Data Engineering Visualisation Developer

VIVO Defence Ltd; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

VIVO Defence Services delivers essential data capabilities across the UK Defence spectrum. This role blends data engineering with visualization, building trusted data products and dashboards to support evidence-based decisions.

You will work on medallion architecture, with Microsoft Fabric, Azure, SQL and Power BI to create reliable pipelines and insightful reports. Hybrid/home-based with UK travel is expected.

Qualifications

• Strong practical experience in data engineering, analytics or business intelligence, including building and supporting data pipelines, dimensional models and analytics products.
• Comfortable working across engineering and visualisation, with the curiosity to understand the underlying business problem and the ownership to see a solution through to live use.
• Experience with medallion architecture across bronze, silver and gold data layers.
• Knowledge of data quality, lineage, testing, version control and deployment practices.
• Good understanding of security, access control and responsible data handling.
• Clear communication with technical colleagues, business users and senior stakeholders.
• Experience in facilities management, Defence, asset-intensive services or another regulated environment would be beneficial.
• A relevant degree or technical qualification is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain data pipelines, transformations and reusable models.
• Translate requirements into practical data products and analytical solutions.
• Develop intuitive Power BI reports, dashboards and semantic models.
• Establish consistent definitions for measures and KPIs, reducing duplicated reporting.
• Support self-service analytics with appropriate governance and access controls.
• Apply sound testing, version control, deployment, documentation and monitoring practices.
• Work with users to validate solutions and prioritise improvements.

Skills

Microsoft Fabric

Azure data services

SQL

Power BI

Medallion architecture

Data modeling

Semantic models

Data pipelines

Data governance

Data quality

Education

Relevant degree or technical qualification

Tools

Power BI

Microsoft Fabric

Azure data services

Job description

Who we are

VIVO provides facilities management and accommodation maintenance for the UK military and its partners. VIVO embodies both experience and innovation.

What we do

We put our Customers and Families First. They are the driving force behind everything we do. We drive forward improvements for them to ensure the service they receive, whether reactive repairs or a major project, is completed safely and on time. In order to achieve this, we have 4 core values: open, caring, agile and collaborative. These are at the heart of everything we do.

Data Engineer and Visualisation Developer

Location: Hybrid / Home-based, with some travel across the UK

Reward: A competitive salary and benefits package reflecting your experience and expertise

Working arrangements: We welcome discussions about flexible working days and hours, including applications from candidates seeking a four-day working week.

Do you enjoy connecting data, uncovering insight and turning business challenges into solutions that people can use?

At VIVO Defence Services, we deliver essential infrastructure and facilities management services across the UK Defence estate. We're looking for a Data Engineer and Visualisation Developer to strengthen our data capability and help operational teams and senior leaders make informed, evidence-based decisions.

This is a hands-on opportunity to combine data engineering with visualisation, taking ownership from understanding the business need through to delivering reliable data and meaningful insight.

About the Role

You’ll enhance and extend VIVO’s existing medallion data architecture, developing trusted, reusable data products across bronze, silver and gold layers.

Working with Microsoft Fabric, Azure, SQL and Power BI, you’ll build reliable pipelines, improve data quality and create clear reports and dashboards that help colleagues understand performance and take action.

You’ll work directly with stakeholders to explore the decisions they need to make and the problems they need to solve. From discovery and engineering to visualisation, testing and adoption, you’ll take responsibility for delivering solutions that meet those needs.

What You’ll Be Doing

You’ll build and maintain data pipelines, transformations and reusable models, improving the quality, traceability, accessibility and performance of data within our existing architecture.

Working with operational teams and business functions, you’ll translate requirements into practical data products and analytical solutions. You’ll integrate and reconcile information from multiple systems, resolving data issues at source wherever possible.

You’ll develop intuitive Power BI reports, dashboards and semantic models, using clear visual design and data storytelling to make complex information understandable and actionable.

You’ll also help establish consistent definitions for measures and KPIs, reducing duplicated reporting and conflicting interpretations of performance. Alongside this, you’ll support self-service analytics with appropriate governance and access controls.

Throughout delivery, you’ll apply sound testing, version control, deployment, documentation and monitoring practices. You’ll work with users to validate solutions, support adoption and prioritise improvements according to customer value and operational impact.

What You’ll Bring

You’ll have strong practical experience in data engineering, analytics or business intelligence, including building and supporting data pipelines, dimensional models and analytics products.

You’ll be comfortable working across engineering and visualisation, with the curiosity to understand the underlying business problem and the ownership to see a solution through to live use.

We’re looking for:

• Strong capability in Microsoft Fabric, Azure data services, SQL and Power BI.
• Experience working with medallion architecture across bronze, silver and gold data layers.
• Experience developing data models, semantic models, reports and dashboards.
• The ability to integrate and reconcile data from multiple operational and corporate systems.
• Knowledge of data quality, lineage, testing, version control and deployment practices.
• A good understanding of security, access control and responsible data handling.
• Clear communication with technical colleagues, business users and senior stakeholders.

You’ll bring an analytical approach, attention to detail and a commitment to reliable outcomes, alongside experience taking business needs through engineering, visualisation and adoption.

Experience in facilities management, Defence, asset-intensive services or another regulated environment would be beneficial. A relevant degree or technical qualification is desirable, although we equally value expertise developed through practical professional experience.

Why Join VIVO?

This is an opportunity to build on an established data architecture and see your work influence real operational decisions. You’ll help colleagues access trusted information, understand performance and identify where improvements will make the greatest difference.

We offer a competitive salary and benefits package that recognises the experience and expertise you bring. We welcome conversations about flexible working days and hours, including a four-day working week, considering individual circumstances alongside business and customer needs.

The role is hybrid/home-based, with some travel across the UK. Flexibility may occasionally be needed to support important releases, incidents or operational deadlines.

You’ll need to hold, or be willing to obtain, the security clearance required to work within Defence environments.

VIVO Defence Services

The role you have applied for is with VIVO Defence Services, a joint venture between Serco and EQUANS. By applying for this role, please be aware that information contained within your CV may be shared between VIVO Defence Services, Serco and EQUANS during the recruitment process.

At VIVO, we are committed to building a diverse and inclusive organisation that supports the needs of all. Therefore, we will make reasonable adjustments at interview through to employment for our candidates and strongly encourage applications from a diverse candidate pool.

We are open to discussions around flexibility and flexible working and operate a hybrid work structure in many of our business areas. We are proudly a Disability Confident Leader. Disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the job will be given the opportunity to demonstrate their abilities at an interview.