Junior Data Engineer

Company Description

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AECOM is seeking a talented Junior Data Engineer to join our growing team of data professionals.

As a Junior Data Engineer, your primary focus will be on supporting Senior and Principal Engineers through design and the wider solution lifecycle.

• Work alongside senior engineers to support the delivery of various data solutions and data pipelines
• Collaborate with other data professionals (Data Analysts, Data Scientists) and contribute to requirements-gathering sessions for internal and external stakeholders across the organisation.
• Support our quality assurance and refinement processes through reviews and hands‑on investigations.
• Support workflow orchestration development using cloud tools like Apache Airflow or Azure Functions.
• Assist in solution and system health monitoring – keeping track of key metrics while also troubleshooting deployed solutions and infrastructure resources with logging tools.
• Support user and technical documentation for the solutions or tools we develop and deploy.
• Support compliance with our company‑wide data governance activities such as metadata management and access controls.
• Maintain continuous learning and keep up to date with current emerging tools, cloud technologies, and industry practices.
• Contribute to team discussions and solution‑shaping efforts with a proactive, learning‑oriented mindset.
• Support technical reviews where you can learn how to identify and resolve issues.
• Support the prototyping and proof‑of‑concept development lifecycle of data solutions and tools for external clients.
• Provide general operational assistance to fellow data teams.

• Education:
  
  bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
• Basic proficiency in at least one programming language (e.g., Python, Java, JavaScript, Scala or C#), with a keen desire to continue developing.
• Good working knowledge of SQL for querying and managing relational databases.
• Good understanding of core data principles and methodologies (relational & non‑relational data models, dimensional modelling (star/snowflake), ETL vs ELT, data warehouse vs data lake e.g.).
• Basic familiarity with API concepts or REST principles.
• Familiarity with version control tools such as Git, and a basic understanding of CI/CD practices.
• Some practical experience—through internships, academic work, or early professional roles—supporting analytics, data manipulation, or systems development initiatives.

• Some cloud platform expertise is preferred with at least one major cloud platform (AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform).
• Familiarity with cloud‑native data services (e.g., Databricks, Synapse Analytics, Azure Data Factory, Google Big Query).
• Some experience with data processing frameworks such as Apache Spark or Kafka is preferred.

Please note that for this specific position we are not able to provide visa sponsorship.

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