Data Engineer

Victrex Plc; Thornton; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading manufacturing company in the United Kingdom is seeking a talented Data Engineer. The role involves designing and building data pipelines, ensuring their stability and performance, and providing technical leadership in business intelligence solutions. Candidates should have experience in enterprise IT solutions, BI tools, and programming in Python and/or R.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in technical leadership and delivering technical solutions.
• Strong understanding of enterprise IT solutions and data models.
• Experience with BI tools like SSIS, Power BI, and advanced T-SQL.

Responsibilities

• Design, maintain, and configure data pipelines, platforms, and sources.
• Monitor and ensure stability and performance of data pipelines.
• Provide technical leadership to deliver innovative solutions.

Skills

Technical leadership

Data modeling

SSIS

Power BI

Azure SQL Data Warehouse

T-SQL programming

NoSQL databases

Python

R programming

AGILE methodology

Kanban

Tools

Azure Data Factory

Microsoft ERP

Dynamics 365

Job description

Job Overview

Victrex is seeking a talented and motivated Data Engineer to join our IT department in Business Intelligence. The role focuses on designing and building infrastructure to support the extraction, transformation, and loading (ETL) of data from various sources, ensuring the stability and performance of our data pipelines.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, maintain, and configure data pipelines, platforms, and sources.
• Integrate and validate new software and technical solutions.
• Monitor and ensure the stability and performance of data pipelines.
• Provide technical leadership to deliver innovative solutions.
• Collaborate with partners and business owners to address data quality issues.
• Support existing business systems and BI via the Service Desk as needed.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in technical leadership and delivering technical solutions.
• Strong understanding of enterprise IT solutions and data models, ideally within a manufacturing and distribution environment.
• Experience with BI tools (SSIS, SSRS, SSAS), Power BI, Azure SQL Data Warehouse, Azure Data Factory, advanced T‑SQL programming, and in‑depth knowledge of SQL and NoSQL databases.
• Experience with structured project management methodologies (e.g., AGILE, Kanban, PRINCE2).
• Python and/or R programming skills.
• Knowledge of Microsoft ERP products, especially Dynamics 365.
• Microsoft Certified: Azure Data Fundamentals (desirable).