Senior Data Engineer/Team Lead

Version 1; Dublin; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible/remote working

Private healthcare options

Training & certification support

Life insurance

Job summary

Version 1 is seeking an experienced Data Engineer to lead migration of analytics workloads to the GCP BigQuery platform, collaborating with business teams and guiding a hybrid engineering team.

You will mentor juniors, ensure governance, quality, and timely delivery while working across multiple data projects and using innovative technologies.

Qualifications

• Experience with cloud-based data technologies and migrations to cloud.
• Experience with AI-assisted development.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Ability to manage large teams and work in hybrid environment.
• Understanding of systems architecture and databases.
• Requirements gathering to translate business needs to technical specs.
• Technical solution design using appropriate tech stack.
• Experience with relational and NoSQL data systems.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical oversight for migration of analytics workloads from on-prem to cloud (GCP BigQuery).
• Coordinate with business teams to gather requirements and support migration.
• Mentor junior team members and guide intermediate engineers.
• Develop governance and status reports; track progress and risks.
• Identify testing/validation programs for migrated workloads; ensure quality and compliance.
• Organize incident tickets, root cause analysis, and permanent fixes.

Skills

Cloud data tech

AI-assisted development

Communication skills

Team management

Systems architecture

Requirements gathering

Technical solution design

Data platforms (SQL/NoSQL)

Job description

• Department: Public Sector & Utilities (Ireland)

Company Description

Version 1 has celebrated30 yearsinbusinessand continues to be trusted by global brands to delivertechnology and transformationsolutions that drive customer success. Ourdeepexpertiseenables our customers to navigate the rapidlyevolving technology landscape. We foster strong partnerships withglobal technology leadersincluding Microsoft, AWS, Oracle, Red Hat,OutSystems, Snowflake, ensuring that our customers are provided with the highest quality solutions and services.

We’rean award-winning employer reflecting how our employees are at the very heartof whatwe do:

10+ years as a Great Place to Work in Ireland & UK

Best Workplace for Women in the UK & Ireland by GPTW

Best Workplace for Wellbeing in the UK by GPTW

We’rea corevalues drivencompany, we hire people who share our values, and we reward those who display and foster them,it’sdeeply embedded within our DNA. Invest in us andwe’llinvest in you!.

Job Description

Are you an experienced Data Engineer who wants to work with cutting edge technologies? Are you keen to build, develop and work at the forefront and centre of data engineering in a global enterprise? If so, this may be the role for you!

Reporting to the Data Engineering Manager you will:

• Provide technical expertise and oversight for migration program of analytics workloads from on-prem analytics software to GCP BigQuery platform.
• Work with business teams to understand their requirements and to provide and coordinate support during the migration process.
• Assign migration tasks to junior team members and ensure they are progressing in line with migration plan.
• Identify and implement appropriate programs of testing and validation for migrated workloads.
• Create functional design specifications and/or user stories as required.
• Ensure all developments and project work are in line with Revenue standards.
• Quality assure code and output in the project.
• Identify and implement appropriate programs of testing and validation for migrated workloads.
• Mentor and coach junior members.
• Guide intermediate level team members in their work.
• Support project managers in all aspects of their work.
• Provide input to governance and status reports.
• Outline resource requirements for a project/sub team.
• Help track project progress against the plan and report variances.
• Identify and report on any technical risks that might be relevant to the project delivery.
• Manage issues and risks affecting the project/team.
• Investigate and prioritise live incidents. Perform root cause analysis and propose permanent fixes or suitable workarounds as required.
• Organise live incident tickets or bug tracking.
• Manage and monitor live issues across various Revenue Systems.
• Liaise with development / Continuous Service Improvement teams to identify and implement fixes as required to resolve live issues.
• Identify Continuous Service Improvements and work to implement the initiatives.

How this opportunity is different

This is a great opportunity for an experienced Engineer who wishes to broaden their role through working across multiple data and analytics projects and products. The Data Engineering team is working with new, innovative technologies such as Databricks, Unity Catalog, and AWS alongside established technologies like SQL Server.

Qualifications

Key Requirements/Skills required for this role:

• Experience with cloud-based data technologies and/or migration of data and associated systems to cloud.
• Experience with AI-assisted development.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Ability to manage and work with large teams.
• Good team‑player, with strong interpersonal skills. Ability to connect, network and maximise the performance of a team in a challenging hybrid working environment.
• Understanding of systems architecture and databases
• Requirements gathering / Business Analysis skills to allow effective communication with the business and ensure smooth translation from business requirement to technical requirement.
• Technical solution design skills to determine the optimum solution using the correct blend of technologies to meet a set of defined requirements.
• Ability to perform complex analysis, to facilitate decision making and determine the appropriate courses of action.
• Ability to synthesise complex technical information and deliver meaningful messages to people of various technical abilities.
• Sound grasp of the fundamentals of taxation and/or customs, from registration through to returns filing and payment options.
• Knowledge/experience of project delivery methodologies, application development lifecycle, waterfall development model, agile development model and hybrid development model.
• Experience working on engagements with technologies and architectures similar to Revenue’s as outlined in Appendix 9 of RFT2024.
• Experience working in coding languages as outlined in Appendix 9 of RFT2024.
• Experience working with data using relational databases such as SQL and Ingres, and NoSQL frameworks such as Hadoop.
• Familiarity with techniques for parsing and manipulating structured data formats, RDBMS, XML, JSON, text files, etc.
• Ability to review project deliverables for completeness, quality and compliance with project standards.

Additional Information

Why Version 1?

• At Version 1, we believe in providing our employees with a comprehensive benefits package that prioritises their wellbeing, professional growth, and financial stability.
• Share in our success with our Quarterly Performance‑Related Profit Share Scheme, where employees collectivelybenefitfrom a share of our company's profits
• Strong Career Progression & mentorship coaching through our Strength in Balance & Leadership schemes with a dedicated quarterly Pathways Career Development programme
• Flexible/remote working, Version 1 is tremendously understanding of life events and people’s individual circumstances and offer flexibility to help achieve a healthy work life balance
• Financial Wellbeing initiativesincluding;Pension, Private Healthcare Cover, Life Assurance, Financialadviceand an Employee Discount scheme
• Employee Wellbeing schemes including Gym Discounts, Bike to Work, Fitness classes, Mindfulness Workshops, Employee Assistance Programme and much more. Generous holiday allowance, enhanced maternity/paternity leave, marriage/civil partnership leave and special leave policies
• Educationalassistance, incentivised certifications, and accreditations, including AWS, Microsoft, Oracle, and Red Hat
• Reward schemes including Version 1’s Annual Excellence Awards & ‘Call-Out’ platform.
• Environment, Social and Community First initiatives allow you to get involved in local fundraising and development opportunities as part of fostering our diversity, inclusion and belonging schemes.
• And many more exciting benefits… drop us a note to find out more.

Version1 is an equal opportunities employer.

We are committed to building a diverse,inclusiveand respectful workplace where everyone feels valued and able to thrive. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, identities and lived experiences, and we value the different perspectives people bring including those shaped by disability and neurodiversity.

We want every candidate to have a positive and accessible recruitment experience. If you need reasonable adjustments at any stage of the process, please contact your recruiter at Version 1. We will consider all requests carefully,respectfullyand confidentially.

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