Data Technical Architect

Luton/Hybrid

COMPANY

When it comes to innovation and achievement there are few organisations with a better track record. Join us and you’ll be able to play a big part in the success of our highly successful, fast-paced business that opens up Europe so people can exercise their get-up-and-go. With over 300 aircraft flying over 800 routes to more than 30 countries, we’re the UK’s largest airline, the second largest in Europe and the tenth largest in the world. Flying over 80 million passengers a year, we employ over 13,000 people. Its big-scale stuff and we’re still growing.

JOB PURPOSE

With a large investment into our big data platform (AWS, Databricks) and with a huge amount of interesting data this is the chance for you to come and be part of an exciting transformation in the way we store, analyse and use data in a fast paced organisation.

You will join as a Data Technical Architect providing technical leadership to a data engineering team. You will play a major role in adhering to big data best practices whilst building and maintaining reliable data pipelines and products across a range of exciting projects. Bringing a wealth of technical experience in big data platforms combined with excellent skills in development. This role will support the business on the journey to a mature data lead organisation

JOB ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Providing technical data solutions including design and development of logical and physical data models and databases for business solutions.
• Providing technical expertise and guidance to development teams (both easyJet and 3rd parties) around solution/system design and coding, ensuring standards are consistency upheld and quality practices are embedded early within delivery teams.
• Lead the Data Engineering board by building and where necessary redefining patterns and standards for the data engineering teams.
• Develop robust data pipelines to serve the easyJet analyst and data science community.
• Work with other TAs to propose new technical solutions, lead the POC activities for new technical solutions.
• Work with other TAs to ensure best practice and patterns are followed and any technical debt is flagged.
• Set and govern non-functional requirements for solutions/systems ensuring that the delivery teams meet set standards around performance, security, code maintainability and supportability.
• Working with the easyJet Technical Design Authority to ensure that designs receive appropriate and timely governance. Presenting solutions where required.
• Maintain and enhance documentation around current state Data Architecture.
• Recommend and lead improvements that can be made to the existing software, tools and the processes; particularly feed into and help drive remediation activities.
• Building a documentation library for all data pipelines and data catalogue.
• Working with external parties, suppliers and internal members of the IT team and business units to research, define and document the architecture solution and high level designs for projects and initiatives in the data domain.
• Work in a fast paced agile scrum environment with a release within sprint mentality. Supporting scrum ceremonies.
• Work with a mixed team of onshore and offshore resource.

KEY SKILLS REQUIRED

• Worked with a combination of cloud based Big data technologies (e.g. HDFS, Blob Storage, Spark, Kafka, Delta, Hive, Airflow and DBT) and OLTP and Data Warehousing – within SQL server or other RDBMS’s. (SQL server).
• Familiarity with Lake House Architecture and Databricks.
• Extensive Data modelling experience from conceptual to logical models. Taking long term ownership of the data models and analytical products built on top of them.
• Building solution blueprints.
• Up to date knowledge of data and analytical technical domain.
• New technology awareness, evaluation and selection. Running or supporting vendor RFI and RFP process.
• Good understanding of software best practices, including design principles & patterns, security and performance.
• Take ownership of solutions and have experience in presenting them at architecture boards.
• Methodical, logical and flexible in approach, you will have gained significant experience as a Technical Architect.
• Stakeholder management skills at leadership level.
• Ability to explain complex technical information in business terms.
• Experience of working in a technology-based role and interfacing to a varied number of internal and external stakeholders.
• Airline/retail experience.
• Knowledge of analysis and development techniques e.g. SCRUM, Agile & Waterfall.

What you’ll get in return

Competitive base salary

Up to 20% bonus

25 days holiday

BAYE, SAYE & Performance share schemes

7% pension

Life Insurance

Work Away Scheme

Flexible benefits package

Excellent staff travel benefits

About easyJet

At easyJet our aim is to make low-cost travel easy – connecting people to what they value using Europe’s best airline network, great value fares, and friendly service.

It takes a real team effort to carry over 90 million passengers a year across 35 countries. Whether you’re working as part of our front-line operations or in our corporate functions, you’ll find people that are positive, inclusive, ready to take on a challenge, and that have your back. We call that our ‘Orange Spirit’, and we hope you’ll share that too.

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We encourage individuality, empower our people to seize the initiative, and never stop learning. We see people first and foremost for their performance and potential and we are committed to building a diverse and inclusive organisation that supports the needs of all. As such we will make reasonable adjustments at interview through to employment for our candidates.