23 Oct
London Fire Brigade
London
Job description
4 PM on Thursday 01 November 2024
In today's rapidly evolving world, technology plays a crucial role in every aspect of our lives, and the London fire Brigade is no exception.
As one of the largest Fire & Rescue services in the world, the Brigade has around 6000 employees and is located at over 100 sites in Greater London.
We are here to make London a safer city.
From advanced communication systems to data management and real-time analytics, ICT is the backbone that underpins operational service delivery, ensuring firefighters have the tools they need to respond quickly and effectively in emergencies.
We are currently recruiting for a range of roles across the department,
in support of our ambitious transformation programme(s) and operational service delivery.
A full list of all of the roles available at London Fire Brigade can be found at https : / / jobs.london-fire.gov.uk / alljobs /
We are looking for a Data Platform Engineer to join our Data Platform Team within the Application and Data Services Team.
The Data Platform is transforming LFB’s reporting environment to allow for an enterprise-wide data-driven approach to decision making.
You will be responsible for helping to develop, build, deploy, document and Support the Data Platform.
As a Data Platform Engineer, you will help to :
- Design data structures optimised for analysis.
- Extract data from source systems into Staging, perform any data cleansing required.
- Load dimension and fact tables.
- Deploy databases changes to test and live as required, using the SQL Compare and following LFB’s change management procedures.
- Develop, test, implement and maintain SSAS tabular models including adding measures and calculated columns.
- Develop,
unit test, implement and document reports to meet stakeholder requirements using Power BI, DAX and SSAS dimensional tabular models
- Ensure tabular models are documented, and changes communicated, in an appropriate manner.
- Integrate data access controls to meet LFB data security requirements, leveraging Windows security and RLS.
- Work with the BI team to handover new tabular models and reports when appropriate, and support during this process.id improved deliverables through your area of work responsibility.
- Participate in daily team Standup meeting, working with the Head of Application and Data Services to support and contribute to the JIRA board.
- Maintain accurate documentation for all work and ad hoc tasks.
- Plan and organise own work so that personal and team objectives are met within agreed deadlines and targets.
salary range or the full advert,
We value the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects our diverse communities across London.
The London Fire Commissioner is an Equal Opportunities Employer and we positively welcome applications from all suitably qualified individuals, irrespective of people's age, disability, gender, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.
We have guidance in place to ensure that all applicants are treated fairly and consistently at every stage of the recruitment process, including the consideration of reasonable adjustments for people who have a disability.
▶️ Data Platform Engineer
🖊️ London Fire Brigade
📍 London