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Data Engineer

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Key Responsibilities

  • Design, build, and maintain reliable data pipelines and data-processing workflows.

  • Integrate data from APIs, databases, enterprise applications, cloud services, files, and other source systems.

  • Develop scalable solutions for data ingestion, transformation, storage, processing, and serving.

  • Support data platforms operating across cloud, on-premise, or hybrid environments.

  • Implement appropriate monitoring, data-quality checks, error handling, and operational controls.

  • Automate deployment and operational processes using CI/CD and Infrastructure as Code where applicable.

  • Support production systems, troubleshoot issues, and contribute to root-cause analysis and continuous improvements.

  • Work closely with application, infrastructure, platform, security, and business teams to deliver reliable data solutions.

  • Maintain relevant technical documentation, operational procedures, and engineering standards.

Requirements

  • Around 4–7 years or more of relevant experience in Data Engineering, Cloud Engineering, Platform Engineering, DevOps, SRE, or a related technical discipline.

  • Hands-on experience designing, building, or operating production-grade data solutions.

  • Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS and/or Azure.

  • Experience with some of the following areas:

    • Python and SQL

    • ETL / ELT and data pipelines

    • Batch, streaming, CDC, or event-driven processing

    • Data modelling and data quality

    • Cloud data platforms and services

    • Logging, monitoring, telemetry, or observability

    • CI/CD and Infrastructure as Code

    • Docker or containerised environments

  • Good understanding of software engineering practices, system reliability, scalability, security, and production support.

  • Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work across technical teams.

Good to Have

  • Experience working across on-premise and cloud environments.

  • Experience with streaming or messaging technologies such as Kafka or MQ.

  • Experience with Terraform, Ansible, or equivalent automation tools.

  • Familiarity with observability or monitoring platforms such as Grafana, Prometheus, Dynatrace, Elastic, or equivalent.

  • Experience working in large-scale enterprise or Government environments.

  • AWS or Azure certifications.

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