Sword is a leading provider of business technology solutions within the Energy, Public and Finance Sectors, driving real transformational change within our clients. We use proven technology, specialist teams and domain expertise to build solid technical foundations across platforms, data and business applications. We have a passion for using technology to solve business problems, working in partnership with our clients to help in achieving their goals.
About the role:
As aData Integration Engineerat Sword, you’ll be at the heart of our mission to leverage data and technology to solve business problems. You will play a critical role in integrating diverse data sources, ensuring clean, high-quality data, and designing workflows that enable seamless data management. You will be at the forefront of developing customer integrations, playing a key role in setting the standards for integration processes as the company scales. This role is highly collaborative, offering you the chance to work directly with clients to gather requirements and implement new data solutions.
You will also have the opportunity to engage with senior stakeholders, contribute to cutting-edge projects, and use your technical expertise to shape data-driven transformations within high-profile sectors like Energy, Renewables, and beyond.
As the Data Integration Engineer, you will:
Manage and integrate data from multiple internal and external sources, ensuring data quality and consistency throughout. Build and optimize workflows using FME to streamline ETL processes and validate data integrity. Leverage Azure and cloud-based technologies to create scalable data management solutions. Collaborate with business stakeholders to understand data requirements, helping translate business needs into technical solutions. Support data-driven projects, working closely with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless integration and availability of business-critical data. Provide technical expertise in data management, governance, and engineering, ensuring compliance with best practices. Participate in solution design, data strategy discussions, and requirements gathering with senior stakeholders and clients. Guide junior team members, offering mentorship and knowledge sharing on best practices in data integration and engineering.
Requirements
What You’ll Bring:
Proven experience in a Data Engineering role, with expertise in developing and maintaining data integrations across various external systems. Experience in data modeling, visualization, and ETL pipelines. Proficiency in FME for building and managing workflows. Experience with the Azure platform, particularly in deploying and managing cloud data solutions. Knowledge of SQL for querying and managing databases. Comfortable in a client-facing role, with excellent communication skills to clearly convey technical information to diverse audiences. A proactive, problem-solving mindset with strong attention to detail.
It would be great if you also had…
While not essential, it would be a bonus if you bring any of the following skills or experience. Don’t worry if you don’t tick every box – we’re more interested in your potential and willingness to grow with us!
Knowledge of
Azure AI Searchor experience with AI-powered search capabilities. Experience with Power BI, Databricks, or Power Platform. Familiarity with ArcGIS or other GIS tools.
Benefits
At Sword, our core values and culture are based on caring about our people, investing in training and career development and building inclusive teams where we are all encouraged to contribute to achieve success.
We offer comprehensive benefits designed to support your professional development and enhance your overall quality of life. In addition to aCompetitive Salary, here's what you can expect as part of our benefits package:
Personalised Career Development:We create a development plan customised to your goals and aspirations, with a range of learning and development opportunities within a culture that encourages growth.
Flexible working:Flexible work arrangements to support your work-life balance. We can’t promise to always be able to meet every request, however are keen to discuss your individual preferences to make it work where we can.
A Fantastic Benefits Package:This includes generous annual leave allowance, enhanced family friendly benefits, pension scheme, access to private health, well-being, and insurance schemes, an employee assistance programme, discounted cash plan and more…..
At Sword we are dedicated to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace and are proud to be an equal opportunities employer, ensuring that all applicants receive fair and equal consideration for employment, regardless of whether they meet every requirement. If you don’t tick all the boxes but feel you have some of the relevant skills and experience we’re looking for, please do consider applying and highlight your transferable skills and experience. We embrace diversity in all its forms, valuing individuals regardless of age, disability, gender identity or reassignment, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity status, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation. Your perspective and potential are important to us.
If we can do anything to help make the hiring process more accessible, please let our talent acquisition team know when you apply so we can support any adjustments.
