Data Engineer

Sanctuary
Worcester
5 months ago
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Data Engineer – Sanctuary

Worcester


£73,166 - £77,017 per year plus Company car or car allowance


35 hours per week – 9:00am to 5:00pm


This role sits in the Data Management Team as part of Technology which is responsible for delivering Technology capability within Sanctuary Group to ensure employees have access to the systems they need to perform their duties. This role reports into the Head of Data Engineering.


Responsibilities

  • Managing and delivering the continuous improvement of Sanctuary's enterprise data engineering capabilities
  • Full responsibility for the end-to-end ETL lifecycle across a complex SAP and non-SAP data landscape, responsible for defining, building and scaling a modern data platform aligned to business needs
  • Championing modern data engineering practices and shape the roadmap for data engineering initiatives ensuring resilience, availability, scalability, governance and performance to support Sanctuary's business goals
  • Partnering with Data Governance, Data Architecture, Data Enablement, BI and business teams to fully understand data requirements and build fit‑for‑purpose solutions

Skills and experiences

  • Understanding of SAP data structures and LSMW data uploads
  • Good understanding of SAP analytics product roadmap
  • Comprehensive experience managing Data Engineering initiatives in complex environments
  • Excellent organisational and planning skills

Why work for us?

We provide homes and care for more than 250,000 people in England and Scotland. Our customers are at the heart of all we do. With around 14,000 colleagues, we foster a diverse and inclusive culture, and nurture and reward talent.


Benefits

  • 25 days annual leave (rising to a maximum of 30 days) plus public holidays
  • A pension scheme with matching employer contributions from Sanctuary up to set limits
  • Life Assurance
  • Employee Advice Service including counselling
  • Cycle to Work scheme
  • Voluntary health plans
  • Wellbeing support and tools
  • Employee platform to access your reward and wellbeing package online, find exclusive discounts, wellbeing resources and recognition tools
  • Employee Networks, with a shared interest in inclusion, and who provide invaluable support to colleagues
  • Role salary is £54,197 with an additional policy allowance of £18,969 per annum (rising to £57,050 with an additional policy allowance of £19,967 per annum after 12 months, subject to satisfactory performance)

Seniority level

Not Applicable


Employment type

Full‑time


Job function

Information Technology


Industries

Non‑profit Organisations


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