Data Engineer - Fixed Term Contract - 6 Months

Role: Data Engineer - FTC - 6 months

Location: Leeds, LS15 (with hybrid working after completion of training)

Salary: £50k - £60k per annum (pro rata) plus extensive benefits

Contract type: Fixed Term Contract (6 months with possible extension)

Employment type: Full time

Working hours: 40 hours pw, Monday to Friday

Do you want to work for the nation's largest online pharmacy ensuring excellence for all our patients? We're a market leader in the pharmacy world, with 25 years' experience, helping over 1.4 million patients in England manage their NHS prescriptions from request through to delivery.

Working for a market leading organisation as a Data Engineer you will be responsible for the design, documentation and delivery of data flows that connect production, and analytical systems. Working in a cloud-based environment, migrating from monolithic to microservice models. Following best practice, delivering change via CI/CD pipelines.

What's in it for you?

Occupational sick pay

Enhanced maternity and paternity pay

Contributory pension

Discounted insurance (Aviva)

Employee discount site

Discounted gyms (via our blue light card and benefits schemes)

Employee assistance programme

In-house mental health support

Free onsite parking

Health and wellbeing initiatives

Social events throughout the year

Cycle to work scheme

Green car scheme (subject to minimum earnings)

Registration fees paid (GPhC, NMC, CIPD etc)

Long service bonus

Refer a friend bonus

Blue light card

Hybrid working

Commitment to CPD/training

25 days annual leave increasing with service

Annual leave buy and sell scheme

Discounts & Exclusive offers at The Springs, Leeds

25% Discount & health & beauty purchases

25% Discount on Pharmacy2U Private Online Doctor Services

What you'll be doing?

Design and implement data flows to connect production and analytical systems. Create solution and data-flow diagrams, as well as documentation to support governance, maintenance, and usage by internal teams. Ensure adherence to change and release management processes
Communicate with stakeholders to properly understand requirements, translating between technical and non-technical language
Support the development of data products based on varied data sources, using a range of storage technologies and access methods
Assess the current state and recommend appropriate tools and techniques to satisfy new requests.
Re-engineer existing data flows to better support scalability
Consider non-functional requirements such as auditing and archiving of data
Support data quality and master data management, and assist BI developers and software engineers in effectively integrating and reporting on data with accuracy and reliability
Respond to support escalations from DevOps and technical colleagues, providing troubleshooting as required

Who are we looking for?

Proven ability as a Data Engineer
Extensive experience with cloud data platforms such as MS Azure and working with REST API's
Experience of database normalisation
Able to translate technical concepts into non-technical language
Familiar with data governance principles and best practice to ensure data quality, security and compliance
Experience of working in a fast-paced environment and still delivering accurate work
Experience with MI/BI Technologies (SSIS,SSRS and SSAS)

What happens next?

Please click apply and if we think you are a good match, we will be in touch to arrange an interview.

Applicants must prove they have the right to live in the UK.

All successful applicants will be required to undergo a DBS check.

Unsolicited agency applications will be treated as a gift.