Cloud Data Engineer

Accenture; Leeds; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A global professional services company is seeking a Cloud Data Engineer in Bristol. The role involves data profiling, developing ETL processes, and ensuring data quality for client projects. Required skills include proficiency in Palantir, Python, and cloud technologies such as AWS or GCP. This position offers competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits package including vacation and medical coverage.

Benefits

Competitive salary

25 days vacation

Private medical insurance

Extra days for charitable work

Qualifications

• Experience in data engineering and agile methodologies.
• Strong proficiency in cloud platforms like AWS or GCP.
• Ability to work with large-scale structured data.

Responsibilities

• Support data profiling, ingestion, and storage for client projects.
• Design and develop ETL patterns for data processing.
• Implement data quality procedures and best practices.

Skills

Palantir

Python

PySpark

AWS

GCP

Job description

Overview

Cloud Data Engineer
Location: Bristol, UK
Salary: Competitive Salary + Package (dependent on experience)
Career Level: (Accenture will be recruiting at the following levels: Associate Manager)

Please Note: Any offer of employment is subject to satisfactory BPSS and SC security clearance which requires 5 years continuous UK address history (typically including no periods of 30 consecutive days or more spent outside of the UK) at the point of application.

Note: The above information relates to a specific client requirement

Accenture is a leading global professional services company, providing a broad range of services in strategy and consulting, interactive, technology and operations, with digital capabilities across all of these services. With our thought leadership and culture of innovation, we apply industry expertise, diverse skill sets and next-generation technology to each business challenge.

We believe in inclusion and diversity and supporting the whole person. Our core values comprise Stewardship, Best People, Client Value Creation, One Global Network, Respect for the Individual and Integrity. Year after year, Accenture is recognized worldwide not just for business performance but for inclusion and diversity too.

“Across the globe, one thing is universally true of the people of Accenture: We care deeply about what we do and the impact we have with our clients and with the communities in which we work and live. It is personal to all of us.” - Julie Sweet, Accenture CEO

Team

As a team:

We have exciting opportunities for a Data Engineer to join our Data & AI practice, part of the larger Cloud First Group. We deliver scalable, business critical and end-to-end solutions for our client - from data strategy/governance to Core Engineering, enabling them to transform and work in Cloud Technologies.

You'll learn, grow and advance in an innovative culture that thrives on shared success, diverse ways of thinking and enables boundaryless opportunities that can drive your career in new and exciting ways.

If you’re looking for a challenging career working in a vibrant environment with access to training and a global network of experts, this could be the role for you. As part of our global team, you''ll be working with cutting-edge technologies and will have the opportunity to develop a wide range of new skills on the job.

You'll learn, grow and advance in an innovative culture that thrives on shared success, diverse ways of thinking and enables boundaryless opportunities that can drive your career in new and exciting ways.

Responsibilities

• Help support the data profiling, ingestion, collation and storage of data for critical client projects.
• Develop and enhance knowledge of agile ways of working and working in an open source stack (PySpark/PySql).
• Quality engineering professionals utilise Accenture delivery assets to plan and implement quality initiatives to ensure solution quality throughout delivery.

As a Data Engineer, you will

• Digest data requirements, gather and analysed large-scale structured data and validate by profiling in a data environment
• Design and develop ETL patterns/mechanisms to ingest, analyse, validate, normalize and clean data
• Implement data quality procedures on data sources and preparation to visualize data and synthesize insights for business value
• Support data management standards and policy definition including synthesizing and anonymizing data
• Develop and maintain data engineering best practices and contribute to data analytics insights and visualization concepts, methods and techniques

Qualifications

Experience in the following skills:

• Palantir (Must Have)
• Python
• PySpark/PySQL
• AWS or GCP

Set yourself apart

• Palantir Certified Data Engineer
• Certified cloud data engineering (preferably AWS)

What’s in it for you

At Accenture in addition to a competitive basic salary, you will also have an extensive benefits package which includes 25 days’ vacation per year, private medical insurance and 3 extra days leave per year for charitable work of your choice!

Flexibility and mobility are required to deliver this role as there will be requirements to spend time onsite with our clients and partners to enable delivery of the first-class services we are known for.

About Accenture

Accenture is a leading global professional services company, providing a broad range of services in strategy and consulting, interactive, technology and operations, with digital capabilities across all of these services. We combine unmatched experience and specialized capabilities across more than 40 industries - powered by the world’s largest network of Advanced Technology and Intelligent Operations centers. With 509,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries, Accenture brings continuous innovation to help clients improve their performance and create lasting value across their enterprises. Visit us at www.accenture.com

Accenture is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of society and does not discriminate on grounds of race, religion, or belief, ethnic or national origin, disability, age, citizenship, marital, domestic or civil partnership status, sexual orientation, or gender identity, or any other basis as protected by applicable law.

Closing Date for Applications 28/11/25

Accenture reserves the right to close the role prior to this date should a suitable applicant be found.

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Locations

Bristol

Additional Information

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About Accenture

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