SFIA Reference: METL Level 4/5 Data Engineer (Grade 3) Competency Description Drives iterative delivery and feedback-driven improvements in data engineering workflows. Learning Outcomes Evidence Requirements Level 4: Level 5: Suggested Learning Activities Recommended Resources
SFIA Reference: TECH Level 4 Data Engineer (Grade 3) Competency Description Partners across teams to provide datasets optimised for analysis, reporting, or machine learning. Learning Outcomes Evidence Requirements Level 4: Level 5: Suggested Learning Activities Recommended Resources
SFIA Reference: SCAD Level 4/5 Data Engineer (Grade 3) Competency Description Implements access controls, data classification, and auditing to ensure data security and regulatory compliance. Learning Outcomes Evidence Requirements Level 4: Level 5: Suggested Learning Activities Recommended Resources
SFIA Reference: DESN Level 4/5 Data Engineer (Grade 3) Competency Description Improves query, job, and resource performance while managing cost within cloud data platforms. Learning Outcomes Evidence Requirements Level 4: Level 5: Suggested Learning Activities Recommended Resources
SFIA Reference: METL Level 4/5 Data Engineer (Grade 3) Competency Description Implements automated, repeatable DevOps practices and infrastructure as code in data engineering. Learning Outcomes Evidence Requirements Level 4: Level 5: Suggested Learning Activities Recommended Resources
SFIA Reference: INCA Level 4/5 Data Engineer (Grade 3) Competency Description Develops secure, efficient, and responsive integration methods for streaming or API-driven data. Learning Outcomes Evidence Requirements Level 4: Level 5: Suggested Learning Activities Recommended Resources
SFIA Reference: DBDS Level 4/5 Data Engineer (Grade 3) Competency Description Designs optimised, scalable, and governed data models to support analytics and storage efficiency. Learning Outcomes Evidence Requirements Level 4: Level 5: Suggested Learning Activities Recommended Resources
SFIA Reference: DENG Level 4/5 Data Engineer (Grade 3) Competency Description Designs, develops, and maintains data pipelines, ensuring scalability, performance, and quality in support of enterprise reporting and analytics. Learning Outcomes Evidence Requirements Level 4: Level 5: Suggested Learning Activities Recommended Resources
Role: Project ManagerContext: Large-scale technical consultancy engagement requiring coordination across engineering, finance, and delivery teams 🔪 Challenge The project manager needed to: Problems included: “I spent hours each week trying to make sense of data from five different places—and still couldn’t guarantee it was accurate.” 🚀 Solution The Data Engineering team: 🌟 Outcome “Now I … Read more
SFIA-8 Aligned Overview As a Senior Data Engineer (Grade 4) you design, build, and optimise scalable data platforms, pipelines, and architectures. In this role, you lead data engineering best practices, DevOps, automation, and real-time processing, working closely with Data Architects, Analysts, and Data Scientists to drive business value from data. You play a key role … Read more