Principal Data Engineering Consultant

Principal Data Engineering Consultant

💸Salary
: £90,000 to £110,000 per annum (depending on experience)

📍Location
:
Remote – must be based within the UK. Occasional visits to see customers and the team.

🧠Interview process
:
Two rounds. 1:
Get to know you chat with the People Recruitment Manager; 2:
Technical competency with the Hiring Lead and a Team Member.

🤝Our Values
:
Advancing, Come as you are, Zero burnout, We all level up together, Transparency

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Advancing Analytics are a market leader in delivering pioneering analytical solutions for customers all over the world. To thrive in today's market, businesses need to implement AI built on a solid, reliable Data Platform, and we are looking for you to help us build it!

Dedicated individuals who blend technical passion with the honesty and empathy needed for client consulting. People who love data and strongly believe in sharing knowledge, skills and wisdom both internally and with the wider data community. Someone who thrives in an agile environment, balancing their technical prowess with the pragmatic needs of the project.

For the Principal Consultant role, we expect a solid understanding of our core tech stack with the ability to see the end-to-end solution across multiple concurrent projects.

• Microsoft Azure and cloud computing concepts
• Apache Spark – Databricks, Microsoft Fabric or another Spark engine
• Python – we build most of our solutions in Python
• SQL – writing complex high-performance queries, understanding how queries execute on different compute technologies
• Azure Data Factory or other cloud orchestration tools
• Azure Data Lake storage and Delta Lake
• Unity Catalog, Purview or other Data Governance tools
• IAC tool such as Terraform, Azure Dev Ops

• Visualisation Tools – Power BI, Tableau
• Streaming Data – Azure Stream Analytics, Event Hubs, IoT Hubs
• Building parallel systems – Distributed compute engines
• Azure Functions – Python, C#

• Requirements gathering and client consulting
• Agile project management including budget and scope management
• Understanding of OO Development Practices
• ETL Approaches – Data Quality, Resilience, Observability
• Understanding of CI/CD Methodologies and SDLC

We are a small company and encourage everyone to have a voice within our collaborative and inclusive team from day one.

As a Microsoft Specialised Partner, Databricks Elite Partner, and AWS Partner, you will have access to the latest tech and training opportunities the industry has to offer. We are aware this is a rapidly changing market and are committed to investing in the long-term goals of our employees. We love being engaged in the wider tech community and frequently present at events, sponsor events such as Big Data London, SQLBits and organise leading community events including Databricks and Microsoft Data & AI meetups around the UK, and the Global AI Bootcamp London.

Aside from offering a competitive salary, we have a great set of benefits and perks including, but not limited to:

• Industry matching Maternity & Paternity policy 🐣
• Private Medical & Dental Care plus Eye care scheme 👁️
• Health & Wellbeing supplement
• 25 Days Annual Leave, Birthday Leave & Charity Leave 🌴
• Away days with the team 🚃
• Discretionary Annual Bonus Scheme
• Flexible Working Hours
• Electric Car Scheme 🚗

🚀
Advancing – Being part of a team that drives innovation and pushing boundaries of what’s possible. Our work redefines industry standards and challenges the status quo in the data world every day.

❤️
Come as you are – we are an inclusive company. When you work with us, rest assured you're working in a safe environment.

❌
Zero burnout – We have seen it happen, and we never want to be a company that pushes our staff to breaking point.

⬆️
We all level up together – we have each seen the benefit that being part of a community can have, it is transformational.

💡
Transparency – We are big believers that there are no secrets in Advancing…