Data Engineer - DataOps

Coventry Building Society Careers; Coventry; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading building society in the UK seeks a Data Engineer - DataOps to enhance data solutions. The role involves developing scalable data pipelines, automating processes, and using AWS tools like S3 and Glue. You will support high-quality solutions and mentor team members. Strong programming skills in SQL, Python, and Spark are essential. Enjoy competitive benefits in a hybrid work environment.

Benefits

28 days holiday plus bank holidays

Annual discretionary bonus

Personal pension with matched contributions

Life assurance

Qualifications

• Strong multi-project experience in Data Engineering.
• Professional experience with SQL, Python, Spark, or Scala.
• Experience with Data Warehousing and Data Lake technologies.

Responsibilities

• Support the Senior Data Engineer in delivering high-quality data solutions.
• Streamline processes and mentor team members.
• Provide out-of-hours support for data reliability.

Skills

Data pipeline development

Automation and CI/CD

AWS data tooling

Containerization

Data-related programming

Tools

AWS

Docker

Airflow

Terraform

Github Actions

HashiCorp Vault

Job description

About the role

As the world of data engineering becomes increasingly pivotal in driving modern digital ecosystems, The Coventry is looking to welcome a Data Engineer - DataOps to help us make our evolution a success.

This is more than just a technical role, we’re looking to build a culture of innovation, ownership, and continuous improvement. Working alongside domain-oriented, multi-disciplinary data product teams to design, develop, and test high-quality data solutions that serve as the backbone of our decision-making and digital services.

As a Data Engineer - DataOps, you'll support the Senior Data Engineer in enabling our Data Engineering teams to deliver high-quality solutions through automation, CI/CD best practices, and continuous improvement. You'll help streamline processes, mentor team members, review technical work, and support third-party delivery. This role also includes occasional out-of-hours support to ensure the reliability of our data solutions.

If you're driven by operational excellence and want to make a real impact, we'd love to hear from you.

Benefits

• 28 days holiday a year plus bank holidays and a holiday buy/sell scheme
• Annual discretionary bonus scheme
• Personal pension with matched contributions
• Life assurance (6 times annual salary)

Location: We operate on a team-led hybrid approach with visits to the Coventry office

Find out more about the fantastic benefits of joining Coventry Building Society here.

We reserve the right to close this advert early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications

Essential experience

What is essential is strong multi-project experience in several of the following or similar in a Data Engineering space:

• Strong experience in developing and automating scalable data pipelines in a Finance related data context with a DataOps/DevOps mindset.
• Solid foundation in data engineering, automation, CI/CD pipelines, IaC, monitoring systems to ensure scalable, reliable data workflows.
• You bring professional experience with the following tools:
  • AWS data tooling such as S3/Glue/Redshift/SageMaker.
  • Familiarity with containerization (e.g., Docker) and orchestration in an enterprise environment (Airflow).
  • Infrastructure automation (Terraform).
  • CI/CD platform (Github Actions & Admin).
  • Password/Secret management (HashiCorp Vault).
  • Strong data-related programming skills SQL/Python/Spark/Scala.
• Experience in Database technologies in relation to Data Warehousing / Data Lake / Lake housing patterns.
• Relevant experience handling structured and unstructured data.
• (Information Modeler) Experience in data modelling techniques and tooling.
• (Test) Quality Assurance and Test Automation experience in a Data Pipeline.

Desirable skills

• Experience of working in an Agile Team; preferably Safe.
• Experience in tooling Qlik Replicate / Qlik Compose / DataBricks / Informatica / SAS
• Understanding of data modelling methodology (Kimball, Data Vault, Lakehouse)
• Understanding of Data Science, AI and Machine Learning ways of working
• Experience of testing and testing standards.
• Machine Learning

We're one of the largest building societies in the UK and we share a mutual goal across our branches and our offices to improve the lives of others.

We're officially recognised as a 'Great Place to Work' and our benefits go beyond basic pay, with a discretionary bonus scheme, a culture of reward and recognition and comprehensive support for wellbeing.

At the beginning of the year, The Co-operative Bank officially became part of our Group. Together, we have shared values and an ethical approach towards our members, customers, and colleagues.

We're serious about equality, of race, age, faith, disability, and sexual orientation and we celebrate diversity. By working together, we know you'll build more than just a career with us.

All together, better.

Flexibility and equality

Flexibility and why it matters
We understand the need for flexibility, so wherever possible, we'll consider alternative working patterns. Have a chat with us before you apply to see what the possibilities are for this role.

Proud to be a Disability Confident Committed Employer

We're proud to offer an interview or assessment to every disabled applicant who meet the minimum criteria for our vacancies. As part of the application process, disabled applicants can opt in for the Disability Confident Interview Scheme. If there are ever occasions where it is not practicable to interview all candidates that meet the essential criteria, such as when we receive a high number of applications, we commit to interviewing disabled candidates who best meet the minimum essential and desirable criteria.

Location

Coventry
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