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  • Locations: Norwich
  • Salary: National £40,000 - £50,000

Do you like working with the latest technology and are interested in enhancing your tech abilities? We have an exciting opportunity for a highly skilled Data Engineer with significant experience of Snowflake. As well as being an expert in the Snowflake cloud platform, you’ll have a strong background in Data Ingestion and Integration, designing and implementing data pipelines on various technologies, Data Modelling and a rounded understanding of data warehousing.


A bit about the job

Aviva believes strongly in experimentation leading to industrialisation and we are searching for passionate, energetic data engineers who are focused on using their skills to drive out real business value for our customers. An exciting opportunity within one of our Data Engineering teams for a highly skilled individual to work within our data environment, which is helping to shape the future of insurance through cutting‑edge predictive analytics and Data Science. Data is the life blood of any modern organisation and Aviva is no different. Our Data Engineering team sits within Aviva Quantum, our global Data Science Practise (covering areas including Machine Learning, Analytics, Data Engineering, AI and many more). You will form a vital part of our business, contribute to our first‑class end‑to‑end solutions. You will play an active role in defining our practices, standards and ways of working, and apply them to your role. Be open to working across organisation and team boundaries to ensure we bring the best to our customers.


Skills and experience we’re looking for

  • Experience as a data engineering leader delivering data solutions with a strong working knowledge of DataOps and CI/CD best practices
  • Experience of building/developing/managing data using Snowflake & DBT Cloud within a data architecture comprising data vaults and/or dimensional models
  • Strong technical background with a firm grounding in SQL and Python, enabling you to lead and develop our most sophisticated work
  • Experience of working with and leading a team using Agile delivery methodology. Ability to mentor, inspire, and develop junior engineers
  • Strong interpersonal & communication skills with the ability to communicate effectively with business stakeholders and projects

What you’ll get for this role

  • Salary £40,000 - £50,000 for National based (depending on location, skills, experience, and qualifications)
  • Bonus opportunity 10% of annual salary – Actual amount depends on your performance and Aviva’s
  • Generous pension scheme – Aviva will contribute up to 14%, depending on what you put in
  • 29 days holiday plus bank holidays, and you can choose to buy or sell up to 5 days
  • Up to 40% discount on Aviva products and other retailer discounts
  • Up to £1,200 of free Aviva shares per year through our Matching Share Plan, and share in the success of Aviva with our Save As You Earn scheme
  • Brilliantly supportive policies including parental and carer’s leave
  • Flexible benefits to suit you, including sustainability options such as cycle to work
  • Make a difference, be part of our Aviva Communities and use your 3 paid volunteering days to help others
  • We take your wellbeing seriously with lots of support and tools

Take a look to learn more. Put a salary into this calculator to see what your total Aviva Reward could be.


Aviva is for everyone

We’re inclusive and welcome everyone – we want applications from all backgrounds and experiences. Even if you don’t tick every box we encourage you to apply. We also consider all forms of flexible working, including part time and job shares. We flex locations, hours and working patterns to suit our customers, business, and you. Most of our people are smart working – spending around 50% of their time in our offices every week, combining the benefits of flexibility with time together with colleagues.


We interview every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the job. Once you’ve applied, please send us an email stating that you have a disclosed disability and we’ll interview you.


If you require an alternative method of applying, please give Harjot Kaur a call on or send an email to .


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