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Lead Data Engineer - 12 Month FTC

  • Location:

    Gourock

  • Job type:

    Permanent

  • Salary:

    Up to £50000.00 per annum

  • Contact:

    Jason Romayne

  • Contact email:

    jromayne@headresourcing.com

  • Job ref:

    BBBH34442_1610615196

  • Published:

    about 3 years ago

  • Expiry date:

    2021-02-10

  • Startdate:

    ASAP

  • Client:

    Apple

Lead Data Engineer
12-month FTC (with the possibility of further extension)
Location West of Scotland
Currently remote due to Covid (Mix of office and remote working thereafter)
£50,000pa

Overview
Working as part of the Architecture, Digital and Data team, this is a fantastic opportunity to join one of the UK's leading transport & logistics businesses in their internal data engineering team.
Data is critical for this business and the engineering team provide data infrastructure and services to support a growing and diverse community of specialist analysts based throughout the business.
You will be involved in a key project over the next 12 months and possibly beyond that will help transform how the business interacts and services their customers.
Working at a senior level, you will develop and support a range of system integrations, ETL processes, data-at-rest solutions, internal API's and reporting tools, using a mix of both traditional and cutting-edge technology.

Responsibilities
In this role, you will:
*Own and develop the roadmap for the data engineering function, working with other senior team members to identify, plan, develop and deliver data services
*Be responsible for the build of data-streaming systems with a focus on:
oImplementing flows to connect operational systems to analytics and business intelligence (BI) systems
oRe-engineering manual data flows to enable scaling and repeatable use
oProducing ETL designs and code with a view to optimal ETL performance
oBuilding accessible data for analysis
*Be responsible for the build of a connected enterprise estate, applying expert knowledge of the following systems integration approaches:
oServerless RESTful microservices
oMessaging and queuing
*Recognise and share opportunities to re-use existing data flows between systems
*Inspire best practice for data products and services across the Information Technology team and the wider business
*Build data engineering capability by providing technical leadership and career development for the team
*Champion data engineering across the business

Skillset
You will also need the following skills:
*Technical understanding. You can predict and advise on future technology changes that present opportunities for a product or programme.
*Programming and build. You can set team-based standards for programming tools and techniques and can select appropriate development methods. You can advise on the application of standards and practices and ensure compliance. You can take technical responsibility for all stages and iterations in a data development project, providing method-specific technical advice and guidance to project stakeholders.
*Testing. You can review requirements, specifications and define test conditions. You can identify issues and risks associated with work while being able to analyse and report test activities and results
*Data innovation. You can investigate emerging trends in data-related approaches, performing horizon-scanning for the organisation and introducing innovative ways of working.
*Data modelling. You understand the concepts and principles of data modelling and can produce, maintain and update relevant data models for specific business needs.
*Data integration design. You can develop fit-for-purpose, resilient, scalable and future-proof data services to meet user needs. You have a demonstrable understanding of how to expose data from systems (for example, through APIs)


Technology Stack
The data and integration platforms are currently transitioning to Azure. You will require an expert level of understanding in building solutions for both the current and target technology stack:

*Current
oOn-premise Microsoft SQL Server
oSQL Server Integration Services (SSIS)
oIBM Cognos

*Target
oAzure SQL Database
oAzure Data Factory
oAzure Streaming Analytics
oAzure Function Apps (NodeJS or C#)
oPowerBI


This is a fantastic opportunity to play a key role in how data will shape and drive the business forward in a critical area and your expertise and experience will also help existing team members fulfil their potential via your support and mentoring. If this sounds like the opportunity you could thrive in then please apply now.

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