The primary purpose of this role is to lead the Thames Water Data Acquisition team. The Data Acquisition team are the gateway between Thames Water application sources and the central Enterprise Data platform, the team are therefore expected to follow the standard acquisition processes to create connections to various data sources and acquire that data and bring it into the TW data lake.
The duties include the designing and implementing ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) processes, ensuring data quality and accuracy, and maintaining data engineering architecture. Occasional analysis of data to derive business insights and communication of these findings to stakeholders, aiding in data-driven decision-making. Additionally, you will mentor team members and support analytics through reliable data pipelines.

WORKING AT THAMES WATER

Thames Water is a unique, rewarding and diverse place to work, where every day you can make a difference, yet no day is the same. As part of our family, you’ll enjoy fast-tracked career opportunities, flexible working arrangements and excellent benefits.
Whether you’re interested in a role in one of our call centres or science labs, we’re looking for people like you with real passion and a burning desire to make things better.
So, if you’re looking for a sustainable and successful career where you can make a daily difference to millions of people’s lives while helping to protect the world of water for future generations, we’ll be here to support you every step of the way. Together, we can build a better future for our customers, our region and our planet.
Real purpose, real support, real opportunities. Come and join the Thames Water family. Why choose us? Learn more.
Our overarching aim is to ensure that Thames Water is great, diverse and inclusive place to work. We welcome applications from everyone and offer extra support for those who need it throughout the recruitment process. Our aim is to remove any real or perceived barriers to success, so if you need assistance, we’re here to help and support.
When a crisis happens, we all rally around to support our customers. As part of Team Thames, you’ll have the opportunity to sign up to support our customers on the frontline as an ambassador. Full training will be given for what is undoubtedly an incredibly rewarding experience. It’s also a great opportunity to learn more about our business, meet colleagues and earn some extra money along the way.

WHAT YOU’LL BE DOING AS A DATA ACQUISITION LEAD

• Managing c6x data engineers and data business analysts to deliver data backlog items.
• Managing the investigation of corporate data requirements and documenting them according to the required standards utilising the prescribed methods and tools
• Implement data flows to connect operational systems, data for analytics and BI systems
• Work closely with data architects and data scientists to determine which data are needed for analysis.
• To be able to tackle problems associated with database integration and unstructured data sets
• Ensure that those using the data structures and associated components have a good understanding and that any queries are dealt with promptly and efficiently
• Develop data set processes for data modelling, mining and production
• In liaison with the information management or IT management functions, contributes to the development and maintenance of corporate data standards

WHAT YOU SHOULD BRING TO THE ROLE

• Extensive experience as a Data Engineer
• Azure Data Factory expert
• Azure Devops experience
• Excellent SQL and/or Python skills.
• Have excellent interpersonal skills and fully experienced at dealing with stakeholders
• Awareness of the uses of information systems in the utility industry
• Proficient with Data Warehousing Solutions and Data Modelling