Lead Data Engineer
Lead Data Engineer
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Job Description
The Role
We are looking for aLead Data Engineer to join us on a permanent need talented individuals to apply their data engineering and software development skills for solving data challenges to support a major UK Government programme from locations throughout the UK.
You will work closely with delivery managers fellow technical specialists external partners and our customers teams to support the discovery design delivery and operation of a wide range of data solutions. It is a great place to be able to use your skills learn from others and form one of the best performing teams in the business.
This position is a full time permanent role and applicants must have (or be able to acquire) SC clearance. Adhoc travel may be required to various customer and Leidos sites
Your responsibilities will include:
- Lead and coordinate teams setting best practice and standards
- Architect develop and maintain robust data pipelines and infrastructure across cloud platforms (AWS Azure)
- Design and implementation of numerous complex data flows to connect operational systems data for analytics and business intelligence (BI) systems
- Build Maintain and Operate Data environments and datastreaming systems
- Recognise and share opportunities to reuse existing data flows between teams
- Being proactive in evaluating and developing tools and technologies in improving the data analytics platforms
- Architect and/or evaluate data analytics solutions apply knowledge of systems integration
- Supporting the development of data migration data integration and data processing processes
- Supporting the creation of project plans identification of risks and generation of risk mitigation plans
- Provide technical leadership and mentorship to a team of data engineers
- Stay uptodate with emerging technologies and best practices in data engineering and cloud computing
What are we looking for
- Proven leadership experience (5 years) in data engineering with a focus on cloud technologies (AWS Azure) and managing and mentoring technical teams
- Experience of setting up and administering AWS or Azure data platforms and analytics services
- Expertise in Pentaho BA for data integration workflows and ETL processes
- Proficiency in Power BI for creating insightful visualisations and reports
- Solid programming skills in Python and Java with a focus on data engineering and system integration
- Experience of working in an agile software development environment
- Experience estimating task effort and identifying dependencies
- Excellent problemsolving skills and the ability to communicate complex technical concepts to nontechnical stakeholders.
It would be great if you also had:
Experience of configuring and using ETL platforms such as SSIS AWS or Azure Data Factory
- Experience of Hadoop and Jenkins
- Azure Certified
- AWS Certified
- Familiarity with Java
- Knowledge of DevOps practices including CI/CD pipelines
What we do for you:
At Leidos we are PASSIONATE about customer success UNITED as a team and INSPIRED to make a difference. We offer meaningful and engaging careers a collaborative culture and support for your career goals all while nurturing a healthy worklife balance.
We provide an employment package that attracts develops and retains only the best in talent. Our reward scheme includes:
- Contributory Pension Scheme
- Private Medical Insurance
- 33 days Annual Leave (including public and privilege holidays)
- Access to Flexible benefits (including life assurance health schemes gym memberships annual buy and sell holidays and a cycle to work scheme)
- Dynamic Working
Commitment to Diversity:
We welcome applications from every part of the community and are committed to a truly diverse and inclusive foster a sense of belonging welcoming all perspectives and contributions and providing equal access to opportunities and resources for you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages please let us know and we will respond in a way that best fits your needs.
Who We Are:
Leidos is a growing company delivering innovative technology and solutions focused on safeguarding critical capabilities and transformation in frontline services our work in the United Kingdom includes addressing some of the most complex problems in government defence healthcare safety and security and transportation.
Original Posting:
For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.
Pay Range:
The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline onlyand not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job education experience knowledge skills and abilities as well as internal equity alignment with market data applicable bargaining agreement (if any) or other law.
Employment Type
Full-Time
