Data Engineering Specialist

Data Engineering Specialist

Salary: National ranging from £67,100 to £80,000 and London from £73,700 to £89,000

Would you like to play a leading role advancing the FCA’s ambition to become a data-led regulator?

The team/department  

The Data Strategy & Services department drives the FCA’s Data Strategy by enhancing the value of data through data management, governance and analysis activities and providing central co-ordination of all data-related activities. As part of the Data, Technology & Innovation (DTI) Division, we are leading the FCA in harnessing the power of data and advanced analytics to transform financial regulation. 

In Data Strategy & Services, we believe in doing things differently. We believe the best approach is sometimes a new approach. We place emphasis on curiosity and experimentation. We collaborate widely with academics, innovative companies, and the rest of the FCA. We believe that people need space to continue learning and the support to develop new ideas, so we commit to giving them both. 

What you will be doing (the role)  

• Apply your technical specialist knowledge to design and implement the Data Engineering Service within Data Strategy & Services in line with industry best practice

• Bring together data engineering resource from across the directorate to form a Hub & Spoke model to support the delivery of data programmes across the directorate and the wider FCA

• Define the skills and capabilities required to deliver the Data Engineering Service and ensure the development needs of the team are identify and fulfilled as required

• Promote the design and delivery of repeatable data pipelines, maximising reuse and minimising technical debt whilst establishing robust processes for the ongoing operation and maintenance of solutions

• Oversee the transition of projects to business-as-usual, ensuring the deployment of quality assured solutions are supported by an appropriate service arrangement

• Advise the department’s leadership team to help deliver and promote the FCA’s Data Roadmap, ensuring that externally the FCA is represented to a high standard

What you will get from the role  

• Play a pivotal role in delivering the FCA Data Strategy and Data Management agenda and work with and influence a wide range of internal stakeholders across the FCA

• Design and manage a brand-new Data Engineering Service within the FCA, using your experience and expertise to shape the service offering to the rest of the organisation

• Opportunity to work directly with the Data & Analytics Product Groups to align ways of working with established DataOps teams who support the FCA’s Data Lake and analytical solutions

Our competitive flexible benefits scheme gives you the opportunity to create a personalised benefits package, tailored to suit your lifestyle. You can use this allowance to purchase additional benefits such as dental or cycle to work or you have the option top up your base salary by taking this as cash.  

Core benefits that you will receive as standard are:  

• 28 days holiday per year plus bank holidays

• Private healthcare with Bupa  

• A non-contributory Pension of at least 8% of basic salary each month (there are several contribution levels that increase depending on your age – up to 12% a month once you reach age 35)  

• Life assurance of eight times your basic salary  

• Income protection  

We support hybrid working which means you will be able to work from home up to 60% of the time over a month with the remainder of your time in one of our three office locations.  

The skills and experience you will have  

Minimum   

We are a signatory to the Government’s Disability Confident scheme. This means that we will offer an interview to disabled candidates entering under the scheme, who best meet the minimum criteria for a role.  

• Experience in establishing and/or transforming a Data Engineering Service within a large organisation to industry best practice

• Effective at leading a sizeable team of data engineers to deliver quality data products at pace and in line with business requirements

• Experience in developing data engineering products that maximise reuse and minimising technical debt

Essential  

• Ability to articulate technical concepts and content for internal stakeholders as well as national and/or international engagements

• Think strategically, contributing to both team-level as well as departmental-wide priorities

• Strong people management skills to work with a range of skillsets, influencing and delivering credible developments

• Strong organisational skills and attention to detail to meet a range of commitments, to deadlines

• Problem-solve, constructively question the status quo, keep an open mind, and develop innovative solutions

• Effective team working skills, encouraging a collaborative approach to decision making and problem solving when appropriate

About the FCA   

The FCA regulates the conduct of nearly 45,000 firms in the UK to ensure our financial markets are honest, fair and competitive. We do this to make sure markets work well for individuals, businesses and the economy as a whole. For more information on what we do, our three-year strategy can be found here.  

The FCA's Values & Diversity  

Our ambition is to cultivate a culture of inclusion for all employees that respects their individual strengths, views, and experiences. We believe that our differences and similarities enable us to be a better organisation – one that makes better decisions, drives innovation, and delivers better regulation.  

The FCA is committed to achieving greater diversity across all levels of the organisations. Given this, we particularly welcome applications from women, disabled and minority ethnic candidates for our technical specialist role.   

Flexible working

We welcome applications from candidates who are looking for flexible arrangements.  Many of our staff work flexibly including working part-time, staggered hours, and job shares.  We can’t promise to give you exactly what you want but we won’t judge you for asking.    
  

Multi-location

As part of the FCA’s on-going commitment to develop our national presence, most of our vacancies are now open to working in our Edinburgh, Leeds, or London offices.  This means that as part of the application process you will be able to select your preference of which office location you would like to work from.   

Useful information  

Applications for this role close at 23:59 on 10th November

This role is graded as Technical Specialist – Regulatory

Got a question?    

If you are interested in learning more about the role please contact: 

For internal applicants, please contact Sara Holland at Sara.Holland2@fca.org.uk  

For external applicants, please contact Asha Gladis at Asha.Gladis@fca.org.uk

What to expect from our interview process  

The assessment process consists of an initial screening call with one our Recruitment Partners.  If successful, you will be invited to attend a first stage competency-based interview. The final stage will include a technical case study and competency-based questions. 

Application support  

We want to remove any possible barriers and are committed to providing a wide range of reasonable adjustments so that you can keep the focus on your conversations and be at your best.  

If you have an accessibility requirement, disability, or condition that means you might require changes to the recruitment process, please contact your recruiter to discuss this further. Our aim is to make your application as easy and comfortable as possible, and your recruiter will be happy to work with you to make any necessary arrangements where possible. 

Security Clearance/Vetting

The successful candidate will hold or will be required to obtain Security Clearance (SC) level vetting.

Please note that all applications must be submitted through our online portal, applications sent via email will not be accepted.