Cloud Data Engineer

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Manchester
2 weeks ago
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Qodea is Europe’s leading Google Cloud specialist consultancy. We're a team that’s energised by innovation and delivering exceptional results for our clients. We deliver cutting edge solutions across data & analytics, AI, cloud infrastructure or security that drive digital transformation and enable our customers to scale, modernise and thrive.

In joining Qodea, you’ll work alongside specialists in their field and would have access to mentoring, industry-recognised training and certifications, and personalised development plans to support your career growth.

We’re always looking for motivated and energetic people who are eager to learn and grow, so if you want to supercharge your career, join Qodea!

What you’ll do:

  • Develop and maintain automated data processing pipelines using Google Cloud:
  • Design, build, and maintain data pipelines to support data ingestion, ETL, and storage
  • Build and maintain automated data pipelines to monitor data quality and troubleshoot issues
  • Implement and maintain databases and data storage solutions:
  • Stay up-to-date with emerging trends and technologies in big data and data engineering
  • Ensure data quality, accuracy, and completeness
  • Implement and enforce data governance policies and procedures to ensure data quality and accuracy:
  • Collaborate with data scientists and analysts to design and optimise data models for analytical and reporting purposes
  • Develop and maintain data models to support analytics and reporting
  • Monitor and maintain data infrastructure to ensure availability and performance

Requirements

  • Experience with cloud platforms such as Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
  • Proficiency in SQL and experience with relational databases such as MySQL, PostgreSQL, or Oracle.
  • Experience with big data technologies such as Hadoop, Spark, or Hive.
  • Familiarity with data warehousing and ETL tools such as Amazon Redshift, Google BigQuery, or Apache Airflow.
  • Proficiency in at least one programming language such as Python, Java, or Scala.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to work independently and in a team environment.

Desirable Skills:

  • Ideally certified in Google Cloud (Professional level) or equivalent certification with another cloud provider.

How you’ll grow:

As a Data Engineer with Qodea, you’ll be involved in projects to design, build, and maintain scalable data pipelines and infrastructure that enable the efficient processing and analysis of large, complex data sets.

You'd join a highly collaborative, creative and supportive team working to deliver solutions that surpass our customers expectations, enabling them to utilise cutting-edge tools and technologies to derive value and insights from their data.

We're a dedicated Google Cloud Partner, which means that you'd be working on projects involving GCP services. Previous experience of GCP is not essential, but we'd expect you to have experience of one of the major public cloud providers (AWS, Azure or GCP).

This would be a primarily remote-based role, but if you live close to one of our offices and you'd prefer some office work then that's fine too. We also have a 'Work from Anywhere' policy giving you the option to work overseas for up to 3 months of the year.

If you have an interest in working on innovative projects with cutting edge technology using Google Cloud Platform, this job could be a great opportunity for you.

Benefits

  • Competitive salary
  • Private healthcare scheme
  • Company pension 
  • Death in Service - 4x annual salary
  • 10 paid learning days per year
  • Regular opportunities for industry recognised training and certifications
  • Opportunities to develop within a fast growing-tech business with ambitious growth and impact goals
  • Generous annual leave policy and your birthday off (36 days inclusive of bank holidays)
  • Length of service awards
  • Sabbatical leave for employees over 5 years service
  • Market leading parental leave policies
  • Company events - opportunities to meet colleagues you don’t see every day

Diversity and Inclusion Statement


At Qodea, we champion diversity and inclusion. We believe that a career in IT should be open to everyone, regardless of race, ethnicity, gender, age, sexual orientation, disability or neurotype. We value the unique talents and perspectives that each individual brings to our team, and we strive to create a fair and accessible hiring process for all. If you feel we can improve in any way, please reach out to our careers team via email at or connect with us on LinkedIn via ourQodea Company Page.

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