Data Engineer

Data Engineer (12-Month Fixed-Term Contract)

Milton Keynes | Hybrid Working (3 Days in the Office) | Maternity Cover

Shape the Future of Data at SIS

Are you a talented Data Engineer with strong Snowflake expertise and a passion for building scalable, high-performance data solutions? At SIS, we're looking for an experienced Data Engineer to join our growing Data Team on a 12-month fixed-term contract to cover a period of maternity leave.

This is an exciting opportunity to play a pivotal role in the evolution of our modern data platform, helping to transform complex data into valuable insights that drive business decisions and growth. Working alongside Data Engineers, Architects, Product Managers and Business Analysts, you'll design, build and optimise robust data pipelines while leveraging the latest capabilities within the Snowflake ecosystem.

If you thrive in a collaborative environment and enjoy solving complex data challenges, we'd love to hear from you.

What You'll Be Doing

As a Data Engineer, you'll be responsible for delivering high-quality, scalable and secure data solutions across the business. Key responsibilities include:

• Designing, building and maintaining scalable batch and real-time data pipelines that ingest data from a variety of sources into Snowflake.
• Developing modular, test-driven data models and transformations using dbt.
• Leading the delivery of new data capabilities within Snowflake, optimising performance, cost and scalability.
• Enhancing data governance, security, compliance and access controls through robust policies and best practice.
• Supporting CI/CD deployment processes and version control practices.
• Exploring and implementing advanced Snowflake capabilities such as Snowpark, Streaming and Cortex AI to support Machine Learning and GenAI initiatives.
• Optimising data processing and retrieval performance to improve reporting, analytics and business applications.
• Working closely with stakeholders across the organisation to understand data requirements and translate them into effective solutions.
• Contributing to the ongoing development of the Data Engineering team's capabilities, standards and best practices.
• Supporting research and development activities, evaluating emerging technologies and new Snowflake features.
• Ensuring documentation is maintained to a high standard and promoting continuous improvement across the team.

What We're Looking For

Essential Skills & Experience

• Significant professional experience in Data Engineering, including experience delivering scalable data solutions in a commercial environment.
• At least 3 years of hands-on Snowflake experience.
• Strong enterprise-level SQL expertise.
• Proven experience with data modelling and transformation tools, ideally dbt.
• Experience working across Azure data technologies, including:

• Azure Data Factory (ADF)
• SQL Server
• Power BI
• SQL Elastic Pool
• SSRS
• Demonstrable experience building scalable, resilient and high-performance data platforms and integration solutions.
• Strong understanding of complex data transformations and ETL/ELT methodologies.
• Experience working in enterprise environments with numerous interdependent data sources and feeds.
• Experience developing Power BI reports and dashboards.
• Knowledge of source control and branch management practices.
• Experience working within Agile delivery environments.
• Good understanding of FinOps principles and cost optimisation within cloud-based data platforms.

Desirable Skills

• Data Lake or Lakehouse technologies
• Python and/or Data Science experience
• Databricks
• Other visualisation tools such as Tableau or Sigma

About You

We're looking for someone who:

• Is passionate about data engineering and continuous improvement.
• Enjoys collaborating with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Has excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Can influence others and build strong working relationships.
• Takes ownership and delivers high-quality solutions.
• Stays curious and embraces new technologies and approaches.

Why Join SIS?

At SIS, data plays a critical role in shaping business decisions and driving future growth. You'll have the opportunity to work with modern cloud technologies, help influence the direction of our data platform, and contribute to innovative projects across the organisation.

This role offers a flexible hybrid working model, with a minimum of three days per week in our Milton Keynes office, alongside the opportunity to make a meaningful impact within a collaborative and forward-thinking team.

Apply Today

If you're an experienced Data Engineer looking for your next challenge and want to work with cutting-edge Snowflake technologies in a business that truly values data, we'd love to hear from you.