WHAT IS THE OPPORTUNITY?

Join our Data Engineering team in this exciting time as we implement Bank of Ireland’s new cloud based data lake, take advantage of AI opportunities and transition workloads to that new Enterprise Data Lake platform.
As Test Engineer, you will work with our agile delivery teams engineering high quality solutions for both our Enterprise Data Lake and Enterprise Data Warehouse platforms. You will gain experience across both platforms building integrated data pipelines.
We work in a very collaborative environment with a learning culture and you will use your experience to help guide future development across the team, the tools we use, help drive automation and introduce new and exciting engineering patterns and frameworks!

WHAT WILL MAKE YOU STAND OUT

We are seeking a Test Engineer with enthusiasm and a growth mentality who prioritises collaboration with others. You are proactive to achieve the necessary outcome while improving processes, people and tooling along the way!
You have a proven track record (3+ years) as Test Engineer in the Data Lake or Data Warehouse domain. You have knowledge of Data Lake, Cloud Technologies and Architecture, preferably AWS.

Further technical knowledge and/or experience in the below are necessary to apply:

• Demonstrable experience of testing complex data Pipelines and data flows
• Agile Testing practices and guidelines, including Defect Management
• Proficiency in SQL, Python, Pyspark
• Define and recommend right sized Test data and automate test data creation/refresh
• Promote test data literacy and support evangelise test data reuse
• Test automation using tools and frameworks ( e.g. pyTest, BDD etc)
• Various database technologies (Teradata, Oracle Big data/Hadoop)
• Testing event driven systems with tools like Kafka, NiFi, Flink, Spark Streaming
• Familiarity with AI concepts and willingness to explore LLM’s, Generative AI and Machine Learning
• Certified in ISTQB Foundation and/ or Advanced
• Certification in Cloud (preferably in AWS)
• Certification in Agile methodology

Experience with any of the following will help you to stand out but is not necessary in order to apply for this role;

• Understanding of REST APIs and Testing
• Cloudera Data Platform and appropriate Cloudera certifications
• The ability to derive and share Data-Driven insights with Business and Technical teams
• The ability of identifying and introducing process optimisations

ESSENTIAL QUALIFICATIONS

There are no specific qualifications or minimum educational requirements needed for this role.

IN THIS ROLE, YOU WILL

• Test complex data flows and process’s using our Enterprise Data Warehouse & Data Lake
• Input into decisions on Test frameworks, tooling and patterns
• Implement Automation and the adoption of processes such as TDD
• Solve complex technical problems and provide creative solutions from your experience or through a rational problem solving process.
• Work with the Business/Design and complete Test Plans
• Adhere to Test standards, best practice and processes while implementing improvements in parallel

WHERE AGENCY ASSISTANCE IS REQUIRED BANK OF IRELAND RECRUITMENT TEAM WILL ENGAGE DIRECTLY WITH SUPPLIERS. UNSOLICITED CVS / PROFILES SUPPLIED TO BANK OF IRELAND BY RECRUITMENT AGENCIES WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED FOR THIS ROLE.

We`re on a continuous journey to build an inclusive and diverse workplace. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, lived experience, abilities and perspectives. We provide reasonable accommodations at every stage of our recruitment process for disabilities, neurodivergence or medical conditions. If you require an accommodation please complete this form and one of our recruitment team members will be in touch via email. Any information provided will be treated as confidential within the recruitment team and used only for the purpose of determining and providing appropriate accommodations for the application and recruitment process

Experience with any of the following will help you to stand out but is not necessary in order to apply for this role;

• Understanding of REST APIs and Testing
• Cloudera Data Platform and appropriate Cloudera certifications
• The ability to derive and share Data-Driven insights with Business and Technical teams
• The ability of identifying and introducing process optimisation