Data Engineer

• Location

  Donegall Square West, Belfast / Remote Working

  This is an exciting opportunity to join our growing Technology & Digital Development team as a Data Engineer. You will support our journey to creating a single source of the truth, by enabling our wider data and analytics analyst access to quality and trusted data.  We are on a journey and you will be joining the team at the start, helping us become the best in class by shaping architecture, tooling and best practices.

  The role

  As Data Engineer, you’ll execute data analytics projects that are varied in nature and demand a wide spectrum of skills from data manipulation through to data visualisation. Work closely with various Business functions as well as other teams in Danske Bank to focus on preparing, assessing and cleansing the data and data structures needed for analytics projects. Support documentation of our data, and information: supporting understanding of data with the business and analytics teams.

  What you’ll do

  As Data Engineer, you’ll:

  • maintain and improve existing data pipelines
  • work in partnership with the wider Danske Bank business functions to ensure a purposeful single source of the truth that is available to all
  • build scalable solutions
  • automate manual processes
  • take a lead in complex business challenges and mentor other team members
  • perform ad-hoc analysis for internal or external users as required
  • contribute to the creation of new technical solutions to innovate, increase efficiencies and make the Bank’s data actionable
  • ensure customers are provided with advice and service compliant with all existing legal, regulatory and voluntary code obligations, and all Bank standards, policies, processes and procedures
  • ensure all BI activities are aligned to the Bank’s core values and consistent with the fair treatment of all customers

  What skills / qualifications will you need?

  Essential

  • 5+ years hands- on experience as an ETL/DWH developer with strong knowledge in designing, developing, and delivering end-to-end data integration processes for large scale data warehouses
  • Experience in design, development and deployment of data warehouses or relational/analytical/multi-dimensional data marts.
  • Knowledge of general data engineering principles and data architecture
  • Ability to think logically, with a high level of numeracy and the ability to interpret data

   Preferred

  • Experience of re-platforming activities from on premise to AWS
  • Experience with IBM DataStage or SSIS
  • A strong understanding of at least 1 BI analytical applications (Qlikview/QlikSense Tableau, SSRS etc)
  • 3rd Level degree in IT or related STEM discipline
  • Experience with Alteryx
  • Good working knowledge of Python
  • Experience with Hadoop and Spark

  Salary & benefits

  • Competitive salary depending on experience
  • 40 days’ leave per year (30 days’ annual leave plus 10 paid bank holidays)
  • Company pension contribution – we will contribute up to 10% of your salary
  • Funded private medical care provided by Benenden
  • Perks card offering discount on a wide range of products and activities such as eating out, fashion, accommodation, motoring and gym membership
  • Financial support for Further Education after successful completion of 12 months' service
  • Cycle to Work Scheme

  Please note:

  • this is a full time role at 35 hours per week
  • the job role may require travel to Copenhagen, and possibly other areas of the Group. Such travel may be outside normal business hours and require overnight stays

  Why we think you’ll love it here

  We're a flexible employer

  Our Better Ways of Working model is based on our colleagues’ need to concentrate, collaborate and connect.  It provides flexibility of work location within a framework where an individual’s role allows:

  
  •    Minimum 1 day in the office per week
  •    Minimum 2 days at home per week
  •    Remaining time is a choice of home, local branch or office locations 

  
  We have comprehensive support virtually and in person to support you as you start your career with us. 

  We want to help customers, colleagues and society thrive.  Read about our approach to sustainable and responsible business at danskebank.co.uk/responsibility

  We embrace Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging 

  We embrace diversity and create an inclusive culture where differences are seen as a strength and where people feel valued and realise their full potential.  This is vital to how we approach our talent strategy. It’s our mission to make a home for our colleagues. A place, for all colleagues to feel free to be seen the way they want to be seen, to be validated and to know that their voice matters.   We want you to be able to confidently say “I work for Danske Bank, and Danske Bank works for me: I feel included & I belong.”

  Sound good?

  We’d love to hear from you. If you would like to apply, please make sure your CV includes enough detail to show how you meet the criteria we’ve set out here.

  To submit your CV, click ‘apply’. Please apply by 10pm on 1st May 2022

  If you’d like to ask a question about this job, just ask Alexandra Leitch at allei@danskebank.co.uk

  Good luck!

  If you have a disability, which means you require assistance during any stage of the application process, please call HR Services on 028 9004 8500.

  Danske Bank is committed to providing equality of opportunity for all.