Senior Data Engineer

We recognise the value in having people with a variety of backgrounds, experience and skills in our business. That means the role requirements here should be seen as a guide, not a checklist. If you have more, less or different experiences, but really relevant skills, we’d love to hear from you.

We work flexibly and will help you to find a healthy balance of remote working and time in our fantastic Southampton office, collaborating, taking part in events and getting to know people that makes working with us so rewarding. We welcome the opportunity to discuss reduced hours and job share arrangements.

The Role

The Senior Data Engineer within our Technology Team is primarily responsible for serving as a technical lead for assigned data elements of Technology Change portfolio. This role undertakes the design, development, testing, deployment, and maintenance of stable, secure, and scalable data solutions and pipelines in support of data and analytics projects, including integrating new sources of data into data warehouses, developing data models, building custom apps, and delivering automated process solutions.

This person will be a subject matter expert who will use their expertise and skill set to perform hands-on development as well as managing a team of developers, providing consulting services and specialist technical support on data management and database administration. Responsibilities will include:

•   Providing data architectural and design input to strategic direction for the development of data products
•   Making recommendations for the enhancement of the data architecture
•   Designing and enabling the delivery of modern, efficient, and robust data pipelines and data products
•   Analysis of the business data solution requirements, and writing detailed technical requirements

Our role categories range from CUK15 (entry level) to CUK1 (Brand President) so you can clearly see internal development opportunities. This role is a CUK07 and is offered on a full time, permanent basis, with at least three days based in our Southampton office.

About You

Fresh ideas and different perspectives are what excite us most and help us to succeed. Alongside bringing these to the role, you’ll also need:

•   Demonstrable experience of working as a Data Engineer, Database Developer, Automation Engineer, or Database Administrator
•   Technical skills in a range of data processing technologies
•   Familiarity with cloud database technologies

Experience of some or all of the following technologies:
•   Snowflake database.
•   dbt (Data Build Tool).
•   Python development.
•   Version control (git).
•   Integration and deployment pipelines (CI/CD, DataOps).
•   SQL Server, Oracle database.
•   SSIS, SSRS, Power BI.
•   Advanced SQL and modelling methodologies such as dimensional modelling.

Being part of our team has its advantages…

We’re a holiday company so we know there’s more to life than work. Our comprehensive range of benefits are designed to help your personal and financial health and wellbeing.

•   A friendly welcome with help settling in
•   Home and office-based hybrid working 
•   Regular office events including live entertainment, lifestyle events and charity partner fundraisers 
•   Extensive learning and development opportunities 
•   Annual bonus 
•   Minimum 25 days leave, bank holiday allowance and holiday trading scheme
•   Employee-led networks
•   Employee Assistance and Wellbeing programmes
•   Recognition scheme with prizes and awards
•   Employee Discounted Cruising plus Friends and Family offers
•   Contributory Defined Contribution Pension scheme
•   Company paid private medical and dental insurance and health assessment
•   In-house Occupational Health help and access to digital GP
•   Life Assurance
•   Parental and adoption leave
•   Employee Shares Plan 
•   Electric Car and Cycle to Work schemes
•   Onsite restaurant offering range of healthy cooked and grab and go meals
•   Discounted retail and leisure via discounts portal

Please note: Being able to create unforgettable holiday happiness is a brilliant opportunity so we often receive high volumes of applications for our roles. In these cases we may close our job adverts early and aren’t able to consider applications once this happens.

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