Lead Data Engineer

Career Choices Dewis Gyrfa Ltd
Manchester
1 week ago
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Lead Data Engineer Base Location: London OR Glasgow based (Hybrid - 2 days per week in office) The KPMG Tax & Legal Technical Engineering function is a cornerstone of our business.


We do work that matters to our local business and communities



  • supporting technical innovation and adoption of cutting edge solutions across the United Kingdom.

This team will be responsible for delivering technology enabled outcomes across the Tax & Legal business using modern and best in class engineering methodologies.


We drive this transformation through the adoption of Cloud based technologies and have strategic relationships with Google, Microsoft among others.


We have a technology agnostic view and select the right tool/language/cloud provider to achieve the best outcome for the business and our clients alike.


KPMG is one of the world's largest and most respected consultancy businesses, we've supported the UK through times of war and peace, prosperity and recession, political and regulatory upheaval.


We've proudly stood beside the institutions and businesses which make the UK what it is.


Why Join the KPMG Tax & Legal Technology Engineering team as Lead Data Engineer We might be world leaders in Tax & Legal, but in many ways the engineering department feels like a start-up, with a twist.


There’s the buzz of scrum working, the thrill of shaping compelling experiences, the chance to surprise and stretch yourself in response to a fresh challenge.


And then there’s all the resources, technology and high-profile projects of a major corporate entity.


Crucially, we also offer the benefit of clear career progression.


What will you be doing?

The Lead Data engineer will primarily work with product owners, solution architects, engineering teams and BI developers to implement and drive forward our Data & AI goals within Tax & legal.


This is an opportunity to work as a "hands on" data engineer, engaging with a variety of stakeholders in engineering teams and the business to deliver business critical solutions.


In this role you will:



  • Collaborate with Enterprise Data Architects and Data engineers’ firm wide to align to best practice and the firm's Data management policies.
  • Build and maintain a cloud-based data warehouse consisting of information pools from several systems.
  • Assist our data analysts and development leads in creating dashboards and reports to provide insight to clients.
  • Develop data Integrations using Azure analysis services and APIs.
  • Integrate data points between Tax Systems and external/client applications.
  • Design and build systems for use across multi-cloud platforms.
  • Create data- sources to be used by Business Intelligence tools.
  • Working on data integration, data quality, data mining and ETL processes.
  • Be a technical owner of our data platforms and tools.

What will you need to do it?

  • Proven experience working as a Lead Data Engineer.
  • Experience creating logical data models, preferably within the financial services sector.
  • Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to logically analyse complex requirements, processes and systems to put solutions in place.
  • Exceptional SQL programming skills.
  • Hands-on experience working in a DevOps environment.
  • Experience of Data modelling, data warehouse design, data lake concepts and practices.
  • Excellent people skills, able to engage with a wide range of stakeholders at all levels.

Skills we’d love to see/Amazing Extras:

  • Experience of the Azure data platform, especially Data Factory, Data Lake and SQL Data Warehousing (Synapse) and the Common Data Service.
  • Experience working within data governance and compliance frameworks.
  • Experience creating logical data models, preferably within the financial services sector.
  • Experienced in using SQL Server 2017 and SQL Azure.
  • Previously used Qliksense, PowerBI or equivalent visualisation tools.

To discuss this or wider Technology roles with our recruitment team, all you need to do is apply, create a profile, upload your CV and begin to make your mark with KPMG.


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