DeliveryManagerData Engineering
Vanguard
Walbrook London
Make investing available to all through world-class technology.
We never stop working to make investing simpler and more successful for our clients. Vanguard is digital-first company that relies on technology to effectively serve our 30 million clients across the world and our 18000 internal crew. We believe in relentless client focus doing good for our communities and focusing on long term success for our employees.
If you want to be on the frontline of changing the financial services industry have a deep passion for analytics and technology and love working with diverse & motivated colleagues thenwerelooking for you to join our team.
About the Data EngineeringDeliveryManager forCDAOEurope
Youwill lead afull stackteam of DataDataOps&MLOpsEngineersbuildingstoragetransformationand analytical solutions with the Data & Analytics team.Youwill be working with an experienced team to support data engineers data scientists data analysts business users machine learning & AI engineers in implementing data pipelines and high-qualityproductionisationofETL/ELT pipelines andcomplex models.
In return we offer an attractive base salary annual performance bonus paid in January Partnership bonus paid in June and competitive benefits. At Vanguard we work Monday toFridayand our staff in most roles work in the office on TuesdaysWednesdaysand Thursdays with Mondays and Fridays working from home.As one of the worlds largest asset management firms Vanguard can offer unrivalled career opportunities in Manchester the UK and further afield.
About CDAO Europe
The Chief Data Analytics Office for Vanguard Europe supports the UK and EU business by providingtimelyaccurate and reliable data data analysisand data scienceto support business decisions.Weare a cloud native technology and data team mostlyleveragingAWS sourcing data from internal and external systems to drive business decisions and direction.You will alsohave the opportunity towork within the broader enterprise data and analyticsorganisationbringing the best back to Europe and contributing to global best practice.
Core Responsibilities
Partners with internal and external clients to gain an expert understanding of business functions and informational needs. Works closely with other technical and data analytics experts across the business and external vendors to implement data solutions.
Hires evaluates and supervises crew. Provides guidance and training as necessary to develop crew. Sets performance standards reviews performance and makes informed compensation decisionsin accordance withall applicable Human Resources policies and procedures.
Manages andoptimizesthe automation of key ETL (Extract / Transform / Load) and quality assurance processes for large volumes of data.
Consults with department or function heads on the implementation transition and operating plans. Executes and adjusts plans for team of Data Engineers. Develops a clear understanding of Data Analytics and Management work across Vanguard businesses and how they connect.
Manages the planning prioritization and execution of data production projects and processes.
Manages and troubleshoots the design and development of software and processes to support large scale efficient data pipelines. Integrates complex andlarge scaledata from a variety of sources for business partners to generate insight and make decisions. Supports dashboarding efforts data science and engagement projects and production support as needed.
Translates business specifications into design specifications and code. Responsible for writing complex programs ad hoc queries and reports. Ensures that all code is well structured includes sufficient documentation and is easy tomaintainand reuse.
Develops and exercises cross-functional data delivery to support business needs. Manages data integrity and quality standards.
Educates and develops junior data engineers on the team while applying quality control to their work. Develops data engineering standards and contributesexpertiseto other data expert teams across Vanguard.
Participates in special projects and performs other duties as assigned.
Qualificationswerelooking for:
Strong people leadership experience (teams with more than five people would beadvantageous)
Strong Data/DataOpsEngineering experience
Experience in medium to large business that consumelarge amountsof data
Excellent communicationandstorytellingskills;Ability to articulate complexproblemsinasimplemanner.
First-handexperience with Python/Pysparkinbuildingend-to-end data pipelines
Understanding DBA concepts; Prior experience working in/with DevOps or Data Engineers teams; Comfortable with DevOps/SRE thinking.
Knowledge and experience in designing implementingdeployingand configuringAWSresources;
Experience with SCRUM-Agilemindset andimplementation tools such as Jira Azure DevOps
DataLake Lakehouse &EDW methodologies; Data analysis data modelling data integration datawarehousingand database design;AWSStack
Understanding of GIT post/pre-scriptingand CI/CD workflow under TDD usingJira/Azure DevOps
Support multiple environments (Dev UAT Prod) and a strong understanding of SDLC concepts.
Degree qualified in a relevant commercialanalyticalor mathematical discipline or equivalent experience
Beneficial but not required skills:
Knowledge of traditional ETL/ELTprocessand tools (Informatica Talend SSISAlteryx..)
Experience working with vendor/3rdparty data providers
Experience in multiple database technologies such as: Distributed Processing (such as Spark Hadoop EMR) Traditional RDBMS (such as MS SQL Server Oracle MySQL PostgreSQL) MPP (such as AWS Redshift Teradata Snowflake Greenplum Synapse) NoSQL (such as DynamoDB;Strong understanding of CDC/CT/Deltas mechanisms.
Tableauexposure
Understanding of theFinancial Servicesindustry preferably with applicable experience
How We Work
Vanguard has implemented a hybrid working model for the majority of our crew members designed to capture the benefits of enhanced flexibility while enabling in-person learning collaboration and connection. We believe our mission-driven and highly collaborative culture is a critical enabler to support long-term client outcomes and enrich the employee experience.
Required Experience:
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