Job description
WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING
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We are looking for enthusiastic and experienced Cloud Data Engineer to join our team. The successful candidate will be responsible of providing the required abilities to participate in the entire data lake lifecycle: maintain and evolve the cloud data foundation (CDF) that supports the data lake, collaborate with other teams on implementing & integrating the related business case into the CDF as well as ensuring that the best practices and principles described by the data reference architecture are landed and applied according to the Santander standards.
The difference you’ll make.
Participating in the entire data lake lifecycle from an engineering perspective: data ingestion, storage, data processing & transformation, as well as governance.
Maintaining and evolving the CDF piece that supports the data lake in cloud.
Supporting the implementation and integration of business cases into the CDF: ensuring that the patterns and principles described by the reference architecture are followed.
What you’ll bring.
Degree or equivalent in software engineering, computer science or related field.
Extensive experience with big data framework such as Hadoop (Cloudera or any other distribution), the related tooling/systems Hive, HDFS, Spark, etc. and languages such as Python, Scala, etc.
Extensive experience with AWS services used for data ingestion (MSK, Kinesis, etc.), data storage (S3, DynamoDB, etc.), data transformation (Glue, EMR, etc.), data governance (Lake Formation, Glue Catalog, etc.) & consumption (analytics or operational)
Good understanding of git-based VCS such us Github, Gitlab, etc.
It would also be nice for you to have.
AWS certifications recommended: Developer (Associate), Database (Speciality), Data Analytics (Speciality)
Designing, implementing, and executing the Terraform/Cloud Formation templates to deploy infrastructure into AWS.
Good understanding of CI/CD pipelines.
Passion to learn & explore new technologies, do research & experimentation as well as propose new ways of solving problems.
What else you need to know.
This is a permanent role and is Milton Keynes office based / home based.
How we’ll reward you.
As well as a competitive salary, you’ll enjoy a benefits package that you can tailor to your needs.
Eligible for a discretionary performance-related annual bonus
Pension with generous contributions of up to 12.5% from Santander, depending on your own contribution and length of employment with us
30 days’ holiday plus bank holidays, which increases to 31 days after 5yrs service, with the option to purchase up to 5 contractual days per year
£6,000 car allowance per year
Company funded individual private medical insurance
Voluntary healthcare benefits at discounted rates such as private medical insurance for your family, dental insurance, healthcare cash plan and health assessments
Benefits supporting you and your family, such as death-in-service benefit, income protection, and voluntary life assurance and critical illness cover
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A bit more about Santander
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What to do next:-
If this sounds like a role you’re interested in, then please apply.
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