November 17, 2023
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Taunton, England, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
November 17, 2023
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Location
Taunton
About The Job
Job summary
As this is a developmental role, you will be supported in your progression to a Data Engineer role (with a base salary of £35,744 per annum, plus the possibility of a recruitment and retention allowance of up to £10,000 per annum), this is expected to take six months to eighteen months depending on performance.
The United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO) is a world leading hydrographic agency that has been helping people safely navigate the oceans for over 200 years. We are looking to grow our data engineering team to build our data services and productionise analytics.
As a Junior Data Engineer you will play an important part in the above. You will work on projects that will be central to realising the UKHO vision – building systems that deliver data to analysts, customers, and products in the correct form via automated, production grade pipelines that apply leading edge technologies such as deep learning, distributed computing and serverless cloud architectures.
Hybrid Working Expectations
The team are flexible where they work with some members coming into the office more than others. There are no fixed days in the office.
[Please note our Policy on informal hybrid working (arrangements available as agreed with the line manager) does not extend to working overseas].
Job Description
Please note that we will only score against the sift and interview criteria and not the essential and desirable information below.
Whilst we welcome applications from those seeking part time work, please note, that there is a business requirement for the successful candidate to work a minimum of 29.6 hours per week
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:
Alongside your salary of £29,539, UK Hydrographic Office contributes £7,975 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.
At the UK Hydrographic Office, it's very important to us that our people feel valued.
We offer a huge range of benefits such as training and development, well-being support, flexible/ homeworking, a fantastic state of the art building, high spec equipment, and so much more.
See our attached Candidate Information Pack for more details.
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:
When you click apply now you will be asked to anonymise and upload your CV along with a 500 word personal statement on the short-list criteria listed below.
Timeline:
Sift/Shortlist Criteria:
All applications are processed anonymously. You will be short-listed against the following criteria:
Experience :
Interview Criteria:
You will be interviewed against the following criteria:
Excellent development skills including:
Technical scenario
As part of the interview process you will be given a technical exercise which we will assess against the following criteria.
Experience of data pipelines, including:
Process:
In the event you are offered a role with us, you will be required to go through Basic Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) checks which will include Employment and Right to Work Checks. You will also need to apply for SC (Security Clearance), but you may be able to start your role before gaining this. Please see our attached Candidate Pack for further details and Terms.
Please note, we are unable to offer visa sponsorship.
Residency Requirements
SC – non reserved: This is a Ministry of Defence non-reserved post and although open to UK, British Commonwealth and European Economic Area nationals, successful applicants will require a security clearance (SC) and therefore need to have resided in the UK for a minimum of 12 consecutive months within the last 5 years
Eligibility
Due to the secure nature of our work, there may be eligibility restrictions if you hold dual nationality or are not a British Citizen. We will consider each application on a case-by-case basis. We will ask you in our application form to confirm your place of birth and details of any dual or previous nationalities.
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
Security
Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.
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:
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.
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 :
The Department’s recruitment processes are underpinned by the requirement of selection for appointment based on merit, open and fair competition as outlined in the Civil Service Commissioners’ Recruitment Principles, details of which can be found at http://civilservicecommission.independent.gov.uk If you feel your application has not been treated in accordance with the Recruitment principles and you wish to make a complaint, you should in the first instance contact recruitment.queries@ukho.gov.uk If you are not satisfied with the response you receive, you can further contact the Civil Service Commission at: civilservicecommission.independent.gov.uk or view more details at http://civilservicecommission.independent.gov.uk
Taunton
About The Job
Job summary
As this is a developmental role, you will be supported in your progression to a Data Engineer role (with a base salary of £35,744 per annum, plus the possibility of a recruitment and retention allowance of up to £10,000 per annum), this is expected to take six months to eighteen months depending on performance.
The United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO) is a world leading hydrographic agency that has been helping people safely navigate the oceans for over 200 years. We are looking to grow our data engineering team to build our data services and productionise analytics.
As a Junior Data Engineer you will play an important part in the above. You will work on projects that will be central to realising the UKHO vision – building systems that deliver data to analysts, customers, and products in the correct form via automated, production grade pipelines that apply leading edge technologies such as deep learning, distributed computing and serverless cloud architectures.
Hybrid Working Expectations
The team are flexible where they work with some members coming into the office more than others. There are no fixed days in the office.
