Data Specialist - DevOps Engineer

Morrisons; Tonedale; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

15% discount in store

Additional 10% discount card

Annual bonus scheme

Career progression and development

Generous holiday entitlement

Market leading pension scheme

Private Healthcare

Free parking onsite

Enhanced Family, Maternity and Paterni

Disability Confident Employer

Job summary

Morrisons is seeking a Mid-Level DevOps Data Engineer to manage our modern GCP data environment and advance our Data as a Product approach. The role splits 50/50 between infrastructure automation and data pipeline development, with BigQuery ingestions and Terraform provisioning at the core.

You will collaborate with data analysts to optimise Looker data models and performance, and drive CI/CD workflows with Jenkins while ensuring security across platforms.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years in a combined DevOps and Data Engineering role.
• Experience managing production environments in GCP.
• Hands-on with Terraform for GCP infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Write and maintain Terraform IaC for GCP resources.
• Build automated ETL/ELT pipelines to BigQuery.
• Collaborate with data analysts to optimise Looker schemas and performance.
• Set up CI/CD workflows using Jenkins for pipelines and deployments.
• Monitor security controls and access management via Terraform.

Skills

SQL (BigQuery dialect)

Python

Java (nice to have)

Looker data models

CI/CD with Jenkins

Terraform

Tools

Terraform

GCP

Jenkins

BigQuery

Cloud Storage

Looker

Cloud Composer

Cloud Run Functions

Job description

Infrastructure: Write and maintain Terraform scripts to provision BigQuery datasets, Cloud Storage buckets, IAM roles, and compute resources.Maintain Platform Security: Implement fine-grained access control, column-level security in BigQuery, and secure service accounts using Terraform.Optimise Costs & Resources: Monitor GCP resource utilization and implement automation to optimise BigQuery compute (slots) and storage costs.Pipeline Coding & CI/CD (50%)Build Ingestion Pipelines: Code automated ETL/ELT pipelines to extract, transform, and load diverse data sources into BigQuery.Automate CI/CD: Design and manage deployment workflows using Jenkins to automate data pipeline testing and infrastructure BI Delivery: Collaborate with Data Analysts to optimise BigQuery schemas and performance, ensuring fast query execution for Looker dashboards.Monitoring & Alerting: Set up Cloud Monitoring and Logging to track Jenkins job statuses and BigQuery pipeline health.

More about you

• Experience3-5 years of professional experience in a combined DevOps and Data Engineering role.
• Proven experience managing production environments specifically inside Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
• Technical StackCloud Platform: GCP (BigQuery, Cloud Storage, IAM, Cloud Composer, Cloud Run Functions).
• Infrastructure as Code: Strong proficiency with Terraform for GCP infrastructure management.
• CI/CD & Coding: Hands-on experience building and maintaining automation pipelines in Jenkins.
• Languages: High proficiency in SQL (BigQuery dialect) and Python. Some experience with Java will be a plus.
• BI Integration: Basic familiarity with Looker development (LookML) or supporting Looker data models is highly desirable.
• Soft SkillsAbility to collaborate equally well with data engineers engineers and data analysts.
• Ability to collaborate and influence Onshore and Offshore supplier engineering build teams
• Excellent communication skills - can, translate complex technical solutions into language non

More about the role

Role OverviewDo you want to help us advance our Data Strategy at Morrisons? We are seeking a Mid-Level DevOps Data Engineer to manage our modern Google Cloud Platform (GCP) data environment, and support us in progressing our DevOps practices that will enshrine our Data as a Product policies as code . This role is evenly split between infrastructure automation and data pipeline development. You will write clean pipeline code to ingest data into BigQuery, while using Terraform to provision and scale our infrastructure. Your work will directly impact the speed, reliability, and security of data delivered to Looker and AI tooling for business intelligence. You will work closely with our Senior Data Ops leader, developing our Data Ops practices and driving adoption with our Data Engineering delivery partner.

Work Structure

Model: HybridOn-site Expectancy: 3 days per week at our head office.

Key Responsibilities

• Infrastructure Automation & IaC (50%)Provision GCP, technical stakeholders, can understand Clear documentation skills for infrastructure templates and pipeline logic.

More about our perks

• 15% discount in store from the day you join us
• Additional 10% discount card for a friend or family member
• Annual bonus scheme
• Career progression and development opportunities
• Generous holiday entitlement
• Market leading pension scheme and life assurance
• Healthcare benefits including Aviva Digital GP 'MyPerks' giving you discount with over 850 retailers
• Free parking onsite
• Enhanced Family, Maternity and Paternity Leave
• Private Healthcare
• Alive with activity, our modern Head Office is home to our corporate teams that make sure everything runs smoothly.

Starting as a Bradford market stall, we are proud to be the Yorkshire retailer now serving over 11 million customers nationwide each week. We're unique: both foodmakers and shopkeepers, processing our own fresh produce and preparing more food in-store than any other supermarket.

We offer real opportunities to build your career across our stores, sites, and support teams. We're a down-to-earth team that values hard work, reliability, and great customer service. If you're friendly, dependable, and ready to get stuck in, there's always More to Morrisons for you.

Morrisons is a place where you can be yourself, feel valued, and have a true sense of belonging. We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from people from all walks of life, as we strive to build a workforce that truly represents the communities we serve.

We are also a Disability Confident Employer, which means we're committed to providing an inclusive and accessible recruitment process. If you require any reasonable adjustments, please let us know when you submit your application and support will be provided wherever it's required.