Version 1 has celebrated 30 years in business and continues to be trusted by global brands to deliver technology and transformation solutions that drive customer success. Our deep expertise enables our customers to navigate the rapidly evolving technology landscape. We foster strong partnerships with global technology leaders including Microsoft, AWS, Oracle, Red Hat, OutSystems, Snowflake, ensuring that our customers are provided with the highest quality solutions and services.
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- UK & Ireland's premier AWS, Microsoft & Oracle partner
- 3300+ strong, €350/£300m revenue business
- 10+ years as a Great Place to Work in Ireland & UK
- Best Workplace for Women in the UK & Ireland by GPTW
- Best Workplace for Wellbeing in the UK by GPTW
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Job DescriptionThe successful candidate will be responsible for designing, building and maintaining scalable data pipelines and data platform architecture. The role involves working with analysts, technical teams and stakeholders to ensure data is accessible, reliable and optimised for analytics and reporting.
Responsibilities
- Gather and document technical requirements and scope to support delivery planning and solution design.
- Develop and maintain Azure Synapse data pipelines for ingesting, processing and storing structured and unstructured data.
- Troubleshoot and deploy pipelines through Azure DevOps and Terraform.
- Work with infrastructure teams to resolve deployment and environment-related issues.
- Design and implement logical and physical data models that support analytics and reporting requirements.
- Apply database development standards including indexing, key management and performance optimisation.
- Define schema design, partitioning and performance tuning approaches.
- Perform platform maintenance activities to support performance, reliability and security.
- Implement data quality controls, monitoring and version management processes.
- Ensure compliance with governance, security and privacy requirements including GDPR.
- Deliver knowledge-sharing sessions and support users in understanding platform capabilities.
- Keep current with Microsoft data technologies including Microsoft Fabric and migration approaches.
Essential Criteria
- Degree qualification in Computer Science, Information Technology or a related discipline, or equivalent professional experience.
- Demonstrated experience as a Data Engineer or similar role.
- Advanced SQL experience covering querying, transformation and optimisation.
- Experience working with relational databases including Azure SQL.
- Experience with Microsoft Fabric.
- Experience designing and supporting Azure Synapse Analytics solutions.
- Understanding of distributed data processing technologies including Spark and PySpark.
- Experience with Azure Data Factory or comparable orchestration tools.
- Experience processing and transforming data from sources including CSV, JSON and structured datasets.
- Experience developing automation scripts using Python, PowerShell or equivalent technologies.
- Experience applying DevOps practices and deployment tools within data platforms.
- Understanding of data modelling principles and database administration.
- Understanding of Microsoft data and reporting technologies, including Power Platform.
- Knowledge of Logic Apps.
- Ability to communicate complex technical concepts to technical and non-technical audiences.
- Demonstrated attention to detail and commitment to data quality.
- Experience working independently and within multidisciplinary teams.
Desirable Criteria
- Microsoft Certified: Azure Data Engineer Associate (DP-203).
- Microsoft Certified: Azure Data Fundamentals (DP-900).
- Microsoft Fabric certification.
- Public sector experience.
- Experience supporting multi-agency or cross-department programmes.
- Knowledge of cloud data platforms beyond Azure.
At Version 1, we believe in providing our employees with a comprehensive benefits package that prioritises their wellbeing, professional growth, and financial stability.
Salary Range: €65,000-€75,000
Share in our success with our Quarterly Performance-Related Profit Share Scheme, where employees collectively benefit from a share of our company's profits
Strong Career Progression & mentorship coaching through our Strength in Balance & Leadership schemes with a dedicated quarterly Pathways Career Development programme
Flexible/remote working, Version 1 is tremendously understanding of life events and people’s individual circumstances and offer flexibility to help achieve a healthy work life balance
Financial Wellbeing initiatives including; Version 1 Pension with a 5% employee-matched contribution, Private Healthcare Cover, Life Assurance, Financial advice and an Employee Discount scheme
Employee Wellbeing schemes including Gym Discounts, Bike to Work, Fitness classes, Mindfulness Workshops, Employee Assistance Programme and much more.
24 days holiday allowance plus Public Holidays, enhanced maternity/paternity leave, marriage/civil partnership leave and special leave policies
Educational assistance, incentivised certifications, and accreditations, including AWS, Microsoft, Oracle, and Red Hat
Reward schemes including Version 1’s Annual Excellence Awards & quarterly Star Awards.
Environment, Social and Community First initiatives allow you to get involved in local fundraising and development opportunities as part of fostering our diversity, inclusion and belonging schemes.
And many more exciting benefits… drop us a note to find out more.
Version 1 is an equal opportunities employer
We are committed to building a diverse, inclusive and respectful workplace where everyone feels valued and able to thrive. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, identities and lived experiences, and we value the different perspectives people bring including those shaped by disability and neurodiversity.
We want every candidate to have a positive and accessible recruitment experience. If you need reasonable adjustments at any stage of the process, please contact [email protected]. We will consider all requests carefully, respectfully and confidentially.
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