Data Engineer

Job Description

Data Engineer – Edinburgh – Excellent salary plus benefits (Hybrid working)

Change Digital are working closely with a Financial Services organisation in the UK who are looking for a Data Engineer

to join their Insurance Momney and Services team. You will have the opportunity to play a pivotal role in building and maintaining the data flows and data acquisition processes to deliver well-structured, efficient and performant data marts to drive business analysis and processes. Reporting to the Data Engineering Lead(s) for direction in terms of priorities or technical support, and support them through delivery of projects/work within deadlines, prompt escalation of risks or issues and ensuring that day to day activities are delivered within SLAs. The majority of their data flow scripts are currently in SAS. You’ll liaise with stakeholders at all levels of the organisation, delivering end to end data requests and ensuring single version of the truth across the organisation.

What you’ll be doing
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Data Collection and Analysis:

Produce accurate reports for stakeholders by collecting data from a variety of standard sources and inputting it into standard formats. Identify and monitor associated Data & BI risks and report any business impact with recommended solutions to the Data Engineering Lead(s).
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Application Development:

Contribute to development of existing and new SQL based applications by analysing and identifying areas for modification and improvement to meet customer requirements.
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Product/Service Development:

Solve known problems and/or deliver defined outcomes by performing designated

development/engineering

activities using existing systems.
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Technical Developments Recommendation:

Working with the Data & BI team to develop and maintain a comprehensive data warehouse using SQL language to ensure all data clearly defined and consistently maintained throughout the organisation.
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Data Governance:

Develop and maintain data dictionaries covering factors and measures within data warehouses. Responsible for supporting all aspects of data such as Quality, Security, Management, Architecture, Availability and Performance.
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Troubleshooting and Debugging:

Provide fault isolation and resolution to limit and address issues promptly.
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Project Management:

Responsible for processing Data & BI requests for internal and external stakeholders in a timely manner whilst ensuring data accuracy and audits are not compromised. Liaising with internal stakeholders regularly to ensure assistance is given in understanding Data & BI for improving business performance or operations.

We need you to have
* Ability to analyse and interpret data with good investigative and analytical skills and make recommendations.
* Strong communication skills (both verbal and written) with non-technical internal colleagues.
* In-depth knowledge of Microsoft Office (particularly Excel).
* Proven organisation skills with the ability to work with tight deadlines.
* Able to demonstrate sound attention to detail, ensuring any output is accurate before being passed onto the wider business.
* Experience developing and maintaining strong working relationships.
* Demonstrate a ‘Can Do’ attitude with a desire to thrive in a dynamic and fast paced environment.

And if you have any of these, even better
* Some knowledge of SQL / SAS is preferred but not essential.
* Sound experience and understanding of established procedures or systems.
* Evidence of problem solving, investigative and analytical skills.
* Evidence of learning technical skills.
* Insurance or other financial services experience would be beneficial.
* Managerial Experience is good to have.
* STEM degree is preferred but not essential.

This role is urgent in nature so please email your CV to

mitesh.fatnani@change -digital.co.uk

or call

077 375 38 248

for more information.