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# Associate Data Engineer

- **Company:** NHS South Yorkshire Integrated Care Board
- **Location:** Sheffield, United Kingdom
- **Salary:** £32,073 - £39,043
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Microsoft Azure, Cloud Database, Databases, Data Centers, SQL Azure, Power BI, Standard Sql, Azure Data Factory, System Availability, Microsoft Fabric, Data Analytics
- **Published:** November 10, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/jobadvert/D9133-2003

## About the Role

Have experience of NHS systems.

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

Have experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team.

## Description

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.