GSK

Data Platform Engineer

  • Stevenage, Hertfordshire (GBR)
  • £550 - £575 Per Day
  • 6 Months
  • Start date: ASAP
  • Ref: GSKDATAPENGINEER
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Required skills
  • data engineering
  • software engineering
  • python
  • presto
  • computer science
Other skills
  • java
  • c++
  • go
Job description Posted 06 May 2022

Data Platform Engineer

£575 Per Day (Umbrella)

Stevenage

6 Months

Inside IR35


Responsibilities: 

•                Given a well-specified data framework problem, implement end-to-end solutions using appropriate programming languages (e.g. python, scala, or go), open-source tools (e.g. Spark, elasticsearch, ...), and cloud vendor-provided tools (e.g. Amazon S3)

•                Leverage tools provided by Tech (e.g. infrastructure as code, cloud ops, devops, logging / alerting, ...) in delivery of solutions

•                Write proper documentation in code as well as in wikis/other documentation systems

•                Write fantastic code along with proper unit, functional, and integration tests for code and services to ensure quality

•                Stay up-to-date with developments in the open-source community around data engineering, data science, and similar tooling


Requirements:

•                Master's degree in Computer Science with a focus in Data Engineering or Software Engineering, etc. plus 2 years job experience, or Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science plus 4 years' job experience

•                Experience with common distributed data tools (Spark, Kafka, Hive, Presto, etc.)

•                Experience with basic data architecture (e.g. optimizing physical layout for access patterns)

•                Experience with basic search engines / indexing (e.g. Elasticsearch, Lucene)

•                Experience in writing Python, Java, Scala, Go, and/or C++


Desireable Requirements:

•                Comfortable with basics of data architecture (e.g. optimizing physical layout for access patterns)

•                Comfortable with basics of search engines / indexing (e.g. Elasticsearch, Lucene)

•                Experience with agile software development

•                Experience building and designing a DevOps-first way of working

•                Demonstrated experience building reusable components on Kubernetes or similar ecosystem

•                Experience with agile software development

•                Experience with public cloud provider like AWS, Azure and GCP

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Fahad McCann

Recruitment Consultant

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