As the world of data engineering becomes increasingly pivotal in driving modern digital ecosystems, The Coventry is looking to welcome a
Do not wait to apply after reading this description a high application volume is expected for this opportunity.
Senior DataOps Engineer
who can inspire and coach our existing Data Engineering teams.
This is more than just a technical role, were looking to build a culture of innovation, ownership, and continuous improvement. Working alongside domain-oriented, multi-disciplinary data product teams to design, develop, and test high-quality data solutions that serve as the backbone of our decision-making and digital services.
What You'll Be Doing
Drive automation and CI/CD practices across data pipelines and infrastructure
Build robust, scalable, and secure infrastructure that supports our data platform strategy
Lead and mentor data engineers, fostering a high-performance, collaborative environment
Play a central role in designing and developing a new cloud-based Data Ecosystem
Work closely with stakeholders to analyse requirements, design test strategies, and ensure data quality and integrity through comprehensive testing
Collaborate in an agile environment with product managers, analysts, and developers to deliver data products that create tangible business value
If you enjoy solving problems, automation, improving systems with IaC, and working with great people - we'd love to hear fr om you
Benefits:
28 days holiday a year plus bank holidays and a holiday buy/sell scheme
Annual discretionary bonus scheme
Personal pension with matched contributions
Maternity, paternity and shared parental leave
Extensive wellbeing support
Life assurance (6 times annual salary)
Find out more about the fantastic benefits of joining Coventry Building Society here
This role can be based from either our Head Office campus in Coventry or our Manchester office. A team-led hybrid working arrangement is in place
About you
To be successful in this role it's essential you have:
Experience building and automating data pipelines in finance. You focus on making data systems run smoothly and automatically using a DataOps or DevOps approach.
Demonstrate how to automate and manage data systems so they run smoothly and can grow easily.
Experience with tools like
AWS (S3, Glue, Redshift, SageMaker)
or other cloud platforms.
Familiarity with
Docker, Terraform, GitHub Actions, and Vault
for managing secrets.
Experience in coding
SQL, Python, Spark, or Scala
to work with data.
Experience with databases used in Data Warehousing, Data Lakes, and Lakehouse setups. You know how to work with both structured and unstructured data.
Experience in testing and testing standards
Experience leading and coaching individuals to provide ongoing oversight over the development of data products.
Desirable experience would be to have:
Experience of working in an Agile Team; preferably Safe.
Experience in specific tooling Qlik Replicate / Qlik Compose / DataBricks / Informatica / SAS
An understanding of data modelling methodology (Kimball, Data Vault, Lakehouse)
Understanding of Data Science, AI and Machine Learning ways of working
About us
We're one of the largest building societies in the UK and we share a mutual goal across our branches and our offices to improve the lives of others.
We're officially recognised as a 'Great Place to Work' and our benefits go beyond basic pay, with a discretionary bonus scheme, a culture of reward and recognition and comprehensive support for wellbeing.
At the beginning of the year, The Co-operative Bank officially became part of our Group. Together, we have shared values and an ethical approach towards our members, customers, and colleagues.
We're serious about equality, of race, age, faith, disability, and sexual orientation and we celebrate diversity. By working together, we know you'll build more than just a career with us.
All together, better.
Flexibility and why it matters
We understand the need for flexibility, so wherever possible, we'll consider alternative working patterns. Have a chat with us before you apply to see what the possibilities are for this role.
Proud to be a Disability Confident Committed Employer
We're proud to offer an interview or assessment to every disabled applicant who meet the minimum criteria for our vacancies. As part of the application process, disabled applicants can opt in for the Disability Confident Interview Scheme. If there are ever occasions where it is not practicable to interview all candidates that meet the essential criteria, such as when we receive a high number of applications, we commit to interviewing disabled candidates who best meet the minimum essential and desirable criteria.
Location
Coventry
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