ensuring all meet our business requirements and user needs. You will be primarily responsible for the design and implementation of numerous complex data flows to provide crucial data for the analytics and BI systems.
You will:
- Apply a range of techniques for data profiling and source system analysis from a complex single source.
- You will Engage with partners, and stakeholder's to deliver a joined up end to end operation services.
- Design, write and iterate code from prototype to production ready.
- Integrate and separate data feeds to map, produce, transform and test new data products.
- Manage Stakeholder expectations and be flexible to business needs.
Person specification
- Establishes enterprise-scale data integration procedures across the data development life cycle and ensures that teams adhere to these. Manages resources to ensure that data services work effectively at an enterprise level.
- Expertise in exposing data from systems, linking data from multiple systems, and delivering streaming services.
- Designs, writes, and iterates code from prototype to production ready. Understands security, accessibility, and version control. Can use a range of coding tools and languages.
- Has a demonstrable understanding of how to expose data from systems (for example, through APIs), link data from multiple systems. and deliver streaming services.
- Experience in developing ETL.
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
- Changing and Improving
- Managing a Quality Service
Technical skills
We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:
- Analysis and synthesis (data analyst) - (Skill level: working) - - Click Here.
- Data Management - (Skill level: working) - Click Here.
- Data Modelling, Cleansing and Enrichment - (Skill level: working) - Click Here.
- Data Quality Assurance, Validation and Linkage - (Skill level: working) - Click Here.
- Data visualisation - (Skill level: working) - Click Here.
Benefits
The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) helps everyone stay safe on Britain's roads.
We're an innovative organisation that values professional expertise and invests in all our people. We champion inclusive and diverse teams, ensuring we have the skills required to deliver transport that moves Britain ahead now and into the future, meeting the needs of the people who use our services.
If you would like to read more about the great opportunities and benefits of working at DVSA visit our Careers website.
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How to Apply
To apply for this role, you will need to provide detailed evidence of your experience of the following sift criteria within your CV.
This Role is using CV only, Please structure your CV to provide detailed evidence of each of the following:
- Experience and understanding of a variety of metadata management tools.
- Experience of Inputting design and maintenance of metadata repositories to understand data assets.
- Experience of stakeholder engagement and project delivery concepts.
- Experience of Developing fit for purpose, resilient, scalable, and future-proof data services to meet user needs.
- Knowledge of data modelling principles, understanding the opportunity for re-use and alignment between data models in different functional areas.
The sift is due to take place w/c 10th July.
Interviews are due to take place w/c 24th July
This interview will be conducted via a video interview, details of which 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
You’re encouraged to become familiar with the role profile, as you may be assessed against any of the criteria recorded within.
Please see attached candidate notes for further information about our recruitment process.
The Department for Transport alongside other Government Departments recruit using Success Profiles. This means for each role we consider what you will need to demonstrate in order to be successful. This gives us the best possible chance of finding the right person for the job, drives up performance and improves diversity and inclusivity.
For further information on Success Profiles visit our Careers website.
Applicants who are successful at interview will be, as part of pre-employment screening, subject to a check on the Internal Fraud Database (IFD). This check will provide information about employees who have been dismissed for fraud or dishonesty offences. This check also applies to employees who resign or otherwise leave before being dismissed for fraud or dishonesty had their employment continued. Any applicant’s details held on the IFD will be refused employment.
A candidate is not eligible to apply for a role within the Civil Service if the application is made within a 5-year period following a dismissal for carrying out internal fraud against government.
Reasonable Adjustments
As a Disability Confident Leader employer, we are committed to ensuring that the recruitment process is fair, accessible and allows all candidates to perform at their best. If a person with a visible or non-visible disability is substantially disadvantaged, we have a duty to make reasonable changes to our processes.
Complete the “Assistance required” section in the “Additional requirements” page of your application form to tell us what changes or help you might need during the recruitment process. For instance, you may need wheelchair access at an interview, or if you’re deaf, a Language Service Professional.
If you need a reasonable adjustment so that you can complete your application, you should contact Government Recruitment Service via [email protected] as soon as possible before the closing date to discuss your needs.
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For more information about how we hire, and for useful tips on submitting your application for this role, visit the How We Hire page of our DfT Careers website. You can find detailed information about the recruitment process and what to expect when applying for a role.
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
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Nationality requirements
This job is broadly open to the following groups:
- UK nationals
- nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
- nationals of the Republic of Ireland
- nationals from the EU, EEA or Switzerland with settled or pre-settled status or who apply for either status by the deadline of the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
- relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals working in the Civil Service
- relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals who have built up the right to work in the Civil Service
- certain family members of the relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals
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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).
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