Lead Data Engineer

Aviva
Norwich
1 year ago
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Do you love working with the latest technology and are interested in enhancing your tech abilities? We have an exciting opportunity for a highly skilled Data Engineer with significant experience of Snowflake. 

As well as being an expert in the Snowflake cloud platform, you’ll have a strong background in Data Ingestion and Integration, designing and implementing data pipelines on various technologies, Data Modelling and a rounded understanding of data warehousing.

Aviva believes strongly in experimentation leading to industrialisation and we are searching for passionate, energetic data engineers who are focussed on using their skills to drive out real business value for our customers.

A bit about the job:

An exciting opportunity within one of our Data Engineering teams for a highly skilled individual to work within our data environment, which is helping to shape the future of insurance through cutting-edge predictive analytics and Data Science.

Data is the life blood of any modern organisation and Aviva is no different. Our Data Engineering team sits within Aviva Quantum our global Data Science Practise (covering areas including Machine Learning, Analytics, Data Engineering, AI and many more).

You will form a vital part of our business, contribute to our first-class end-to-end solutions. You will play an active role in defining our practices, standards and ways of working, and apply them to your role. Be open to working across organisation and team boundaries to ensure we bring the best to our customers.

Skills and experience we’re looking for:

Experienced data engineering leader building event driven data solution within Snowflake on AWS, strong working knowledge of DataOps and CI/CD best practises

Experience of working with and leading a team using Agile delivery methodology. Ability to mentor and develop junior engineers

Strong technical background with a firm grounding in SQL and Python, enabling you to lead & develop our most sophisticated work

Experience of building/developing/managing data using dbt within a data architecture such as Data Vault

Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to work with customers to establish requirements, designs and deliver the solution

What you’ll get for this role:

Our purpose - with you today, for a better tomorrow – is a promise we make to our colleagues too. And one of the ways we live up to that promise is by investing in you. We have so much to offer when it comes to being an Aviva colleague.

Startingsalaryup to £50,000 National or up to £60,000 if you are London based (depending on skills, experience, and qualifications)

Bonusopportunity – 10% of annual salary - Actual amount depends on your performance and Aviva’s

Generouspensionscheme - Aviva will contribute up to 14%, depending on what you put in

29 daysholidayplus bank holidays, and you can choose to buy or sell up to 5 days

Make your money go further - Up to 40%discount on Aviva products, and other retailer discounts

Up to £1,200 of free Aviva shares per year through ourMatching Share Planand share in the success of Aviva with ourSave As You Earnscheme

Brilliantlysupportive policiesincluding parental and carer’s leave

Flexible benefitsto suit you, includingsustainability optionssuch as cycle to work

Make a difference, be part of ourAviva Communitiesand use your3 paid volunteering daysto help others

We take yourwellbeingseriously with lots of support and tools

Take a look to learn more. Put a salary into this calculator to see what your total Aviva Reward could be.

Aviva is for everyone:

We’re inclusive and welcome everyone – we want applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.

Excited but not sure you tick every box? Research tells us that women, particularly, feel this way. So, regardless of gender, why not apply. And if you’re in a job share just apply as a pair.

We flex locations, hours and working patterns to suit our customers, business, and you. Most of our people are smart working –spending around 50% of their time in our offices every week - combining the benefits of flexibility, with time together with colleagues.

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