Data Engineer

4Com Plc
Bournemouth
1 month ago
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We are 4Com ; an award winning, market leading telecoms company that are currently going through an exciting period of growth.


We are seeking an innovative and motivated Data Engineer to join the team on a 12 month fixed term contract.


Benefits for Data Engineer choosing to work with 4Com include :

  • Salary up to £60,000 dependent on experience.
  • 30 Days holiday from day 1 (38 incl. bank holidays)
  • Hybrid working (3 days in the office and 2 days home working each week)
  • High spec smart phone & laptop.
  • An annual training budget of £4,000, with £500 of this to use on your home office setup.
  • Monthly Quizzes and Prize draws with decent prizes up for grabs.
  • Frequent Department wide offsite events to get everyone together, share experiences and meet the team.
  • Time for Innovation, as long as the work reflects the mission of the company.

In return, we are looking for someone who has :

  • The ability to work as a team member and leader in a complex technical environment, taking responsibility to ensure the team delivers on committed objectives.
  • Experience building scalable, performant, data pipelines working with Azure SQL Server, Databricks and Synapse, with knowledge of problem diagnosis and performance tuning techniques.
  • Advanced knowledge and experience of SQL programming Python expertise would be advantageous.
  • Ideally Microsoft certified or working towards any of the following : Microsoft Azure and Data Fundamentals. Microsoft Azure Data Engineer. Administering Relational Databases on Microsoft Azure.
  • An excellent communicator with a strong team working ethic.

What would I be doing as a Data Engineer at 4Com?

  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams across the wider O2 Daisy group to contribute to the design and implementation of future‑proof data warehousing architecture, ensuring alignment with strategic business goals and emerging technologies.
  • Collaborate across the O2 Daisy group, understanding our portfolio of interdependent system developments and how changes may impact data warehousing content across the group.
  • Design and deliver data engineering solutions on the Microsoft Azure platform used by data professionals in the business.
  • Building data solutions for specific use cases, ensuring they align with our business strategy, are cost effective, secure, deliverable, and supportable.
  • Develop low to high complexity, secure, governed, high quality, efficient data pipelines from a variety of on and off premise, internal and external data sources.
  • Monitor the performance of SQL queries created by the team. Providing feedback and coaching to colleagues to optimise query performance where necessary.

If the role of Data Engineer sounds like your ideal opportunity, please get in touch with us today.


Please note: full ‘Right to Work in the UK’ checks will be completed during the interview process.


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