Data Engineer

Data Engineer – West Berkshire Council

Location: Hybrid (2 days per week in the West Berkshire office)
Contract: 6+ months, rolling
Start: ASAP

About the Role

West Berkshire Council is seeking an experienced Data Engineer with essential Unit4 (U4 / Agresso) experience to support major system, data, and integration enhancements across the organisation.

In this role, you will be responsible for ensuring smooth, reliable, and secure data flows between internal systems. You will lead platform improvements, deliver system customisations, and enhance operational processes across SQL Server, QTC/Unit4 environments, and wider system‑to‑system integrations.

Your work will ensure that council data remains trusted, secure, structured, and readily available to support analytics, reporting, statutory returns, and digital transformation initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and optimise integration pipelines ensuring robust, accurate, and scalable data flows across council systems.
  
  
• Implement platform and system enhancements across SQL Server and Unit4 environments.
  
  
• Deliver database and system customisation tasks to improve functionality and performance.
  
  
• Conduct system‑to‑system migration assessments and execute integration improvements.
  
  
• Manage operational data processes and ensure data quality, security, and consistency.
  
  
• Support analytics, reporting, and data services by ensuring high data availability and reliability.
  
  Essential Experience
  
  ✔ Unit4 (Agresso/U4BW) – REQUIRED
  ✔ Strong system integration experience
  ✔ SQL Server expertise (development, optimisation, tuning)
  ✔ Experience with data architecture, data flows, and ETL pipelines
  ✔ Ability to manage migrations and assess system‑to‑system interoperability
  ✔ Understanding of secure data management and governance practices