Lead Data Engineer - UK Health Security Agency - G7

You’ll be part of UKHSA’s Data Engineering and Enablement Division within the Digital and Data Directorate.

In this role, you will:

• Design and build modern data platforms supporting national health security
• Work end to end - from stakeholder engagement through to production delivery
• Help shape and improve engineering standards across the team
• Act as a technical lead, supporting and guiding others

What you’ll be doing

You’ll be focused on building scalable, secure and high-performing data solutions, including:

• Designing and delivering ETL/ELT pipelines across multiple data sources
• Building data orchestration and curated data marts for analytics and insight
• Re using and extending platform capabilities to deliver efficient solutions
• Working in agile, multi-disciplinary teams using DevSecOps practices
• Leading on design, development, testing and deployment of data products

We’re interested in engineers who bring strong technical expertise and thrive in collaborative environments:

• Strong Python experience (Pandas, clean code, testing standards)
• Experience building large scale data pipelines using Spark
• Hands on experience with AWS services (Glue, Lambda, Step Functions, S3)
• Strong SQL and data warehousing experience
• Experience with GitHub workflows and CI/CD pipelines
• Ability to collaborate effectively and solve complex data challenges