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Data Engineer

Southampton FC
Hull
1 month ago
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Hours: Full Time
Contract Type: Permanent
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What is the role?
Within this role you will be responsible for owning and evolving the club’s data platform. You will help develop and maintain the club’s cloud-based enterprise data platform which will serve as a foundation for how data is collected, organised and governed across the club. Powering insights, automation and effective data driven decision making in areas such as fan engagement and football operations.
You will be responsible for building and maintaining the platforms core data pipelines and architecture, ensuring it is secure, reliable, and analytics ready. You will act as the technical owner of the platform, collaborating with a wide range of stakeholders to evolve its capabilities and ensuring it delivers maximum value to the club.
What will you be doing?
You will be leading the technical implementation and configuration of a new Enterprise Data Platform, collaborating with other technical teams and stakeholders to align the platform’s functionality with business needs.
You will build and maintain robust data pipelines to support analytics and reporting while ensuring data quality, governance and compliance in line with relevant data protection regulations.
Additionally, you will perform database administration duties, including performance tuning, indexing, backups and user access management to optimise database and platform performance to ensure reliability. You will provide ongoing support, issue resolution and documentation of the data platform to team members from a variety of backgrounds ensuring a user-friendly service.
Is this you?
We are looking for a motivated and committed candidate who is energetic and enthusiastic, with the ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams.
We need someone who is experienced in building and maintaining scalable data pipelines and working with cloud-based data platforms (Azure, AWS or GCP). They will be proficient in SQL and core data modelling concepts with exposure to customer data models or Customer Data Platforms (CDPs).
Familiarity with Azure data services and tiered data architectures, alongside Python skills for data analysis or automation is important for this role.
How this benefits you…
If you are successful, you can look forward to a healthy benefits package;
Access to x2 free match tickets for every home league game.
Access to our staff Health & Wellbeing initiatives (Mental & Physical Health).
Discounted Southampton Football Club merchandise.
26 days’ holiday per year excluding bank holidays plus your birthday off each year.
Contributory Pension Scheme.
Free onsite parking.
Cycle to Work Scheme.
Collaborative & inclusive working culture.
How can I apply?
Just click on the apply button below, enter your details and answer a quick pre-screening questionnaire, then attach your CV.
The closing date for applications is 3 July 2025.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early, if a high volume of applicants are received.

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