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A successful and expanding professional service organisation are seeking a Junior Data Engineer to join their existing data team during an exciting period of growth and projects.

This is a hybrid role, based out of their Central Bristol office. You will be working alongside an established team of data professionals, helping to improve their data reliability, optimise and monitor their data performance and design, develop and maintain reports and dashboards.

Benefits for the successful Junior Data Engineer

25 days holiday + bank holidays, rising over time
Discretionary bonus
Employee wellbeing programme (GP Services, eye tests, flu jabs etc)
Enhanced maternity and paternity
Personal & professional development
Cycle to work scheme

Experience needed for the Junior Data Engineer

SQL Server experience
Design, develop and maintain reports and dashboards using SSRS & Power BI
Experience with SSIS
Data modelling and database management
Excellent analytical experience
Strong communications skills
The ability to build rapport with stakeholders

If you are interested in this role or looking for something similar, please contact Alex MacDermott directly on (url removed)

If you are interested in this position please click 'apply'.

Hunter Selection Limited is a recruitment consultancy with offices UK wide, specialising in permanent & contract roles within Engineering & Manufacturing, IT & Digital, Science & Technology and Service & Sales sectors.

Please note as we receive a high level of applications we can only respond to applicants whose skills & qualifications are suitable for this position. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010.

For the purposes of the Conduct Regulations 2003, when advertising permanent vacancies we are acting as an Employment Agency, and when advertising temporary/contract vacancies we are acting as an Employment Business

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