Senior Data Platform Engineer

Our Oil & Gas Operator client is seeking an experienced Data Engineer for an ongoing PAYE contract based in Aberdeen. Candidates must be able to work from the Aberdeen office 3 days a week and have a valid Right To Work for the UK that covers a long term contract role.

The Senior Data Engineer plays a crucial role in the utilization of data as an asset within the business.

You will be responsible for developing robust and reusable data engineering solutions, supporting long-term goals, and maintaining data engineering platforms.

Responsibilities:
* Provide guidance on data engineering capabilities to business stakeholders and the data engineering community.
* Liaise between business key users and the Data Engineering Function for investigating, analysing, and implementing cloud-based data engineering solutions.
* Ensure adherence to best practices within the data engineering community as per the Technical Framework.
* Create end-to-end solutions for new and existing data engineering projects.
* Develop data manipulation services using technologies like machine learning, stored procedures, ETL, Python, etc.
* Conduct proof of concepts and explore innovative cloud solutions.
* Manage complex incident resolution on productionized data engineering solutions.
* Optimize production services and align them with best practices to protect production data.
* Support automated Business Intelligence reports and Data Science projects in collaboration with stakeholders.
* Ensure support for TEPUK's productionized Digital products.
* Work with IS platform teams to define and develop Data Engineering support processes.
* Assist in defining data engineering strategy, solutions, and roadmaps.
* Identify new data engineering techniques, tools, or best practices, and integrate them into the data engineering community.
* Participate in security, software component, and cost optimization reviews for cloud applications.

Experience & Qualifications:
* Numerate honours degree (e.g., Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering) with industry experience.
* Ability to develop functional specifications for business requirements.
* Experience in writing production-strength data pipelines.
* Strong scripting skills, preferably in Python.
* Strong SQL knowledge.
* Familiarity with distributed computing, data/application architectures, networking, security, and infrastructure.
* Experience with cloud platforms, specifically Microsoft Azure components and Azure Data Factory.
* Knowledge of cloud-based data ingestion, storage, and transformations.
* Experience with ETL technologies and integration of cloud services with on-premise sources.
* Understanding of the Upstream industry and its strategic drivers.
* Knowledge of multi-tier, high availability, cloud, and on-premise data engineering solutions.
* Experience working with Power BI-based reporting environments.
* Experience working in Agile-based teams.

If you feel that you are well suited to the above opportunity and would like to find out more then, please contact Orion Group for more information or apply by forwarding your current CV quoting reference: TR/067957.

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