Data Engineer SAP {Defence, MoD

City of London
8 months ago
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£45,000 to £50,000 + Security Clearance + 6% Pension matched + Excellent Benefits + Progression

Are you a Data Engineer with SAP experience looking to join one of the UK's largest and longest standing defence organisations.

Do you want to have the opportunity to work on some of the most exciting project on the planet where you will be offered unrivalled progression opportunities and on the job training as you progress in your career?

On offer is the exciting opportunity for a Data Engineer with SAP experience to join a leading an global defence power house who have remained consistently at the forefront of the defence industry and innovation across the world. Founder around 150 years ago, this business has grown from strength to strength in recent years to become a market leader and go to for all the major MoD contracts.

In this role, the successful Data Engineer would be designing and developing SAP BODS jobs for date conversion and data integration, maintain and enhance the exiting toolset to ensure delivery of maximum value as the project evolves as well as other roles and responsibilities that fall within the needs of the projects.

The ideal Data Engineer would have experience within a SAP environment, be eager to work withing defence and want to join a multi-national organisation.

The Role

Design and develop SAP BODS jobs for data conversion and data integration to and from SAP and other sources.
Maintain and enhance the existing toolset to ensure delivery of maximum value as the project evolves.
Identify and suggest existing or new emerging standards and best practices.
Data cleansing, modelling (physical and logical), profiling, enterprise data architecting, data quality and data governance
Other roles and responsibilities as needed with the project.The Person

Data Engineer, SAP
Happy to work from home with occasional travel.
Able to get Security ClearanceKeywords: Data Engineer, Data Science, SAP, Data Analyst, Defence, MoD, Hybrid, Engineering

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