Data Engineer

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City of London
3 months ago
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£63,310 PER ANNUM, HYBRID


MUST HAVE LIVED CONSECUTIVELY IN THE UK FOR THE LAST 5 YEARS AS SC SECURITY CLEARANCE WILL NEED TO BE UNDERGONE


My client, a leader in the public sector, is seeking a data engineer with Fabric experience to work in a permanent position, both from home and its central London HQ.


As a member of the Digital, Information and Technology Service (DITS) you will be responsible for ensuring that all data, and data shared by others is of the highest quality, highly available, usable and shareable by rigorous standard setting and quality control.


You will work with data analysts and teams across the Corporation to build data products and services which deliver continuous insight and value to staff, customers and residents, and maximise the use of modern data technologies and platforms, including ongoing investigation and research into emerging technology.


Key Skills

  • Knowledge and experience of using Data development tools, e.g. (Microsoft technologies such as Fabric and Azure Data Factory)
  • Applied knowledge of data visualisation tools, principally PowerBI
  • Knowledge of SQL and NoSQL databases
  • Proficiency in using query languages such as SQL, Hive, R
  • Ability to produce and understand where to use different types of data models
  • Ability to clean, integrate and scale data sets and pipelines
  • Ability to fix problems in data sets, from low performance to bugs and outages
  • Ability to write and execute tests to prove and maintain system quality
  • Well-developed and demonstrable written, verbal communication and presentational skills in order to communicate clearly with a range of people about technical topics
  • Excellent customer service skills


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