Senior Data Engineer (FDP) at Morson Edge, Multiple Locations, £Contract Rate

Senior Data Engineer - NHS Federated Data Platform (FDP)
Contract Outside IR35 (TBC) 6 months initially
Hybrid - UK NHS Trust
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Overview
Our NHS Client are progressing their implementation of the NHS Federated Data Platform (FDP) as a core enterprise data environment.
We require an experienced Senior Data Engineer to support the design, migration and optimisation of the Trust's data warehouse capabilities within the FDP ecosystem.
This is a delivery-focused role working alongside the FDP Programme Lead and Group Digital Delivery function.
The successful contractor must be able to operate independently in a complex NHS environment and deliver production-grade data engineering outputs quickly.
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Scope of Work
The contractor will:
- Support migration of existing Trust data warehouse assets into the FDP environment
- Design and optimise scalable data pipelines for operational and clinical data
- Build and enhance ELT/ETL processes
- Develop robust data models aligned to FDP standards
- Improve performance, reliability and governance of warehouse architecture
- Support integration of EPR, PAS and operational systems into the platform
- Work with BI and analytics teams to ensure usable, trusted datasets
- Provide technical assurance and documentation
This is hands-on engineering, not strategy consulting.
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Essential Experience
- Proven experience delivering enterprise data warehouse solutions
- Strong SQL and data modelling capability
- Experience with cloud-based data platforms (Azure preferred)
- Experience building ELT/ETL pipelines (Python, dbt, Airflow or similar)
- Experience in NHS or large public sector data environments
- Understanding of healthcare data structures (CDS, SUS, RTT, EPR extracts etc.)
- Strong grasp of data governance and IG in healthcare
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Highly Desirable
- Direct experience working on NHS Federated Data Platform (FDP) deployments
- Experience working with Palantir-based environments
- Previous involvement in Trust-level data warehouse modernisation
- Experience supporting operational use cases (flow, theatres, RTT, elective recovery)
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Deliverables (First 3-6 Months)
- Assessment of current warehouse and FDP integration state
- Stabilised and optimised data pipelines
- Documented architecture and data models
- Improved performance and refresh reliability
- Clear handover documentation and capability uplift within internal team
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Candidate Profile
We are looking for someone who:
- Is pragmatic and delivery-focused
- Can operate with minimal oversight
- Understands NHS politics and pace
- Can translate messy legacy data into clean structured models
- Communicates clearly with technical and non-technical stakeholders
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Contract Details
- 6 months initially (likely extension)
- Hybrid working (expected onsite presence initially)
- Day rate dependent on experience
- Inside/Outside IR35 to be confirmed
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