Data Engineer

Harvey Nash; Galway; On-site; EUR 72,000 - 94,000; Part time

Job summary

Harvey Nash in Galway, Ireland, is seeking a Data Engineer for a 12-month contract. The role is Galway-based with 4 days per week onsite, offering up to €450 per day.

You will design scalable data models, develop cloud-native data products, and enable data-driven decision making across the organisation. Collaboration with business and technology stakeholders is essential, alongside governance and security practices.

Qualifications

• Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics, or a related discipline.
• Strong SQL development and performance tuning experience.
• Experience with data modelling across conceptual, logical, physical, and dimensional models.
• Experience with OLTP databases and Operational Data Stores (ODS).

Responsibilities

• Design and develop scalable data models to support analytics and reporting.
• Build and maintain analytics-ready datasets and curated data products.
• Develop event-driven data pipelines using cloud and streaming technologies.
• Partner with stakeholders to deliver robust data solutions.
• Implement data quality, monitoring, and observability capabilities.
• Apply data governance, security, and access management best practices.
• Automate deployments using CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure-as-code.
• Support and enhance production data platforms.

Skills

Data engineering

SQL development

Data modelling

AWS

Streaming data

CI/CD

DevOps practices

Analytical thinking

Education

B.Sc./MSc in CS/Engineering/Math/Statistics or related

Tools

Git

Terraform/OpenTofu/CloudFormation

Collibra/Alation

Power BI/Tableau

Kafka/Kinesis

Job description

Data Engineer

Galway, Ireland (4 Days Per Week Onsite)

Up to €450 Per Day

12-Month Contract

We're recruiting for a Data Engineer to join a large-scale customer operations and analytics environment, helping to build and evolve a modern analytics platform that supports reporting, workforce planning, forecasting, operational insights, and wider transformation initiatives.

This is an exciting opportunity to work on business-critical data platforms that support millions of customer interactions annually. You'll play a key role in designing scalable data solutions, developing cloud-native data products, and enabling data-driven decision making across the organisation.

The Role

As a Data Engineer, you will:

• Design and develop scalable data models to support analytics and operational reporting
• Build and maintain analytics-ready datasets and curated data products
• Develop event-driven data pipelines using cloud and streaming technologies
• Partner with business and technology stakeholders to deliver robust data solutions
• Implement data quality, monitoring, observability, and resilience capabilities
• Apply best practices across data governance, security, privacy, and access management
• Automate deployments using CI/CD pipelines and Infrastructure-as-Code
• Support and enhance critical production data platforms

Key Skills & Experience

• Strong experience in Data Engineering, Analytics Engineering, or Data Platform Engineering
• Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics, or a related discipline
• Expertise in data modelling, including conceptual, logical, physical, and dimensional modelling
• Strong SQL development, query optimisation, and performance tuning experience
• Experience working with OLTP databases and Operational Data Stores (ODS)
• Experience designing analytics-ready datasets for reporting, forecasting, and business intelligence
• Strong understanding of data warehousing, distributed systems, and modern data architectures
• Experience with Git, CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and DevOps practices
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills

Technical Skills

• Data Modelling & Data Warehousing
• SQL Development
• AWS (S3, Lambda, SNS, SQS, IAM, Aurora/RDS, ECS/EKS, CloudWatch)
• Kafka, Kinesis, or other streaming technologies
• REST APIs and integration patterns
• CI/CD and Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform, OpenTofu, CloudFormation)
• Monitoring, Alerting, and Observability
• Data Governance, Metadata Management, Security, and Data Masking
• Enterprise Analytics Platforms on AWS or Azure
• Power BI, Tableau, or similar BI tools
• Data Governance platforms such as Collibra or Alation

What's on Offer

• 12-Month Contract
• Up to €450 per day
• Galway-based role
• 4 days per week onsite
• Opportunity to work on large-scale data and analytics platforms using modern cloud technologies
• Collaborative Agile environment with a strong focus on engineering best practices