Vacancy Information

This role is within a unit where Surrey Police and Sussex Police work in collaboration, whilst remaining two separate legal entities/employers with different terms and conditions.

Both Surrey Police staff and Sussex Police staff are employed in this unit on their own force terms and conditions.

Successful candidates may be appointed on the terms and conditions of employment of either Surrey Police or Sussex Police, depending on organisational requirements. A discussion will be held with the successful candidate to confirm the details of location, salary, allowances and hours.

Division / Department - Digital Data & Technology
Grade - Surrey Police Grade H / Sussex Police Grade 11
Status - Full Time or Happy to Talk Flexible Working
Contract Type - Permanent
Salary Grade Range - Surrey Police £38,064 - £45,058 / Sussex Police £41,487 - £45,765
Working Hours - 36.0 Hours per Week
Shift Allowance - No
Politically Restricted - No
Location - Forcewide

The starting salary for this role will usually be at the bottom of the salary range and will be pro-rata if the working hours are less than full time.

Chief Constables' Message

We really welcome your interest in joining our Police Force. It is a privilege to lead the teams in Surrey Police and Sussex Police who continuously work selflessly and tirelessly in order to keep people in our counties safe.

We are looking for talented and inspirational people who put the needs of the public at the heart of everything that they do and who want to make a difference. If you feel you are that person then we want to hear from you.

We wish you all the very best with your application.

Chief Constable Tim De Meyer & Chief Constable Jo Shiner

The Role & Key Responsibilities

From your first day with us you will be part of a policing family making a real difference.

It is our mission to identify and protect vulnerable people, prevent and respond to harm and keep people safe.

This role has a current reviewable Market Allowance of between 7-15k, dependent on skill, in addition to the relevant salary range: Surrey Police £38,064 - £45,058 / Sussex Police £41,487 - £45,765

Surrey and Sussex Police have a flexible working policy which we are happy to discuss.

We operate a hybrid working model, with office days at either our Surrey HQ in Guildford or our Sussex HQ in Lewes, depending on where you are based.

Make data matter where it matters most.

Join a policing organisation committed to identify and protect vulnerable people, prevent and respond to harm and keep people safe. As a Senior Data Engineer, your work will power critical decisions by delivering trusted, high-quality data.

We’re transforming our cloud and data platforms and are looking for experienced data engineers to help shape the future of our data capability in Microsoft Fabric using modern architectures.

What You’ll Do

Lead the modernisation of our data warehouse and implement Lakehouse architectures.
Design, build, and optimise a secure, scalable cloud data platform.
Architect and optimise high-performance, scalable data pipelines leveraging SQL, Python and Fabric Data Factory within the Microsoft Fabric ecosystem.
Collaborate with business stakeholders, architects, analysts, and data scientists to deliver impactful data products.
Act as a technical leader—mentoring data engineers, driving best practices, and improving platform performance.
Monitor, troubleshoot, root cause analysis and performance optimisation of legacy data issues.

Skills & Experience

Skills and Experience

What You’ll Bring

Strong experience delivering cloud data solutions (Microsoft Fabric or Azure preferred) with experience in other cloud data platforms also welcomed (e.g. AWS, Snowflake, Databricks).
Hands-on expertise with Data Factory (Fabric or Azure), notebooks (Python, PySpark), advanced SQL, and strong data modelling and performance optimisation skills. Experience with other cloud data engineering and transformation tools is also welcomed, (e.g. Databricks, Snowflake, Apache Spark)
Proven track record building scalable data pipelines and implementing modern architectures such as Medallion.
Experience with CI/CD, Git, Azure DevOps, and API-based integrations.
Excellent stakeholder engagement skills with the ability to translate business needs into technical solutions.
Contribute to data engineering technical documentation, standards, best practices, and continuous improvement.
A proactive, solution-focused mindset with leadership capability.

Nice to have: Experience with legacy technologies such as Oracle, SQL Server, SSIS, SAP Data Services, T-SQL or PL/SQL.

If you enjoy solving complex challenges, influencing technical direction and seeing the real-world impact of your work, this is your opportunity to build something that truly matters.

Why Work With Us?

Policing is an exciting 24/7 business and we all have commitments outside work. We’re invested in supporting people to balance their life with work and we encourage flexible working. We are open to conversations about job shares and part time working. We encourage agile working, giving you the opportunity to manage your own diary and work wherever you give the best service to the public. This may include flexi-time and home working.

We take pride in looking after our people and offer a variety of benefits;

career progression
contributory pension scheme (LGPS)
generous annual leave allowance
discounts for everyday spend
on-site gyms and a range of sports clubs
generous and supportive parental leave
financial and mental wellbeing guidance and support
discounted contributory healthcare scheme

Please use the following links for more information on the benefits of working with Surrey Police or Sussex Police

Further Information

For more details about this role please contact Carole Jowett, Data Engineering Team Lead via Carole. Jowett@sussex.police.uk.

Diversity Statement

We are only as good as our people. It's important that our officers and staff can be themselves in the workplace and we know that as an organisation we'll grow from the variety of thinking, approach, and the skills that diversity brings; all of which help us to deliver a better policing service. We strive to ensure how we deliver our services, provide information and how we recruit is open and accessible to all.

We have multiple staff support groups who help to improve our understanding of minority issues and ensure they are reflected in our work. We are proud members of Disability Confident, hold Race Equality Matters Trailblazer status, are a signatory of the Race at Work Charter and are aligned with the Armed Forces Covenant and the HeForShe movement.

We are committed to being an anti-racist police service. We promise to challenge injustice, ensure fairness and to uphold anti-racist principles in both our organisation and our communities. For more information, you can read our full anti-racism statement here.

We value the differences that people bring from all backgrounds and communities. Regardless of age, sex, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression, disability, social status, or religious belief, we would love to hear from you.

Please use the following links to find out more on Equality, Diversity and Inclusion at Surrey Police and Sussex Police

Additional Information

Following submission of your application you will receive a confirmation email with a copy of your application attached. Occasionally emails from this address can fall into spam/junk folders so please ensure this is checked regularly. You may wish to consider adding noreply@policejobssurreyandsussex.as.recruitmail.com to your address/contact list to ensure you receive all communications.

This post is being advertised in parallel with Force redeployment processes. Any redeployees who are identified will be given preference. This may result in the post being withdrawn at any point during the recruitment process.

Please note that not all jobs are available for internal candidates across both Forces, the current agreed recruitment principles are;

vacancies in collaborated units are available to all officers and staff across both Forces
vacancies in non-collaborated units are only available to officers and staff within the Force with the vacancy unless it is advertised externally
if the vacancy is advertised externally and an officer or member of staff from the other Force is successful it will result in a transfer of employment

Surrey Police and Sussex Police Special Constables, Volunteers and Agency Staff (excluding self employed workers) covered under the Agency Worker Regulations (AWR) are eligible to apply for internal advertised posts.

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