Data Engineer

Mentmore; Reading; Hybrid; GBP 59,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading data services company is looking for a Data Engineer to join their Digital Data team. In this hybrid role, you will manage corporate data requirements and implement data flows for analytics. Candidates should have solid experience in Data Engineering, Azure Data Factory expertise, and excellent SQL and/or Python skills. This role offers a competitive salary up to £70,000 per annum, generous annual leave, a pension scheme, and various health and wellbeing benefits.

Benefits

Competitive salary up to £70,000

26 days annual leave, increasing to 30

Generous pension scheme

Performance-related bonus scheme

Health and wellbeing benefits

Qualifications

• Solid experience as a Data Engineer is required.
• Expertise in Azure Data Factory is essential.
• Excellent SQL and/or Python skills needed.
• Extensive experience in Data Engineering is required.
• Proficiency in Data Warehousing Solutions and Data Modelling is necessary.
• Excellent interpersonal skills for stakeholder communication are important.

Responsibilities

• Manage investigation of corporate data requirements and document them.
• Implement data flows for analytics and BI systems.
• Work with data architects and data scientists to determine necessary data.
• Solve database integration and unstructured data problems.
• Ensure good understanding of data structures among users.
• Contribute to development and maintenance of corporate data standards.

Skills

Data Engineering

Azure Data Factory

SQL

Python

Data Warehousing Solutions

Data Modelling

Interpersonal skills

Effective communication

Job description

Data Engineer - Hybrid Role

Working as a key member of the Digital Data team, the purpose of this Data Engineering role is to help build out the next evolution of our clients Enterprise Data Platform (EDP).

The role will collaborate with colleagues from across the organisation, including their bespoke data product teams, to contribute to the overall goal of becoming a data-driven organisation with a centralised enterprise Lakehouse at its core. You will therefore assist in the delivery of this vision and play your part in helping take the client toward the next level of data maturity.

What you’ll be doing as a Data Engineer

• Manage the investigation of corporate data requirements, documenting them according to the required standards, utilising the prescribed methods and tools.
• Implement data flows to connect operational systems, data for analytics and BI systems. Re-engineer manual data flows to enable scaling and repeatable use.
• Work closely with data architects and data scientists to determine which data is needed for analysis.
• Tackle problems associated with database integration and unstructured data sets.
• Ensure that those using the data structures and associated components have a good understanding and that any queries are dealt with promptly and efficiently.
• In liaison with the information management or IT management functions, contributes to the development and maintenance of corporate data standards.
• Corporate data standards are agreed, documented, managed and audited as required.

Essential

• Solid experience as a Data Engineer.
• Azure Data Factory expert.
• Excellent SQL and / or Python skills.
• Extensive experience in Data Engineering.
• Proficient with Data Warehousing Solutions and Data Modelling.
• Has excellent interpersonal skills and is fully experienced at dealing with stakeholders.
• Proficient and effective communicator.

Desirable

• MCSA Data Engineering with Azure.
• M10979 Azure Fundamentals.
• Experience of working with national / international standards, e.g. ISO20000, ISO27000, ISO9001, ITIL.

What’s in it for you?

• Competitive salary of up to £70,000 per annum, depending on experience.
• Annual Leave – 26 days holiday per year, increasing to 30 with the length of service (plus bank holidays).
• Generous Pension Scheme through AON.
• Grade B performance-related bonus scheme.
• Access to lots of benefits to help you take care of you and your family’s health and wellbeing, and your finances – from annual health MOTs and access to physiotherapy and counselling, to Cycle to Work schemes, shopping vouchers and life assurance.