Senior ETL developer

Details

Reference number

296978

Salary

£39,428 - £43,159

Job grade

Senior Executive Officer

Contract type

Permanent

Business area

DVSA - Strategy Planning and Performance

Type of role

Analytical
Architecture and Data
Information Technology

Working pattern

Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time

Number of jobs available

1

Contents

Location

About the job

Benefits

Things you need to know

Apply and further information

Location

You can choose from Bristol, Newcastle, Nottingham or Swansea as your home office. We offer hybrid working – giving you greater flexibility about where and when you work.

About the job

Job summary

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.

There’s never been a better time to join the DVSA.

Our Digital-first vision is supported by a clear strategy which allows our staff to develop and grow.

Click here to find out more the award-winning services we work on and what’s on offer for you, helping drive your career forward.

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.

Things you need to know

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Experience and Technical skills.

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 dftrecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk as soon as possible before the closing date to discuss your needs.

Document Accessibility

If you are experiencing accessibility problems with any attachments on this advert, please contact the email address in the 'Contact point for applicants' section.

This job advert contains links to the DfT Careers website. Our website provides useful guidance and information that can support you during the application process. If you cannot access the information on our website for any reason, please email DRGComms@dft.gov.uk for assistance.

Further Information

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.

Security

Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check (opens in a new window).

See our vetting charter (opens in a new window). People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

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

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

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). The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria. The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.

Apply and further information

This vacancy is part of the Great Place to Work for Veterans (opens in a new window) initiative. The Civil Service welcomes applications from people who have recently left prison or have an unspent conviction. Read more about prison leaver recruitment (opens in new window). Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.

Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

Name : Digital Resourcing Team Email : DigitalResourcing@dft.gov.uk

Recruitment team

Email : dftrecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk

Further information

If you feel your application has not been treated in accordance with the Recruitment Principles and you wish to make a complaint, in the first instance, you should contact Government Recruitment Services via email: dftrecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk
If you are not satisfied with the response you receive from the Department, you can contact the Civil Service Commission: Visit the Civil Service Commission website Here