Data Engineer

Admiral Group Plc
Cardiff
1 week ago
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Overview

The Data Tribe is responsible for driving Admiral’s data strategy. We efficiently deliver data pipelines, reports, and analytical capabilities, harnessing innovative techniques and the latest technologies. Our mission is to give more autonomy to our end users in the Business, effectively unlocking insights and driving the success of the company.

The Data Engineer will ensure that data solutions are designed and delivered to meet the functional and non-functional demands of the Business and customer. The Data Engineer will be part of a team made up of mixed capabilities, and they should be comfortable working independently as well as part of this diverse team to deliver a shared goal. We aim to create an inclusive and safe environment for Engineers to pursue their own ideas, make their own decisions and empower them to implement and explore them. The role requires the Data Engineer to support what they develop and maybe expected to cover out of hours on-call.

Main Duties
  • Evaluating and comprehending data and information from diverse sources and producing innovative, high-quality solutions to problems that meet Business requirements and drive forward the department strategy.
  • Complying with engineering, design and testing standards and practices, and with Admiral IT governance and architectural standards while performing in a heavily regulated environment.
  • Acting on core engineering principles and values (accountability, transparency, consistency, quality, re-usability and an automate where possible attitude).
  • Actively participating in Squad, Chapter and Guild ceremonies and activities.
  • Working as part of a team, being a supportive team member with a positive attitude, engaging with and contributing to company culture and team spirit.
  • Collaboration with all levels of seniority across IT and the wider Business.
  • Being proactive and a self-learner, experimenting and learning from failure, and applying and sharing technical expertise at every opportunity.
  • Being creative, inquisitive, and pushing the boundaries, improving processes at any opportunity.
  • Taking initiative with effective decision making to enable the progression of the department strategy.
  • Being passionate about business intelligence and data.
  • Adapting to changing circumstances and accepting of new ideas and initiatives.

This is not a full definition of the role but covers the main aspects and drivers for success.

Experience Required

Essential:

  • Strong hands-on experience using Python and SQL within a data engineering or analytics environment.
  • Proven experience designing, building and maintaining data pipelines, including data ingestion, transformation and orchestration.
  • Practical, commercial experience working with cloud-based data architectures, with a strong focus on Google Cloud Platform (GCP), including: BigQuery, Cloud Composer, Cloud Functions.
  • Experience using Infrastructure as Code tooling such as Terraform to provision, configure and manage cloud resources.
  • Knowledge and experience of automation and data development tools, and working with cloud-native services such as BigQuery, Dataflow, Pub/Sub, or equivalent technologies.
  • Experience with the design, development and testing of data pipelines, including dimensional modelling approaches such as Kimball-style data warehouse models.
  • Experience working within Agile / Scrum development practices, actively participating in ceremonies and squad activities.
  • Hands-on experience contributing to or supporting CI/CD pipelines, using associated tools and practices to enable testing, deployment and release of data solutions.
  • Comfortable working in a regulated environment, adhering to engineering standards, governance and best practices.

Desirable experience

  • Experience using DBT for data transformation and modelling.
  • Exposure to a broader data tooling ecosystem, such as Azure DevOps, Looker, MicroStrategy or similar platforms.
Interview Process

Online technical assessment followed by a 1 stage interview.

Admiral: Where You Can

We take pride in being a diverse and inclusive business. It’s a place where you can Be You, and show up as you are. We’re committed to fostering a people-first culture where everyone is accepted, supported, and empowered to be brilliant. You can grow and progress at a pace and direction that suits you, make a difference for our customers and each other, and share in our future with all colleagues eligible for up to £3,600 of free shares each year after one year of service.

Everyone receives 33 days holiday (including bank holidays) when they join us, increasing the longer you stay with us, up to a maximum of 38 days (including bank holidays). You also have the option to buy or sell up to an additional five days of annual leave.

We’re proud of our people-first culture. In fact, we have been recognised as a Great Place to Work for Women, a Great Place to Work for Wellbeing, and an overall Great Place to Work for over 25 years! We’re fully committed to making sure your progression is not slowed or halted by barriers related to race, gender, age, sexuality or any of the protected characteristics.

Our fantastic benefits make sure our colleagues have a great work-life balance; You can view some of our other key benefits without links here.

Disability Confident Leader

As a Disability Confident Leader, for candidates with a disability or long-term health condition, that opt into the Disability Confident scheme, we’ll invite a fair and proportionate number of applicants that meet the essential requirements of the role to the first stage of our selection process.

If you need any adjustments or support with your application or during the recruitment process, just let us know. Please email us or contact us on . This number is dedicated to supporting candidates that require reasonable adjustments or support during the application process.


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