Data Platform Engineer

Starr Underwriting; City Of London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading insurance organization is seeking a data-focused professional with over 5 years of experience in the London Market Insurance sector. The role involves leveraging Azure technologies to implement and maintain data solutions, fostering relationships with stakeholders, and contributing to data platform design. Ideal candidates will possess Microsoft Engineering qualifications, strong problem-solving abilities, and effective communication skills within an agile environment.

Benefits

First-class training and development opportunities

Qualifications

• 5+ years’ experience working within a data function in a London Market Insurance.
• Sound understanding of data warehousing concepts.
• Experience in collaborative environments and agile methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Implementing and maintaining solutions leveraging Azure-based cloud architecture.
• Eliciting business requirements from use cases and maintaining traditional MS stack solutions.
• Collaborating closely with business stakeholders and Analytics Engineering teams.

Skills

Data warehousing concepts

ETL/ELT - SSIS & T-SQL

Data modelling

Strong communication skills

Problem-solving skills

Education

Microsoft Engineering-related qualifications

London Market Certifications

Business Analysis qualifications

Tools

Azure DevOps

CI/CD pipelines

Data Factory

Databricks / Apache Spark

Job description

Starr Insurance Companies is a leading insurance and investment organization, providing commercial property and casualty insurance, including travel and accident coverage, to almost every imaginable business and industry in virtually every part of the world.

Cornelius Vander Starr established his first insurance company in Shanghai, China in 1919. Today, we are one of the world’s fastest growing insurance organizations, capable of writing in 128 countries on 6 continents.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Implementing and maintaining solutions leveraging Azure-based cloud architecture;
• Maintaining solutions based on the traditional MS stack;
• Eliciting business requirements from use cases;
• Root cause analysis for raised issues, and delivering the resolution;
• Business-facing and building strong relationships with our key stakeholders;
• Collaborate closely with business stakeholders to understand their insights needs and use cases as well as collaborate with the Analytics Engineering team to elicit requirements from insights use cases.

Skills & Experience

• 5+ years’ experience working within a data function in a London Market Insurance;
• Sound understanding of data warehousing concepts;
• Contributions to well-designed data platform and data warehouse solutions
• ETL/ELTs – SSIS & T-SQL, Data Factory, Databricks / Apache Spark;
• Data modelling;
• Strong communication skills and able to build relationships and trust with our stakeholders;
• Working within an agile delivery environment, leveraging tools such as Azure DevOps, CI/CD pipelines and source control;
• A problem-solver with an analytical mindset.

Qualifications

• Microsoft Engineering-related qualifications;
• London Market Certifications beneficial;
• Business Analysis qualifications beneficial.

Starr is an equal opportunity employer, which means we'll consider all suitably qualified applicants regardless of gender identity or expression, ethnic origin, nationality, religion or beliefs, age, sexual orientation, disability status or any other protected characteristic. We recruit and develop our people based on merit and we're committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We offer first class training and development opportunities to all employees. Our aim is to grow our own talent and bring out the best in people.