Data Engineer
Job Title: Data Engineer
Salary: The starting salary is £53,459, which includes allowances totalling £2,928.
The salary is broken down as £50,531 basic salary, which will increase annually until you reach the top of the scale £55,103 Plus, a location allowance of £1,928 and a non-pensionable allowance of £1,000.
Location: The primary Met Location for this role is either Sidcup, Hendon, Bow or Lambeth. Travel across the Met Estate, to attend meetings as required by the business, is expected.
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Policing London is a hugely complex challenge that evolves every day. To make sure the Met is up to the task, we need the right IT and systems across our organisation. As a Data Engineer, you will help to enable us to do our best for the London area. Join us and play your part in making London the safest capital in the world and delivering ‘More Trust, Less Crime and High Standards’.
As a member of the Met, you will also enjoy great benefits including annual leave, civil service pension arrangements, maternity/paternity support, as well as being part of a continuous learning culture.
Digital, Data and Technology (DDaT)
The mission of Digital, Data and Technology (DDaT) is to provide the Met with information (and specifically data), communications and technology to help frontline officers and Met staff do their jobs more efficiently, to deliver the New Met for London plan. In other words, DDaT is about “passionately delivering trusted technology for precise data driven policing”.
As well as keeping up to speed with developments in technology and making recommendations for new equipment and systems that will help modernise policing, DDaT also comprises the Data Office which:
- Owns and drives the data compliance and analytics agenda.
- Brings together the accountabilities that are currently dispersed across the Met business areas.
- Consolidates and further develops existing Met data and insight services.
- Enables data sharing and collaboration to serve the public and external partners.
DDaT is committed to creating an inclusive working environment. We support hybrid working, and the hiring manager will be happy to discuss arrangements for this role.
Job Purpose
Data Engineers provide ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) capability on Met data systems to deliver high-quality data, including automation, for onward processing and consumption. They are data experts and use cutting-edge tools and systems to provide data pipelines that underpin the data-driven culture the Met is developing.
Occasional overtime to support Operational Policing will be required.
Key Role Responsibilities
- Design, development, and maintenance of robust, scalable data pipelines to ensure efficient data flow from various sources to our data warehouses and analytics platforms.
- Implementing data validation and cleansing procedures to maintain high data quality and adhering to data governance policies and standards.
- Administration and optimisation of databases, including tasks such as indexing, partitioning, and query optimisation to enhance performance.
- Developing and managing ETL/ELT processes to prepare data for analysis and reporting, ensuring that data is transformed correctly and loaded into the appropriate systems using SQL Server, AlterYX, FME, azure Data Factory, Data Bricks or equivalent.
- Building and maintain data pipelines in Azure and/or on prem.
- Supporting the development of Junior Data Engineers.
- Collaborating with data analysts, data scientists, and other stakeholders to understand their data needs and provide the necessary support, including troubleshooting and resolving data-related issues.
- Creating and maintaining detailed documentation of data processes, workflows, and systems, and generating reports to provide insights into data operations and performance.
- Responsible for business liaison, requirements gathering, negotiating and agreeing deliverables with other teams/units.
- Dealing with and escalating incidents and problems related to technical infrastructure.
- Monitoring performance of existing databases/data warehouses/data lakes to identify areas of improvement or optimisation opportunities.
- Collaborative working to ensure an understanding of other units’ objectives and promote a joined-up approach to ensure an integrated service across.
- Occasional overtime to support Operational Policing.
Additional Information
Vetting Clearance
This post requires access to the most sensitive intelligence material on a daily basis. Applicants must hold or be prepared to undergo National Security Vetting (NSV) Security Check (enhanced) (SC(e)) level before taking up the post.
Hybrid Working
Hybrid Working available in line with the Metropolitan Police Service hybrid working policy.
How to apply
To begin your career at the Met, please click the "apply now" button below. The application process requires a comprehensive CV, a Personal Statement, and an online application form. In your Personal Statement (1000 words maximum) you should explain your interest in the position and illustrate how your skills and experience (see stated criteria) make you a suitable candidate. Please note that you should not submit two copies of your CV, and ensure that your documents are saved in either PDF or Word format, clearly labelled as CV and Personal Statement.
Completed applications must be submitted by 23:55 on 6th November 2025.
Once received, your application will be reviewed against eligibility criteria, following this, your application will be reviewed by the hiring manager. The application review for this vacancy will commence from w/c 17th November.
Following application review, successful candidates will be invited to interview. Interview dates will commence from w/c 1st December.