Senior Data Engineer

Entain
London
4 months ago
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This role will suit an experienced Data and BI Engineer with experience working for a Technology department and  interested to use the latest cloud tech. 

  • Design code deploy and manage data cloud solutions  
  • Automate data pipeline orchestration scheduling and monitoring 
  • Implement data security and access controls 
  • Implement data governance frameworks 
  • Optimize cloud resources for performance scalability and cost efficiency.  
  • Provide ongoing operational support for analytics platforms in the cloud.  
  • Troubleshoot and resolve issues related to infrastructure performance and availability.  
  • Implement monitoring and alerting systems to proactively identify and address potential issues.  
  • Respond to and resolve incidents ensuring minimal impact on analytics operations.  
  • Collaborate with data engineers analysts and other stakeholders to understand data  requirements.  
  • Work closely with crossfunctional teams to ensure seamless integration of analytics solutions.  
  • Implement and enforce security best practices for cloudbased analytics infrastructure.  
  • Maintain comprehensive documentation for cloud infrastructure configurations processes and operational procedures 


Qualifications :

Essential: 

  • Held a similar position in a large corporate experienced working with hundreds of terabytes of data 
  • Strong experience with Data Warehousing projects 
  • Strong understanding of Industry standard Data Modelling skills (i.e. Kimball)  
  • including ETL and ELT practices 
  • Snowflake PowerBI OLAP technology 
  • Strong coding and scripting using SQL and DBT 
  • Working experience of CI/CD pipelines and tools 
  • Proficiency in cloud platforms in particular AWS but also Azure or Google Cloud. 
  • Experience with low latency data (e.g. Kafka/Kinesis) 
  • Experience handling structured semistructure and unstructured information 
  • Proven ability to set up effective alerting systems.  
  • Knowledge of security best practices for cloud environments.  
  • Strong SQL to performance optimisation  

 


Additional Information :

  • Solid stakeholder management with customer service focus 
  • Logical thinker 
  • Able to deal efficiently with operational incidents 
  • Collaboration: Communicates effectively with a positive impact 

At Entain we do whats right. Its one of our core values and thats why were taking the lead when it comes to creating a diverse equitable and inclusive future for our people and the wider global sports betting and gaming sector. However you identify our ambition is to ensure our people across the globe feel valued respected and their individuality celebrated. 

We comply with all applicable recruitment regulations and employment laws in the jurisdictions where we operate ensuring ethical and compliant hiring practices globally.


Remote Work :

Yes


Employment Type :

Fulltime


Key Skills
Apache Hive,S3,Hadoop,Redshift,Spark,AWS,Apache Pig,NoSQL,Big Data,Data Warehouse,Kafka,Scala
Experience:years
Vacancy:1

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