Jefferson Frank are supporting a client on the up! They have recently won 3 major projects with clients in the UK. The client describes this role as one that "you will never be bored in".
The role sits in the newly created Data Science & Tools team within this department, reporting to Head of Data Science & Tools. The team's remit is to drive innovation & revenue in two ways: develop & deliver revenue-driving/client-facing data science & engineering solutions and internal tools used within the agency.
As a senior member of the team you will be mentoring 2-3 junior members on projects and leading by example by being the main point of contact for architecture, design and engineering.
Role responsibilities:
* Ownership of the data engineering projects and solutions delivered by the Data Science and Tools team
* Line management of Data Engineers (2-3 including contractors)
* Champion data and software engineering best practices and helping and mentoring the team to implement and uphold those practices
* Solutionising client deliverables
* Define and maintain DataOps and governance policies, processes, and standards, including automation of tasks
* Hands-on involvement in data integrations, warehousing, and related engineering tasks
* Oversee the deliveries across multiple clients and assuring that the solutions meet the highest quality achievable within the project constraints
* Research and Development on the possible technologies and help the team and clients adopt those where appropriate
* Highlight risks and produce effective mitigation plans to address them
* Be a key owner of the Cloud GCP infrastructure making sure that appropriate governance practices are followed, whilst helping the company with cloud adoption
* Data infrastructure automation
* Contribute to new business and cross-sell proposals, especially with detail about the implementation work in proposed projects, and with estimations of the time and effort needed, which will contribute to the commercial element of a proposal
Essential:
* Excellent Python and SQL and database design skills
* Proficient with cloud-based modern data warehousing technologies
* Fluent with GCP and related technologies, especially BigQuery
* Strong understanding of the best practices, the trends in data and software engineering
* Hands-on experience with setting up and maintaining production data pipelines using serverless technologies and/or Airflow
* Strong dbt/Dataform or similar SQL development frameworks
* Strong understanding and appreciation of unit testing, producing clean/maintainable code
* An ability to communicate clearly and effectively on technical topics with varied types of technical and non-technical stakeholders
* Productionising software applications, experience with Docker
* Experience working with software engineers, agile development, and software development lifecycles
* Infrastructure automation, preferably with Terraform
* Experience setting up CI/CD pipelines
What's in it for you?
* 25 days holiday a year
* Annual performance bonus
* Sale commission
* Recruitment referrals bonus
* Gym membership contributions
* Ride to Work scheme
* Rail card
* Season Ticket loan
* Free fruit, breakfast cereals and tea & coffee
* Free home office chair and screen
* Enhanced maternity and paternity package
* Life and income protection
* Medical cash plan
* Agile Working Policy
Standard hours are from 9.00am to 5.30pm, there's flexibility if agreed in advance
If you'd like to learn more about this opportunity please apply and one of our certified consultants will give you a call to discuss in more detail.
