Data Engineer - Swindon, United Kingdom - RWE Supply & Trading GmbH

Description

(Senior) Data Engineer m/f/t

Standort(e):
Swindon, Wiltshire, GB, SN5 6PB
London, City of London, GB, EC2R 8HP
Essen, NW, DE, 45141

RWE Supply & Trading GmbH

To start as soon as possible, Full time, Permanent

Your future plans

It's an exciting time to join us RWE Supply & Trading GmbH (RWEST) is implementing and further developing a Data & Analytics platform to make the sharing, searching, transforming and on-boarding of data simple and efficient.

Data is fundamental to the company's business model and will become an ever increasing asset in the future.

As part of an expanding multi-disciplinary team of 30 engineers you will play a key role in the company wide initiative.

We are developing and enhancing a cloud-based platform and infrastructure using the latest tech, capable of cleaning, transforming and efficiently accessing data, running on-demand as well as scheduled models, and integrating with pre-existing technology.

As part of your role as an interdisciplinary Data Engineer, you will:
Take ownership of the technical design of our Data & Analytics platform covering the aspects integration of new use cases, robustness, performance, data latency, availability and maintainability of our strategic data platform
Shape and influence the technical delivery backlog with new ideas and enhancements and technical requirements
Act as the interface between the ~ 600 business trading users; Support business users to best leverage the Data & Analytics platform; Translate business requirements into a technical design
Be a member of a multidisciplinary team of Data Engineers and DevOps Engineers delivering features and enhancements for our platform
Monitor that the right quality assurance processes are in place; You propose and work on improvements where indicated
Want to work in a supportive collaborative environment focused on delivering value to our users
Be a specialist for one of our key components DataBricks, Dremio and/or Alation
You have an in depth understanding of data flows and integrate data flows from surrounding systems using state of the art technologies
Be a real technical problem solver, able to create solutions for complex requirements with a hands-on attitude
Keep up to date with new trends in Data Analysics tools always looking to new solutions to solve complex problems

Your powerful skills

Proven experience in the mentioned technical skills
Fluent in English (verbal and written)
A degree in, or related to Computer Science or equivalent experience
Experience in building, operating and/or supporting robust and scalable big data platforms
The ability to translate business requirements into a technical design. Review and further improve existing technical designs
Experience in setting up, configuring and operating DataBricks, Dremio and/or Alation (or similar tools) in an (ideally AWS) cloud environment, including the integration of surrounding systems
Hands on experience with visualisation tools, particularly Tableau
Experience in development and scripting (e.g. Python, Ruby, Bash)
Practical working experience in utilising and operating AWS cloud services
Understanding of operational aspects like high availability, monitoring, security, robustness
Knowledge in DevOps best practice

What we value most is passion, willingness to learn and a determined and resilient work ethic. So, if you can display most of the skills above then we would like to hear from you.

Benefits you can rely on

Working alongside our traders and analysts on this initiative gives you the opportunity to shape the commercial business from an IT perspective Right from the beginning you'll be making a difference within your team and this will be supplemented by a variety of comprehensive on the job learning.

We are also able to offer you the following:
Working in one of the most interesting business contexts; a mixture of energy supply, trading and of course IT
Working in an agile team on things which matter
Competitive salary plus annual discretionary bonus
Open and diverse company culture

Any questions? Deborah Münz (Recruiting), , Nick Plaßmann (specialist department),

We look forward to meeting you

Of course, you can find us on LinkedIn, Twitter and Xing, too.