Data Engineer – Junior
Job Description
We’re building thriving communities as one of the UK’s largest housing groups and a leading developer of affordable housing.
We believe everyone is entitled to a good home they can afford, in a place they are proud to live. More than 100,000 people live in our homes.
If you want to experience work that’s truly rewarding, join us. Because when we achieve together, customers and communities thrive.
Work for Orbit. Believe in people.
The role
Orbit are delighted to announce that we are looking to recruit into the newly created position of Junior Data Engineer. In this role you will be responsible for the practical delivery of end-to-end Data Engineering activities utilising Azure technologies to import data to a central data warehouse where it is modelled to create business ready InfoMarts for consumption in PowerBI.
You will also work as part of the Data Engineering team to embed best practice for the design, implementation, delivery and support numerous complex dataflows to connect operational systems.
This will be an agile working role, which will require you to travel into our offices to work onsite once per week, in Coventry, and the rest of the week from home. This role is part of Corporate Services where you’ll help us give colleagues the support they need to be brilliant.
What you’ll achieve
Your key responsibilities will be to:
- Deliver a range of data engineering activities within the central data team to produce relevant data models
- Support the lead data engineer in the maintenance and development of our central data platform including responding to technical issues and supporting the deployment activities
- Embed and document best practice processes
- Utilise Azure DevOps in the with the data Engineering ways of working for source control, development, deployment pipelines and testing
- Review requirements, specifications and define test conditions.
What you’ll bring
To be successful in this role of Junior Data Engineer you will need to have excellent analytical skills with attention to detail, you will also need experience working on SQL database development solutions within Visual Studio.
Essential skills
- ETL skills (min SSIS) preferable Data Factory and/or Synapse pipelines
- Knowledge of developing data warehouse solutions, modelling Fact and Dimension tables
- Working knowledge of Azure DevOps methodologies for Agile projects
- Good communication skills able to convey complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders
- Ability to write technical documents and data dictionaries
Desirable skills
- Knowledge/experience of Microsoft Purview
- Knowledge of Housing Association/Local Authority or Property Development databases
- Familiar with Azure architecture for development
- Knowledge and/or practical application of Data Vault Methodology
Why Orbit?
Choosing us means being rewarded in every sense.
Here’s what you can expect to enjoy with us.
A rewarding experience that works for you
We strive to create an inclusive experience with benefits and wellbeing programmes designed to help you, and your loved ones, to thrive. For a better work life balance, we offer flexible working opportunities for many roles.
A place to progress
From training programmes to professional qualifications, we provide opportunities to learn and develop at every stage of your career. Whether you’re a student, graduate or experienced professional we’ll support you to grow.
For leaders, our tailored development journeys are designed to stretch and strengthen your leadership skills. As well as practical training, we give you access to renowned business schools and experiential programmes for greater breadth and depth of learning.
A purpose to feel proud of
We’re proud to make a difference to people together. We’re values-driven with a commercial focus on performance – because the more profit we make, the more we can achieve for people.
What brings us together is a passionate belief in progress and people.
Read more about the values and purpose that drive us on our careers website.
How we hire
We aim to make our hiring process simple and fair:
- Online application
- Interview(s)
- Decision and offer
We put the safeguarding of our customers, colleagues and contractors at the heart of everything we do and as such, certain roles will be subject to a DBS check.
