Data Engineer

at  The Open University UK

Data Engineer
Advert Reference Number: 267
Job Location: Milton Keynes, Remote/Hybrid
Department: Data Technology
Salary: £45,585 to £54,395
Closing Date: 27th September 2024
Weekly Working Hours: 37
Contract Type: Permanent
Fixed Term Contract: End Date: Not Applicable
Welsh Language Standard: Not Applicable
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ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS

As part of the application process, you will be expected to submit your CV and a Supporting Statement (maximum of 1000 words) that demonstrates how you meet the essential/desirable criteria listed above. Flexible working patterns will be considered.

It is anticipated that a hybrid working pattern can be adopted for this role, where the successful candidate can work from home and the office. However, as this role is contractually aligned to our Milton Keynes office it is expected that some attendance in the office will be required when necessary and in response to business needs.

• Early Close: We reserve the right to close adverts sooner than the closing date.

ABOUT THE ROLE

We believe that where you start in life, shouldn’t limit where you go.
The Open University is a unique institution created 50 years ago to open up education for all. We are open to anyone, anywhere, changing millions of lives across the world and always looking for new ways to help people succeed. Our pioneering use of innovative methods, such as our BBC partnership, means we reach more people than any other university.
We work across all four nations of the UK and we are the most popular choice for online, distance, flexible study.
Digital Services bring trusted design, data and technology know-how to the delivery of lifelong learning. Digital Services are responsible for the digital information, systems and technologies used by staff and students across The Open University. Covering all aspects of digital technology at the OU, from sourcing and maintaining systems, through to providing frontline IT support for staff and students.
The effective use of data is key to the successful delivery of the Open University Strategic goals. Reporting to the Digital Integration Hub Lead Data Engineer as part of the Chief Data Office this is a key data engineering role appointment to build and run the Data Technology Capability for the Open University. The successful candidate will be an expert in data engineering with relevant experience with data engineering tools in Azure, programming languages, technology operations, architectures, integration patterns and how to implement these successfully.
The role will be responsible for technical development in Azure Data platform and writing data pipelines for ingestion of data into a data platform.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

The Azure Data Engineer will be responsible for:

• Lead, influence, and be a contributor across our entire technology team while acting as an area specialist for your team.
• Deliver end to end data transformation pipelines handling ingestion of both batch and streaming data to deliver OU’s digital services data platform.
• Implement the necessary infrastructure which allow self-healing and observable monitoring of data ingestion, and consumption.
• Take on technical ownership of a workstream, be the subject matter expert and managing risks and issues.
• Define, develop, and maintain artifacts like technical design or user documentation and look for continuous improvement in software and development process within Agile.
• Resolve problems and roadblocks as they occur with help from peers. Follow through on details and drive issues to closure.
• Performance tuning of code and review of fellow developer’s code to confirm adherence to best practices.
• Mentoring of more junior members of the team
• Work with a team of data engineers to ensure the timely delivery of project deliverables that meet requirements.
• Support technology innovation initiatives, through proof of concepts, across the OU

THE PRIMARY FOCUS FOR THE INITIAL PHASE OF THE ROLE WILL BE TO:

• Deliver critical data engineering solutions to enable OU to achieve its key strategic programmes.
• Work with Data Architecture function on current and future solutions for reporting and analytics
• Unlock the data platform capabilities to facilitate the delivery of analytics and data science use cases.
• Deliver the data platform following Microsoft technology roadmap.

It is anticipated that a hybrid working pattern can be adopted for this role, where the successful candidate can work from home and the office. However, as this role is contractually aligned to our Milton Keynes office it is expected that some attendance in the office will be required when necessary and in response to business needs.

• Early Close: We reserve the right to close adverts sooner than the closing date