Data Architect - Glasgow, United Kingdom - First Derivative

    First Derivative
    First Derivative Glasgow, United Kingdom

    2 weeks ago

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    Job Description

    Are you a technologist who has a hunger to dig deep and get involved in providing first-class solutions to real-world problems?

    Big Data Architect

    First Derivative is a people-first company. We are powered by our ever-growing teams of specialist problem-solvers and process-evolvers. Our extensive capabilities offer agile solutions and exciting career opportunities – whether you're in the early stages of your career, looking for a new direction, or wanting to continue in a position of leadership.

    Joining the world's largest Capital Markets dedicated consultancy, you will have the opportunity to gain exposure to a range of mission-critical projects, tech stacks, clients and a company that prides itself on career development, variety, and flexibility.

    We have opportunities to shoulder with Tier 1 investment banks, including; Morgan Stanley, UBS, Citigroup, JP Morgan and Credit Suisse to name a few.

    What will you do?

    You will be responsible for the ownership of key projects across the SDLC developing and implementing an overall organizational data strategy that is in line with business processes. This strategy must include data model designs, database development standards, implementation and management of data warehouses and data analytics systems.

    What experience will you need?

    • Apache Spark
    • Azure Databricks
    • ETL
    • Snowflake
    • Big Query

    What's in it for you?

    You will embark upon a career with life-long learning at its core, facilitating rapid professional and personal development and the opportunity to design your own career path.

    Benefits

    Remote and Flexible Working

    Extensive Private Healthcare Package

    Private Pension

    Employee Assistance Programme

    Enhanced Maternity/ Paternity policies

    Group Life Protection Benefit

    Employee Referral Bonus Scheme

    Access to a range of skills and certifications such as GCP, AWS, Azure and more

    Additional Perks

    FD Internal Network and Sports & Social Calendar, who host monthly and quarterly socials at each office.

    Aspiring LeadershipProgramme – a programme which provides a structured and practical pathway to fast-track talented individuals into leadership roles.

    STEP-up Awards - employee led awards designed to acknowledge excellence in four areas that are quintessential to us.

    TechSmiths Guild – helping employees get to grips with everything cloud computing and data storage (which are integral to the future of business and risk management).

    STRIVE Initiative and IMPACT Programme – development programmes put in place to support women in tech and financial services.

    Investment Club - employees learn the basics of investment and trading via workshops and competitions, mirroring real-life scenarios.

    Food Club – the opportunity to try out new cuisines together as a team

    Sports Club – a bit of healthy competition Getting involved in 5k fun runs, JPM challenge and SCB challenge.