Data Engineer

Data Engineer

Location: Newcastle Upon Tyne

Salary: Competitive + package (dependent on experience)

Please Note: Any offer of employment is subject to satisfactory BPSS and SC security clearance which requires 5 years continuous UK address history at the point of application.

Accenture is a leading global professional services company, providing a broad range of services in strategy and consulting, interactive, technology and operations, with digital capabilities across all of these services. With our thought leadership and culture of innovation, we apply industry expertise, diverse skill sets and next-generation technology to each business challenge.

As a team:

Our Advanced Technology Centre is a thriving technology and innovation hub from where we deliver high quality services to a number of private and public sector clients.

You'll learn, grow and advance in an innovative culture that flourishes with shared success, diverse ways of thinking and enables boundaryless opportunities that can drive your career in new and exciting ways

If you’re looking for a challenging career working in a vibrant environment with access to training and a global network of experts, this could be the for you. As part of our global team, you'll be working with cutting-edge technologies and will have the opportunity to develop a wide range of new skills on the job.

In our team you will learn:

• How to provide solutions to real world problems across a variety of industries.

• How to help transform leading organisations and communities around the world. The sheer scale of our capabilities and client engagements and the way we collaborate, operate and deliver value provides an unparalleled opportunity to grow and advance.

• How best to develop your skills and hone your talents within an innovative technology environment

As a Data Engineer, you will:

• Work with client teams to design and implement modern, scalable data solutions using a range of new and emerging technologies

• Using good communication skills to understand and deliver client requirements

• Mentor and upskill fellow group members

• Contribute to our internal networks and special interest groups

The following skills and experience are crucial for this role:

• Have a deep, hands-on design and engineering background in Cloud, across a wide range of Cloud services with the ability to demonstrate working on marque projects.

• Have good knowledge of Cloud services including but not limited to, EC2, Storage, Security, Container technologies (EKS, ECS, Fargate), IAM, Cloud Networking, data processing and machine learning.

• Strong experience of programming using SQL, Python

• Have hands on experience with addressing challenges involved in Big Data – large table sizes (e.g. depth/width), even distribution of data

• Have hands on experience with Infrastructure-as-Code technologies: Terraform, Ansible

• Have a deep understanding of Cloud Security and be able to explain how your solution offers maximum flexibility whilst still maintaining all vital security principles.

• Experienced working on full life-cycle projects

• Capable of working in either an agile or Waterfall development environment, both as part of a team and individually

Set yourself apart:

• Have worked in a client facing environment

• Hold industry relevant certifications – Cloud Solution Architect Associate or Professional (experience will be considered)

• Have managed teams and/or worked across multiple projects

What’s in it for you

At Accenture in addition to a competitive basic salary, you will also have an extensive benefits package which includes 25 days’ vacation per year, private medical insurance and 3 extra days leave per year for charitable work of your choice!

Flexibility and mobility are required to deliver this role as there may be requirements to spend time onsite with our clients and partners to enable delivery of the outstanding services we are known for.

About Accenture

Accenture is a leading global professional services company, providing a broad range of services in strategy and consulting, interactive, technology and operations, with digital capabilities across all of these services. We combine unmatched experience and specialized capabilities across more than 40 industries — powered by the world’s largest network of Advanced Technology and Intelligent Operations centers. With 509,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries, Accenture brings continuous innovation to help clients improve their performance and build lasting value across their enterprises. Visit us at www.accenture.com

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