Senior Data Engineer: Virgin Atlantic

1 month ago

Crawley West Sussex, United Kingdom Manor Royal Business District Full time

Job Details

Salary:Competitive

Hours:37.5 per week, Mon - Fri

Location:Crawley, West Sussex - three days per week

Contract:Permanent

Closing Date:29 April 2024

In a nutshell

At Virgin Atlantic Airways, we believe that everyone can take on the world, and it's our vision to become the most loved travel company. As we embark on this next exciting stage of our journey, we're harnessing our spirit of entrepreneurship and innovation to challenge the status quo.

We're looking for a Senior Data Engineer to join our growing AI and Data team.

This role focuses on the establishment of data processing guidelines and best practices, designing efficient and scalable ETL codebases while reviewing and guiding other data engineers' work. Overseeing database maintenance and optimisation, ensuring high performance and providing guidance on best practices.

You will be designing and implementing robust data cleansing, monitoring, and management solutions, collaborating cross-functionally to ensure data integrity and compliance.

Other responsibilities include establishing codebase maintenance best practices, mentoring junior engineers on coding standards and fostering a culture of clean, maintainable code.

The role drives the design and implementation of CI/CD pipelines and automated deployment processes, promoting DevOps best practices and staying current with emerging technologies to foster innovation and excellence in the data engineering team.

Day to day

Some of your key responsibilities as our Senior Data Engineer will be:

  • Establishing and maintaining data processing and architecture guidelines, best practices, and standards. Lead the design and development of efficient and scalable ETL codebases, leveraging experience in data engineering. QA other data engineers' designs, models and code.
  • Overseeing the maintenance and optimisation of databases, ensuring high availability and performance. Provide guidance to junior data engineers on database management best practices.
  • Designing and implementing robust data cleansing routines, monitoring processes, and master data management solutions. Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to ensure data integrity, compliance, and consistency across data sources.
  • Establishing and implementing best practices for codebase maintenance, including versioning, documentation, and collaboration. Mentor junior data engineers on coding standards and foster a culture of clean, maintainable, and reusable code.
  • Leading the design and implementation of CI/CD pipelines and automated deployment processes to streamline the development lifecycle. Optimising use of cloud resources for cost and performance. Promote DevOps best practices.
  • Serving as a technical leader and mentor, staying on top of emerging trends and technologies. Drive innovation, lead proof-of-concept initiatives, and promote a culture of excellence within the data engineering team.

About you

In addition to the above, we are looking for our successful candidate to demonstrate the following:

  • 5+ years of data engineering experience or Bachelors/Masters degree in a relevant subject with 3+ years experience in an enterprise setting.
  • Expertise in data modeling, ETL processes, DevOps, Python, SQL and API frameworks
  • Strong proficiencies in Azure services (ADF, ADLS, Synapse, Functions, MQ etc) and other cloud technologies: Databricks, Kubernetes.
  • Familiarity with airline and travel systems, data and concepts beneficial
  • Highly curious about the business with excellent communication, leadership, and collaboration abilities

If this sounds like you, and you would like to be on this exciting journey with us, we would love to hear from you

Be yourself

Our customers come from all walks of life and so do our colleagues. That's why we're proud to be an equal opportunity employer and actively encourage applications from all backgrounds. At Virgin Atlantic, we believe everyone can take on the world - no matter your age, gender, gender identity, gender expression, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disabilities, religion, or beliefs. We celebrate difference and everything that makes our colleagues unique by upholding an inclusive environment in which we can all thrive. So that everyone at Virgin Atlantic can be themselves and know they belong.

To make your journey with us accessible and individual to you, we encourage you to let us know if you'd like a little extra help with your application, or if you have any individual requirements at any stage along your recruitment journey. We are here to support you, so please reach out to our team,( recruitment@fly.virgin.com feeling confident that we've got your individual considerations covered.

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