Senior/Lead Data Engineer

Xpertise Recruitment

Newcastle upon Tyne

1 year ago

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Xpertise is seeking a series of Data Engineers with cloud experience to join a fledgling team in Newcastle. As part of the company's growing engineering division, you will play a pivotal role in leading the data engineering capabilities, working closely with Platform Engineers, Developers, and Analysts.

Key details:

Salary:£50,000-95,000 (Mid, Seniors and Leads needed)

I'd consider experienced contractors with a rate of £450.00 per day (Outisde IR35)

Benefits:Private healthcare + 10% pension + free lunches + international travel opportunities

Location:Newcastle; can be remote-based, hybrid working or office-based

Future outlook:Vertical and horizontal opportunities: there'll be an optional structured training programme to progress you onto management, a pathway to become an Architect, and even venture into the world of AI/ML.

Key experience desired / what you will learn:

Design, develop, and maintain scalable data pipelines and ETL processes leveraging GCP, AWS or Azure services.
Data Platforms: Databricks, Redshift, Snowflake or BigQuery
SQL or Python development. Experience with Java, Scala, C#, and JavaScript would be advantageous
Assist data governance and security best practices to ensure compliance and data integrity.
Monitor and troubleshoot data pipelines, ensuring high availability and reliability.
Data and Cloud Engineering tools like Apache Spark, Airflow, Kafka, Kinesis, Athena, Glue, Data Factory, SSIS, dbt and plenty more
CI/CD pipeline automation utilising GitLab, Jenkins, Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, and CircleCI
DevOps tools: Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, Ansible
Leadership capabilities: mentorship, management

Role overview:

If you're eager to collaborate with a driven team of software engineers and accomplished senior leaders while immersing yourself in cutting-edge data, AI, and cloud technologies, then this opportunity is tailor-made for you. With ambitious plans to revolutionise the industry through groundbreaking machine learning and analytics projects, now is the perfect moment to become part of our journey.

Interested?Please apply with your CV and/or message Billy Hall for further details.

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