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Anglian Water
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Job Title:Data Engineer

Circa£40k - £45k,salary dependant on skills and experience

Permanent

Full time / 37 hours a week

Hybrid role, working from Huntingdon or Lincoln

26 day annual leave, annual bonus, double match pension (up to 6%), private healthcare

Anglian Water offers a flexible approach; this role provides you the flexibility to work from home and from an Anglian Water office. Your base location will be in either Huntingdon or Lincoln, depending on your location.

Join Us as aData Engineer- Shape the Future of the Datacore at Anglian Water

We\'re on the lookout for a passionate and experiencedData Engineerto join our dynamic and fast-growing team. This is a fantastic opportunity to play a key role in managing, optimising, and evolving the Datacore Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) platform - enabling the delivery of critical Data products that power our business.

In this hands-on role, you\'ll be responsible for the day-to-day technical operations of the Datacore - implementing, maintaining, and enhancing the data solutions for our OT business needs. You\'ll help shape our digital future optimising the infrastructure/applications and technology that make up the platform focusing on improving efficiency and consistency.

As part of our Digital Engineering practice, you\'ll be embedded within a high-energy, fast-paced environment, collaborating with talented professionals across disciplines. You\'ll work closely with our Platform Teams, driving infrastructure improvements, identifying opportunities for continuous service optimisation, and ensuring our Datacore capabilities keep pace with business needs.

We work in a truly agile way, so experience with methodologies like DevOps, Scrum, LESS, or Kanban is essential. If you thrive in a fast-paced, forward-thinking environment and love solving complex challenges with innovative solutions, we\'d love to hear from you.

What You\'ll Be Doing


As a Data Engineer, working within our Operational Technology (DataCore) team you\'ll play a hands-on role in implementing, maintaining, and enhancing the data solutions for our OT business needs.

Your key responsibilities will include:

  • Delivering Data solutions for our Operational technology (OT) needs which will include creating ingestion pipelines, applying data cleansing rules and integrating with various systems

  • Delivering and configuring data-focused application changes

  • Monitoring performance of the data-focused applications you are charged with

  • Ensuring our data products meet service commitments and provide automated performance insights

  • Troubleshooting and preventing operational issues

  • Automating provisioning, testing, and deployment processes

  • Maintaining and enforcing best-practice operational procedures

  • Leading and contributing to Communities of Practice to drive continuous improvement and innovation

As a valued employee, you\'ll be entitled to:

  • Full private healthcare with no excess

  • 26 days leave, rising with service + Bank Holidays, with the option to swap Christmas and Easter holidays for those celebrated by your religion

  • A flexible working culture

  • Competitive pension scheme - we double-match your contributions up to 6%

  • Life Assurance at eight times your salary

  • Personal Accident cover - up to 5x your salary

  • Bonus Scheme

  • Lots of great discounts

  • Flexible benefits to support your wellbeing and lifestyle

What does it take to be a Data Engineer?


We\'re looking for someone who truly embodies our values - doing the right thing, building trust, and always exploring new ways to improve. You\'ll lead by example, fostering collaboration and inspiring those around you. You\'ll also:

  • Strong experience in data engineering

  • Experience/understanding of Data Product lifecycle management

  • Strong analytical and problem solving skills

  • Ability to make recommendations and take decisions

  • Highly organised with effective time management and planning skills

  • Excellent attention to detail

  • Willingness to adapt to change

  • Enjoys technical challenges and learning new skills

  • Take ownership of risks and support robust risk management

  • Champion knowledge sharing and operational excellence

  • Support our Digital Engineering Centre for Enablement and Communities of Practice

Key Skills and experience:

  • Highly proficient in Python and SQL

  • Proficient in Datacore application stack

  • Proficient in technologies like Bicep, Python, Docker, Kubernetes, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)

  • Proficient in Data Pipelines (both low code and Azure)

  • Experience in configuring and maintaining IIoT applications such as TimeSeries Databases or Industrial Data Ops Tools

  • Understanding of Agile delivery frameworks and methodologies

  • Working Knowledge of Service Management processes, specifically Change, Incident, Event, Configuration and Problem Management

Why Anglian Water?

Anglian Water is not your typical water company. What we do really matters. Water is the lifeblood of our world and we\'re proud of the difference we make. We put people at the heart of our business, and we truly love what we do! If you\'re passionate about what you do and would like to make a difference, then we\'d love to hear from you.

Closing date: 20th May 2025

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