# Senior Data Engineer > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-data-engineer/22077712-8236-4c03-9990-02237bb81d26 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-data-engineer/22077712-8236-4c03-9990-02237bb81d26.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Salford - **Region:** North West - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Administrative and IT - **Grade:** Band 7 - **Salary:** £49,387 - £56,515 per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent: Weekend working on a rota basis - **Employment type:** Full time, Flexible working, 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday) - **Closing date:** 2026-06-18T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-06-04T07:01:41.260Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Manchester/Salford/Northern_Care_Alliance_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Senior_Data_Engineer/Senior_Data_Engineer-v8057365 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8057365?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview An exciting opportunity has arisen in the Data and Analytics Team at Northern Care Alliance for a Senior Data Engineer to help migrate the current on-premises solution to a cloud-based solution in Azure The Data and Analytics Team has recently undergone a period natural growth and progression which resulted in the opportunity for two Senior Data Engineers to join the existing Data Platform Team. This is a fantastic opportunity to join a team that is looking to be one of the first hospitals in the country to have a complete Cloud Based Data Warehouse Solution. The Team is not only transitioning to a state-of-the-art Azure data platform we are also implementing an agile multi-disciplinary, product focused approach to delivering cutting edge insights, data science and visualisations to the organisation. The Senior Data Engineer is pivotal to the delivery of high-quality efficient healthcare provision, robust information to operational, clinical and corporate decision makers through the use of on-demand reporting through our current Data Warehouse and moving forward our cloud-based data warehouse.  The successful candidate will help to design, develop & implement the trusts new cloud-based data warehouse, alongside be responsible for the migration away from legacy\\on-prem solutions and replacing them with state-of-the-art cloud based technologies (Azure), alongside this you will also help to maintain & develop existing on-prem solutions. Previous applicants need not apply ### Main duties of the job - You will be working within a team leading in the specification, development and implementation of a Hybrid on-premise and Azure cloud Data warehouse and reporting platform. - Work closely with members of the Data & Analytics Team to proactively develop / improve the trusts Data Warehouse platform / function into a highly efficient architecture. - Ensure you are proactive rather than reactive when there are issues within the  data warehouse to be fixed in a timely manner & documented for future references.Comprehensive knowledge of Data Engineering products such as SSIS, SSRS, SQL to help triage and signpost solutions to customers, and potential issues to internal teams. - Work closely with Senior Data Engineering Manager and team to identify risks and rectify them before they become an issue, particularly those that have a detrimental impact to patients, service users and Data Platforms reputation. - Manage / Support the day-to-day operations of the trusts data warehouse solution both on-prem & MS Azure to ensure they are kept running without any errors through our BAU requests portal, dealing incidents & change through our Agile (Scrum) process, liaising with third-party vendors, internal & external teams to ensure business continuity. - Design, implement, support, and continual improve the new Microsoft Azure based Data Warehouse, from bringing in new systems through to staging, data warehouse and reporting layer using the Kimball methodology within Data Factory / Pipeline process. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk ## Job Details An exciting opportunity has arisen in the Data and Analytics Team at Northern Care Alliance for a Senior Data Engineer to help migrate the current on-premises solution to a cloud-based solution in Azure The Data and Analytics Team has recently undergone a period natural growth and progression which resulted in the opportunity for two Senior Data Engineers to join the existing Data Platform Team. This is a fantastic opportunity to join a team that is looking to be one of the first hospitals in the country to have a complete Cloud Based Data Warehouse Solution. The Team is not only transitioning to a state-of-the-art Azure data platform we are also implementing an agile multi-disciplinary, product focused approach to delivering cutting edge insights, data science and visualisations to the organisation. The Senior Data Engineer is pivotal to the delivery of high-quality efficient healthcare provision, robust information to operational, clinical and corporate decision makers through the use of on-demand reporting through our current Data Warehouse and moving forward our cloud-based data warehouse. The successful candidate will help to design, develop & implement the trusts new cloud-based data warehouse, alongside be responsible for the migration away from legacy\\on-prem solutions and replacing them with state-of-the-art cloud based technologies (Azure), alongside this you will also help to maintain & develop existing on-prem solutions. Previous applicants need not apply ## Job Description You will be working within a team leading in the specification, development and implementation of a Hybrid on-premise and Azure cloud Data warehouse and reporting platform. Work closely with members of the Data & Analytics Team to proactively develop / improve the trusts Data Warehouse platform / function into a highly efficient architecture. Ensure you are proactive rather than reactive when there are issues within the data warehouse to be fixed in a timely manner & documented for future references.Comprehensive knowledge of Data Engineering products such as SSIS, SSRS, SQL to help triage and signpost solutions to customers, and potential issues to internal teams. Work closely with Senior Data Engineering Manager and team to identify risks and rectify them before they become an issue, particularly those that have a detrimental impact to patients, service users and Data Platforms reputation. Manage / Support the day-to-day operations of the trusts data warehouse solution both on-prem & MS Azure to ensure they are kept running without any errors through our BAU requests portal, dealing incidents & change through our Agile (Scrum) process, liaising with third-party vendors, internal & external teams to ensure business continuity. Design, implement, support, and continual improve the new Microsoft Azure based Data Warehouse, from bringing in new systems through to staging, data warehouse and reporting layer using the Kimball methodology within Data Factory / Pipeline process. ## Responsibilities To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk ## Person Specification ### Qualifications **Essential** - Degree in related technical or informatics related field, or equivalent experience as Data Warehousing Developer or Business Intelligence Developer. ### Skills & Abilities **Essential** - An ability to work individually using own initiative, as well as a member of a team ### Knowledge, Training & Experience **Essential** - Advanced experience of Azure infrastructure or other cloud computing platforms, including Data Factory, ETL processes, Databricks and Data Lake technologies - Advanced knowledge of Azure infrastructure or other cloud computing platforms, including Data Factory, ETL processes, Databricks and Data Lake technologies - Advanced knowledge of Microsoft SQL Server (Indexes, Performance tuning & query optimization, complex Stored procedures/views/functions) - Knowledge of supporting & developing Microsoft Azure ETL pipeline solutions, triggers, connections / data lake, data bricks, power apps / automate. - Experience of supervising / mentoring junior members of the team. **Desirable** - Experience of NHS information and data. - Experience in working within an Agile (Scrum) environment / framework ## Documents - [senior data engineer (docx, 89.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10347338) - [candidate information pack (pdf, 840.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=3016) - [sponsorship & evisa information (pdf, 141.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2708) - [senior data engineer functional requirements (pdf, 160.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10347339) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.