PA Consulting
Data Engineer - Manchester
Job Description
Salary: £52,000 - 92,000 per year
Requirements:- We thrive in problem-solving and analytical thinking.
- We enjoy collaborating with multiple stakeholders in a fast-paced environment.
- We have experience designing and deploying production data pipelines from ingestion to consumption within a big data architecture using Java, Python, Scala, Spark, and SQL.
- We have experience performing tasks such as writing scripts, extracting data using APIs, and writing SQL queries.
- We have experience processing large amounts of structured and unstructured data, including integrating data from multiple sources through ingestion and curation functions on AWS cloud using AWS native or custom programming.
- We have experience with AWS cloud technologies for ETL pipeline, data warehouse, and data lake design/building and data movement.
- We have experience with AWS data and analytics services or open-source equivalents such as EMR, Glue, RedShift, Kinesis, Lambda, and DynamoDB.
- We work to agile best practices and cross-functionally with multiple teams and stakeholders.
- We use our technical skills to solve problems with our clients and work on internal projects.
- We design and build for the AWS cloud.
- We bring ideas to life through innovative software solutions alongside product, design, and other cross-disciplinary experts.
- We take part in in-person whiteboarding sessions and asynchronous communication to solve problems as a team.
- AWS
- Lambda
- Redshift
- Big Data
- Cloud
- Data Warehouse
- ETL
- Support
- Java
- Python
- SQL
- Scala
- Spark
- Security
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We are PA Consulting, a global team of more than 4,000 strategists, innovators, designers, consultants, digital experts, scientists, engineers, and technologists operating across the UK, Ireland, US, Nordics, and Netherlands. We believe in the power of ingenuity to build a positive human future and combine strategic thinking, customer-centric service design, and agile engineering to accelerate innovation. We offer hybrid working with a minimum of two days per week in the office or on client site, a supportive and collaborative tech community, learning and growth opportunities with budget for courses and certifications, and a broad variety of projects across seven sectors. We also provide health and lifestyle perks with private healthcare, 25 days annual leave plus a bonus half day on Christmas Eve, the opportunity to buy additional leave, a generous pension scheme, annual performance-based bonus, PA share ownership, tax-efficient benefits, and opportunities to support community and charity initiatives. We are committed to inclusion, equality, and advancing diversity in our workplace.
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