Senior Data Engineer

Recruiter
PWC-1
Location
Belfast
Salary
Competitive
Posted
04 Aug 2017
Closes
22 Aug 2017
Sectors
Engineering
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
Who we are looking for
At PwC you'll get to work with the largest, most recognisable clients in the world.
We are rapidly building out our team of digital product delivery specialists and we are looking
for individuals who will play a key role in achieving our mission of helping clients thrive in the
digital age.

We're looking for people who will think outside the box, not settling for the status quo and who
will look to create impact from day one.


About the role
As a senior data engineer within PwC you will form an integral part in the delivery of digital
solutions to meet the needs of our clients. In PwC's agile delivery team, you will be designing
and building solutions, which keep our clients at the forefront of digital technologies and
ahead of their competitors.

You will utilise best practices such as Polyglot Persistence, Continuous Integration,
Continuous Delivery, Test-Driven Development and peer review, and be involved in end-to-
end software delivery.

A senior data engineer will be able to lead small teams of engineers to design and build
highly-performing, resilient and scalable data platforms to meet business requirements. The
desire to learn, understand and act to build systems that efficiently harness data in its various
forms is key.

Some level of travel will be required for this role.

Requirements
The Senior Data Engineer should have experience of:

  • Analysing problem domains to identify entities and data flows

  • Designing and implementing efficient & scalable data models

  • Automating the provisioning and management of data platforms

  • Familiarity with RDBMS, NoSQL and Distributed data technologies

  • End-to- end involvement in software delivery

  • Working with production systems

  • Ownership of a product or set of features within a product

  • A range of software delivery tools (source control, agile tools, CI etc.)

  • Implementing and following best practices

  • Effective prioritisation of tasks and personal time management

  • Producing estimates for self and others

  • Demonstrating initiative

  • Coaching and mentoring more junior team members

  • Interacting with clients and/or product owners

  • Desirable experience:

  • Degree in computer science related discipline

  • Delivering in a highly collaborative agile environment

  • Understanding of blockchain technologies

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    Location
    Belfast


    Consulting


    In Consulting we deliver practical, far-sighted advice that gets straight to the heart of clients' business issues and delivers amazing results by helping our clients improve the way they operate, reduce costs, manage risks, leverage talent or fundamentally change the way they do business, the work you do will be all about helping organisations of all shapes and sizes work smarter and grow faster. You could find yourself working with household names in a diverse range of industries - everyone from big-name broadcasters and high-street banks to multinational telecoms operators and energy companies.


    The skills we look for in future employees


    All our people need to demonstrate the skills and behaviours that support us in delivering our business strategy. This is important to the work we do for our business, and our clients. These skills and behaviours make up our global leadership framework, 'The PwC Professional' and are made up of five core attributes; whole leadership, technical capabilities, business acumen, global acumen and relationships.


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    Diversity


    We work in a changing world which offers great opportunities for people with diverse backgrounds and experiences. We seek to attract and employ the best people from the widest talent pool, as well as those who reflect the diverse nature of our society. And we aim to encourage a culture where people can be themselves and be valued for their strengths. Creating value through diversity is what makes us strong as a business and as an organisation with an increasingly agile workforce, we're open to flexible working arrangements where appropriate.


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