Python Job: Data Support Manager

Responsibilities:

· Establish the needs of researchers and data owners and provision researcher access accordingly.
· Work closely with the Secure Research Service (SRS) technology support team and across Office for National Statistics (ONS) Digital Services and Technology to:
- Commission and install new research applications and customise existing applications in order to make them meet the needs of the Secure Research Service (SRS) users
- Install and test new versions of the SQL database management system (DBMS), supplying user and business needs.
- Support and test back-up and recovery plans
- Support and carry out capacity planning.
· Monitor and manage database performance to provide efficient and responsive relational database service to researchers.
· Map out the conceptual design for a relational database used to provide researcher access to data.
· Consider both technical ‘back-end organisation’ of data and ‘front-end provision’ for accredited researchers.
· Maintain data standards, including procedures and definitions for the data dictionary (metadata).
· Control database access permissions and privileges.

Essential Criteria:
· Proven experience working with technology and analytical tools and programming languages in support of analysis.
· Experience of planning, coordinating and implementing database technology to enable access to data held in a relational format, with a proven track record of delivering against agreed time scales.
· Proven experience and track record of developing and improving service delivery in response to changing demands and needs.
· Proven expertise of coding R and Python in a research environment
· A proactive attitude and an ability to take responsibility to develop and lead pieces of work to add value, improve efficiency or develop capability.
· A customer focused attitude and the initiative and drive to continuously improve the services being delivered.

For more detailed information on the duties and requirements, as well as to apply, click the APPLY button below!

In return we offer you:

✔Hybrid working in an organization voted top in the UK for work-life balance

✔A market leading pension scheme - our employer contribution rate is around 27%

✔A choice of working patterns *for every role* full-time, part-time, job-share.

✔Maternity, adoption or shared parental leave of 26 weeks full pay (subject to qualifying criteria)

✔Employee Assistance Programmes

✔Diversity Network Groups

✔Mental Health Allies

✔Civil Service Sports and Social club

✔Generous holiday allowance – 25 days annual leave, rising to 30 days after 5 years service in addition to 9 public holidays

For more information about this role and to apply, please click the APPLY button to be taken to Civil Service Jobs.

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Permanent, Fixed term contract

Salary: £37,688.00 per year

Benefits:

• Casual dress
• Company pension
• Cycle to work scheme
• Discounted or free food
• Employee discount
• Flexitime
• Free parking
• On-site parking
• Sick pay
• Wellness programme
• Work from home

Schedule:

• Day shift
• Flexitime
• Monday to Friday
• No weekends

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Darlington

Application deadline: 23/05/2023