[Please note our Policy on informal hybrid working (arrangements available as agreed with the line manager) does not extend to working overseas].
Job Description
- Working with colleagues to deliver high quality code
- Writing automated tests to ensure compliance with requirements
- Contributing to the scrum ceremonies such as daily stand-up and planning meetings
- Utilising serverless cloud capabilities delivered using CI/CD pipelines
- Working with stakeholders to understand their data processing requirements
- Continually looking for opportunities to grow technical and behavioural skillset
Please note that we will only score against the sift and interview criteria and not the essential and desirable information below.
- Inquisitive mindset, always able to ask questions to aid learning
- Seeks opportunities to learn new skills
- Journals achievements and learnings to aid with progression
- Contributes to a supportive and respectful team culture
- Able to proactively seek help when required
Whilst we welcome applications from those seeking part time work, please note, that there is a business requirement for the successful candidate to work a minimum of 29.6 hours per week
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
- Developing Self and Others
- Working Together
We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:
- Linux skills
- Designing and writing high quality software
- Software tooling knowledge
- Accessing and reading data
- Cloud development knowledge
Alongside your salary of £29,539, UK Hydrographic Office contributes £7,975 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.
At the UK Hydrographic Office, it's very important to us that our people feel valued.
We offer a huge range of benefits such as training and development, well-being support, flexible/ homeworking, a fantastic state of the art building, high spec equipment, and so much more.
See our attached Candidate Information Pack for more details.
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:
When you click apply now you will be asked to anonymise and upload your CV along with a 500 word personal statement on the short-list criteria listed below.
Timeline:
- Advert Closes for applications: 19th November 2023
- Shortlisting: 22nd November 2023
- Interviews: 30th November 2023
Sift/Shortlist Criteria:
All applications are processed anonymously. You will be short-listed against the following criteria:
Experience :
- Has written software that reads and/or processes data (lead criteria)
- Has used data storage tools such as databases or structured file formats
- Has experience of working as part of a team, preferable utilising scrum methodologies
- Has knowledge or experience of cloud technologies such as AWS/Azure/GCP
Interview Criteria:
You will be interviewed against the following criteria:
Excellent development skills including:
- Linux skills
- Designing and writing high quality software
- Software tooling knowledge
- Accessing and reading data
- Cloud development knowledge
- Working Together
- Developing Self and Others
Technical scenario
As part of the interview process you will be given a technical exercise which we will assess against the following criteria.
Experience of data pipelines, including:
- Designing and writing data processing software
- Accessing and reading data
- Testing software
- Cloud development knowledge
Process:
- Single or two stage interview via TEAMS. You will be contacted to book a suitable slot if you are shortlisted (see our Candidate Pack for further information)
In the event you are offered a role with us, you will be required to go through Basic Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) checks which will include Employment and Right to Work Checks. You will also need to apply for SC (Security Clearance), but you may be able to start your role before gaining this. Please see our attached Candidate Pack for further details and Terms.
Please note, we are unable to offer visa sponsorship.
Residency Requirements
SC – non reserved: This is a Ministry of Defence non-reserved post and although open to UK, British Commonwealth and European Economic Area nationals, successful applicants will require a security clearance (SC) and therefore need to have resided in the UK for a minimum of 12 consecutive months within the last 5 years
Eligibility
Due to the secure nature of our work, there may be eligibility restrictions if you hold dual nationality or are not a British Citizen. We will consider each application on a case-by-case basis. We will ask you in our application form to confirm your place of birth and details of any dual or previous nationalities.
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
Security
Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.
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 the Republic of Ireland
- nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
- nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
- nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
- individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
- Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service
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.
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 : recruitment.queries@ukho.gov.uk
- Email : recruitment.queries@ukho.gov.uk
- Email : recruitment.queries@ukho.gov.uk
The Department’s recruitment processes are underpinned by the requirement of selection for appointment based on merit, open and fair competition as outlined in the Civil Service Commissioners’ Recruitment Principles, details of which can be found at http://civilservicecommission.independent.gov.uk If you feel your application has not been treated in accordance with the Recruitment principles and you wish to make a complaint, you should in the first instance contact recruitment.queries@ukho.gov.uk If you are not satisfied with the response you receive, you can further contact the Civil Service Commission at: civilservicecommission.independent.gov.uk or view more details at http://civilservicecommission.independent.gov.uk
