Azure Data Engineer

at  WPP

WPP is the creative transformation company. We use the power of creativity to build better futures for our people, planet, clients, and communities.

• Assist in the build, development, and management of custom databases/solutions using SQL, SSIS, and ADF both on premise and in Azure.
• Clearly communicate technical terms to non-technical people and help them understand why change might be required to achieve a specific goal or to complete a project
• Design, build and deploy ETL and data management processes. Develop and deploy ETL job workflow with reliable error/exception handling and rollback framework.
• Conform to agile development practices – Evolutionary design, refactoring, continuous integration/delivery, test-driven development.
• Work collaboratively with Business Partner Team and Business Stakeholder during projects scoping and feasibility phases as a SME for concept investigation/viability and technical impact; Identify and communicate technical risks and mitigations.
• Provide production support for data load jobs.
• Write customized query to generate automatic periodic reports.
• Build applications writing SQL scripts to manipulate data and / or writing specific instructions for an off-shore programmer to write the scripts.
• Maintain or upgrade existing applications.
• Attend key design meetings and provide support.
• Other ad hoc duties.