Data Engineer

ELLIOTT MOSS CONSULTING PTE. LTD.; Penarth; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A consulting firm in Penarth is seeking a Data Engineer to provide operational support for enterprise data platforms. The role involves collaborating with product teams, ensuring compliance with IT policies, and optimizing data platforms. The ideal candidate will have strong automation skills, along with experience in Java or Python, and must be willing to provide L2/L3 support. This is an excellent opportunity for someone with a passion for data and automation.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience as a Data Engineer, Platform Support Engineer, or Software Engineer.
• Hands-on experience with data structures and algorithms.
• Willingness to provide L2/L3 support, including weekend support.

Responsibilities

• Provide operational support for enterprise data platforms.
• Collaborate with product teams and business stakeholders.
• Ensure deployed platforms comply with IT security and regulatory policies.

Skills

Informatica or Tableau

Automation tools (Ansible preferred)

Java

Python

RDBMS

Linux/Unix environments

Shell scripting

Education

Degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Ansible

CI/CD tools

Snowflake

Oracle

MS SQL

Denodo

AWS services

Power BI

Job description

Job Description

The Data Engineer will be responsible for providing operational support for enterprise data platforms. The role involves working closely with data product teams, business users, and vendors to implement, onboard, and maintain data platforms supporting BI, ingestion, and data governance needs. The candidate must be willing to provide L2/L3 support, including occasional weekend support.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide operational support for enterprise data platforms across BI, ingestion, and governance domains.
• Work with data product teams and business stakeholders to implement and support data platforms using best practices and modern frameworks.
• Collaborate with product vendors to design, deploy, integrate, and optimize data platforms within the organization’s ecosystem.
• Ensure deployed platforms comply with IT security and regulatory policies.
• Establish operational processes and implement monitoring mechanisms to ensure platform availability and reliability.
• Act as a solution architect, assisting in the end-to-end onboarding of projects onto enterprise data platforms.
• Perform testing and validation on deployed data platforms. Identify automation opportunities to streamline deployment, monitoring, incident response, and reduce manual operations (using Ansible, CI/CD tools, scripting, etc.).

Required Skills

• Hands‑on platform support experience with Informatica or Tableau.
• Willingness to provide L2/L3 support, including weekend support when required.
• Familiarity with automation tools; Ansible experience is preferred.
• Ability to support enterprise data platforms and collaborate with product teams, vendors, and end‑users for implementation, onboarding, and maintenance.
• Good knowledge of Java, Python, and RDBMS (good to have).
• Technical Requirements: Degree in Computer Science or related field.
• Minimum 5 years of experience as a Data Engineer, Platform Support Engineer, or Software Engineer.
• Strong knowledge of data structures and algorithms to build scalable applications in Java or Python.
• Experience with application implementation and integration using RDBMS.
• Hands‑on experience with Linux/Unix environments, shell scripting, and command-line tools.
• Knowledge of data integration and visualization platforms such as Informatica, Tableau, and Power BI.
• Experience in automation (Ansible, Python scripts, CI/CD pipelines, deployment automation).
• Exposure to: Snowflake, Oracle, MS SQL, Denodo AWS services (advantageous). Understanding of SDLC and Agile frameworks (Scrum, Kanban).
• Familiarity with industry best practices in version control, testing, CI/CD workflows, and documentation.