Senior Data Engineer

What does a Senior Data Engineer do?

As Data Engineer within the Business Area Wind at Vattenfall you are part of the Engineering department, which is the technical know-how center
and home of technical competences within Business Area (BA) Wind. They set the standards and
guidelines and are embedded within the projects to drive technical excellence through the whole project
lifecycle.

Working within the System & Maintenance Engineering department of Engineering, you are responsible
for the management and provision of data, as well as the standardization of the data and documentation
for the full (offshore) wind farm asset life cycle.

The Integrity – and Data Engineering team is the driver for digitalization in Offshore Engineering.

Your key responsibilities include:

• Design and implement data architecture, as well as build and maintain complex data pipelines;
• Design and implement functional and performance improvements on the data platform;
• Evaluate new technology and techniques in order to improve performance of the system;
• Initiate and manage set of complex topics with relevant stakeholders. This include Operation
  & Maintenance (O&M), Data Analytics, SCADA and other Engineering disciplines,
  Digitalization, IT, Document Management and other functions. As data engineer you ensure
  the alignment of the technical area;
• Guide on technical matters across portfolio while keeping the big picture in mind;
• Lead data integrity and data governance and related standardization initiatives;
• Mentor colleagues to develop competence in the team and share knowledge with
  stakeholders.

As Senior Data Engineer you work in a team of 12 and will report to the Manager Integrity & Data
Engineering, who reports to the Head of Verification & Integration.

What do you bring?

As a Senior Data Engineer, you have the following qualifications:

• A master’s degree in engineering and/or IT with at least 5 years of relevant working experience.
  Work experience in a similar position in the energy sector or a technical industry would be
  beneficial;
• A proven track record within data engineering is desirable including experience with asset
  related data;
• You have solid experience with architecture and handling big data sets, as well as experience
  in SQL and NoSQL databases;
• You have experience in data pipeline and workflow management tools, e.g. Nifi and Airflow;
• Furthermore, you have experience with Kafka, MS Azure, Kubernetes, APIs, microservices and
  Python;
• Your English skills are strong, both verbally and written.

Also, you bring the following key competences:

• Communication skills: You are a highly motivated and communicative professional, who is used
  to working in virtual teams.
• Problem solving skills: You are proven skilled in dealing with strategic, highly complex issues,
  problems and challenges. Within this environment, you can develop detailed solutions, while
  always maintaining a higher-level perspective. Health and safety is of your highest priority.
• Stakeholder management: Your stakeholder management skills are strong, in a way that you
  value and enjoy working in an environment characterized by people from different backgrounds
  and cultures.
• Flexibility: You take responsibility, provide transparency and display a collaborative mindset.
  When needed, you can handle many tasks at the same time. You are flexible and can adjust to
  changing circumstances.

What they offer you

Vattenfall offers you a challenging and independent job in an informal working environment. You will be working
in interdisciplinary teams and you can always count on support from committed colleagues. They offer
attractive employment conditions and opportunities for personal and professional development.

Last but not least, you will be part of the future energy transition Vattenfall is working on towards a more
sustainable future.

Locations:

Choice of Vattenfall locations at Amsterdam (preferred), Hamburg, Kolding, Stockholm or London.
Regular business trips to their core markets in which they operate are expected, when allowed by local
governments.

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