Senior Data Engineer

Senior Data Engineer

Crown Prosecution Service

Apply before 11:55 pm on Sunday 15th March 2026

Location

This post can be based in any location within England and Wales where a CPS office is located. Whilst it's an expectation of the role to travel to CPS locations as per business needs, CPSis disability confident employer and all reasonable adjustments will be considered in line with Equality Act of 2010.

About the job

Job summary

Join the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) as a Senior Data Engineer and be a vital part of the criminal justice system in England and Wales. Operating independently, the CPS' work upholds the rule of law and ensures that justice is served fairly and impartially for victims, witnesses, and defendants.

This is a unique opportunity for you to contribute to the UK's justice system through the development and maintenance of a modern data platform.

As part of the Data Platform team, you will engage with both technical colleagues and business stakeholders to understand requirements, advise on data solutions, and ensure that the systems you build are both functional and user focused.

Your expertise as a senior data engineer will help shape a data-driven culture within the CPS, ensuring that the organisation remains responsive and effective in a rapidly evolving data landscape.

Job description

Your roles and responsibilities:
* Develop and maintain data products that meet the needs of stakeholders, ensuring they are user-friendly and accessible.
* Continuously monitor and optimise ETL processes and data flows to maintain high performance and efficiency, minimising downtime and errors.
* Implement rigorous data validation and quality checks to ensure the accuracy and reliability of data used for analytics and business intelligence.
* Mentor and support junior data engineers by sharing knowledge, best practices, and providing guidance on complex technical challenges
* Foster a collaborative learning environment by encouraging team members to share insights, experiences, and innovative solutions to common problems.
* Regularly seek and provide constructive feedback to and from team members, promoting a culture of continuous improvement and personal growth.

Person specification

To be eligible to apply, you need:
. Proven experience as a Data Engineer.
. Strong expertise in designing and implementing ETL processes.
. Experience in data modelling
. Experience using SQL and Python to query and manipulate data.
. Strong communication and collaboration skills.

Behaviours

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
. Managing a Quality Service

Benefits

Alongside your salary of 43,800, Crown Prosecution Service contributes 12,688 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme.
Selection process details

This vacancy is using [3] Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Strengths and Experience.

Recruitment process

The recruitment process consists of an online application, interview and assessment. These are expected to take place on w/c 13 April 2026.

Your interview takes place online through Microsoft Teams. A member of our recruitment team will be in touch with guidance. If you have any queries about this, contact benjamin.ross-

You should keep this date free or notify us if you're not available. We'll make every effort to accommodate your date preferences but we can't guarantee it.

Assessment

We ask you to complete an assessment as part of the recruitment process for this role. We will provide details immediately before your interview.

Personal statement

We ask you to complete a personal statement of no more than 750 words. You need to demonstrate the following experience required for this role:
. Proven experience as a Data Engineer.
. Strong expertise in designing and implementing ETL processes.
. Experience in data modelling
. Experience using SQL and Python to query and manipulate data.
. Strong communication and collaboration skills.

In addition, you need to demonstrate the Crown Prosecution Service or Civil Service values.

Behaviours

You are also asked to complete a statement of no more than 250 words for each behaviour setting out how you consider your personal skills, qualities and experience match the specified behaviours and requirements:

. Managing a Quality Service

Interview/Assessment

We use behaviours to help us understand your experience, to see if you're a good fit for the role. You are assessed against SEO in the Civil Service success profiles [4] behaviours framework. We are assessing 1 behaviours at interview/assessment stage

. Managing a Quality Service - interview

Essential Experience will also be assessed through the assessment

CV

You're not required to upload your CV. However, when submitting your application there is a 'CV section'. You are required to provide information about your employment and/or academic history for the past three years, skills and qualification details. The CV section will be assessed.

It's your responsibility to provide the specified information in the requested format to ensure that you're considered for the post.

If you're unable to cover three years through employment or academic history, you must provide a character reference for clearance purposes.

Strengths

Strengths are tested at interview stage - the strengths tested are not shared before the interview.

Other

This is a Full time post. We do consider requests for flexible, part time working and job share, always considering the operational needs of the department.

Please note that the CPS is unable to offer visa sponsorship. Therefore, if you require visa sponsorship to work in the UK, you will not meet the eligibility criteria for this role.

Clearance

If successful, you are required to secure a Security Clearance, for which you must have a current valid UK address.

To be cleared to Security Clearance clearance level, you have to be able to meet the residency requirement in the Cabinet Office guidance. For the Crown Prosecution Service this is three years within the last five years

Candidates are subject to UK immigration requirements.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.

Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed.
Contact point for applicants

Job contact:
. Name: Alan Yates
. Email: Recruitment team