Data Engineer - Palantir

Accenture UK & Ireland; Leeds; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global consulting firm seeks a Cloud Data Engineer in Leeds, UK. The position involves supporting data management standards and executing data quality procedures while collaborating in a team-oriented environment. Candidates must have experience with Palantir and be proficient in Python and cloud services like AWS or GCP. A competitive salary and a rich benefits package including vacation days and private medical insurance are offered.

Benefits

25 days’ vacation per year

Private medical insurance

3 extra days leave for charitable work

Qualifications

• Experience with Palantir is a must.
• Proficient in Python and familiar with cloud platforms AWS or GCP.
• Understanding of ETL mechanisms and data engineering best practices.

Responsibilities

• Support data profiling and ingestion for critical client projects.
• Design and develop ETL mechanisms to analyze and clean data.
• Implement data quality procedures to visualize data.

Skills

Palantir

Python

PySpark

PySQL

AWS

GCP

Job description

Cloud Data Engineer

Location : Leeds, UK

Salary : Competitive Salary + Package (dependent on experience)

Career Level : (Accenture will be recruiting at the following levels : Specialist & Associate Manager)

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 of 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

As a team

We have exciting opportunities for a Cloud Data Engineer to join our Data & AI practice, part of 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.

In our team you will learn

• Help support the data profiling, ingestion, collation and storage of data for critical client projects.
• How to develop and enhance your knowledge of agile ways of working and working in 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 analyse 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 visualise data and synthesize insights for business value.
• Support data management standards and policy definition including synthesizing and anonymising data.
• Develop and maintain data engineering best practices and contribute to data analytics insights and visualisation concepts, methods and techniques.

We are looking for 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.