Senior Azure Data Engineer Data & Analytics

Senior Azure Data Engineer | Circa £67,000 + excellent benefits | Permanent | Hybrid

Would you like to work for a company that makes a real difference in the automotive industry? Are you passionate about Data and Development? Do you have hands on Data Development experience? If so, we’d love to hear from you!

We have an opportunity to join the Enterprise Data team and support the wider Enterprise Data team to deliver and maintain datasets, components and tools that support the wider business and its’ Data requirements.

You’ll be responsible for analysing, developing, and maintaining data integration solutions for BI and research data used within the business to support research and analysis activities.

Please note - internal job title will be Senior Azure Cloud Developer

• Design and build robust and scalable data integration solutions for our products in line with technical standards

• Develop and maintain application interfaces for our data and analytical products

• Deliver big data solutions leveraging real-time and event-driven technologies to support research

• Develop and maintain data transformations and ETL processes based on business requirements to further enrich Thatcham data

• Build and manage cloud-native integrations using Azure services such as Logic Apps and Function Apps

• Design and implement automated data pipelines and orchestration workflows, ensuring reliability, scalability, and monitoring

• Ensuring data development work aligns with data governance and information security

• Apply Git-based version control and collaboration practices (branching strategies, pull requests, code reviews)

• Collaborate with wider data and analytics team including data architects, analysts and testers to deliver high-quality data solutions

• Maintain and troubleshoot production data pipelines, ensuring stability and timely issue resolution

• Produce and maintain high-quality technical documentation (e.g., design documents, Dev Ops boards, and well-commented code)

• Solid experience with the Azure data integration and cloud platform (ADF, Synapse, Logic Apps, Function Apps, Azure Web Apps)

• Proficiency in data integration tools like SQL, ETL, Python and APIs to extract, transform, and load data from different sources.

• Strong knowledge of relational database design, implementation, and administration, including MySQL, SQL Server, and PostgreSQL.

• Practical knowledge of no SQL databases e.g. Cosmo DB

• Create data integrations using different data latency methodologies, e.g., real-time, periodic, and batch.

• Strong understanding of application interface technologies including REST, SOAP, Service Bus, etc.

• Strong experience working with JSON & XML

• Consider security, compliance, and governance in context of solution architecture

• Experience in data analysis, data mapping, and data integration routines involving moving, cleansing, and transforming data between multiple systems.

• Practical experience within a Data and Analytics team

• Data integration with machine learning and AI capabilities

• Exposure to Dev Ops automation practices for data platforms (infrastructure as code, pipeline templating)

• Understanding/experience with of motor insurance industry and the automotive industry would be an advantage

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We know the perfect candidate doesn't exist!
If you think you have what it takes but don't tick every box, we'd still encourage you to apply - it could be a perfect fit!

Salary
- Circa £67,000 dependent on skills & experience.

• 10% non-contributory pension

• 29 days holiday (inclusive of Christmas shutdown) + public holidays

• Group Life Assurance (equal to 4 x basic salary)

• Group Income Protection (after 6 months’ service)

• Salary Sacrifice schemes (cycle to work, home & tech scheme)

• Enhanced and…