Associate Data Engineer

A vacancy has arisen for a full time, hybrid working, permanent Associate Data Engineer to support the development and ongoing function of our Data Centre within the Data and Analytics team at NHS South Yorkshire.

The position is to assist in the maintenance and expansion of the Integrated Care Boards database repositories. This role requires excellent SQL skills and experience of database management of a large data warehouse, preferably cloud based., This role will -

Provide day-to-day maintenance of our Azure SQL and Azure SQL Managed Instance Databases.

Build, monitor and maintain Azure Data Factory (ADF) Pipelines.

Understand & utilise Microsoft Fabric along with other Microsoft and Azure services such as Storage, Events, Alerts, Power BI, & Analysis Services from an engineering perspective.

Understand, for engineering purposes, and implement appropriate security and compliance measures based on NHS policies and industry best-practice.

Document sources and logic used to build Data Centre structures.

Communicate complex analytical matters to others and advise accordingly.

Maintain and monitor the Data Centre to ensure high availability for end users and analysts and continue development.

Working with the external organisations and key ICB contacts.

Have experience of NHS systems.

Have experience of working with cloud-based data platform solutions.

Have experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team.

NHS South Yorkshire Integrated Care Board oversees health and social care for a population of 1.4m people. Working through our 4 places, Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham, and Sheffield, we are building on the strengths, capacity and knowledge of all those directly involved with our local communities to deliver our four key aims of Improving outcomes in population health and healthcare; Tackling inequalities in outcomes, experience and access; Enhancing productivity and value for money; and Helping the NHS support broader social and economic development.

Our near 1,000 staff are committed to addressing the broader health, public health, and social care needs of the population across South Yorkshire through our values of One Team, Empowered and Innovative. We work as a key partner with the Integrated Care Partnership (ICP) of health and care providers within the South Yorkshire Integrated Care System (ICS) to collectively deliver health and care services that meet the needs of the local population. In total there are 186 GP practices in the region, 72,000 health and social care professionals working across seven NHS trusts and four local authorities, and a further 6,000 voluntary, community and social enterprise sector (VCSE) organisations. We work alongside all these colleagues through local councils, our VCSE partners and other partners to address health inequalities and wider determinants of health in South Yorkshire.