Data Engineer

Unit : 
Digital Services
Salary : 
£45,585 to £54,395
Location : 
Milton Keynes
Please quote reference : 
21531
Full-time, Permanent
Closing Date : 
29 March, 2024 – 12:00

Flexible and remote working is an option, but must be able to attend Milton Keynes as required.

Change your career, change lives

The Open University is the UK’s largest university, a world leader in flexible part-time education combining a mission to widen access to higher education with research excellence, transforming lives through education.

Digital Services bring trusted design, data and technology know-how to the delivery of lifelong learning.

Digital Services are responsible for the digital information, systems and technologies used by staff and students across The Open University.  Covering all aspects of digital technology at the OU, from sourcing and maintaining systems, through to providing frontline IT support for staff and students.

The role

The effective use of data is key to the successful delivery of the Open University Strategic goals. Reporting to the Digital Integration Hub Senior Data Architect as part of the Chief Data Office this is a key data engineering role appointment to build and run the Data Technology Capability for the Open University. 

The successful candidate will be an expert in data engineering with relevant experience with data engineering tools in Azure, programming languages, technology operations, architectures, integration patterns and how to implement these successfully.

The role will be responsible for technical development in Azure Data platform and writing data pipelines for ingestion of data into a data platform. You will collaborate with other teams across the OU to understand their mid to long-term business objectives and help them to deliver by conducting analyses to support strategic activities across the business as well as designing and developing appropriate internal business solutions.

Although this role is aligned to our Milton Keynes office, we are flexible on location across the UK, with the understanding of occasional ad-hoc attendance onsite.

Skills and experience

• Do you possess an Undergraduate degree, or equivalent experience, with strong engineering, mathematics or computing elements?
• Do you have experience of engaging with the business to understand their requirements in order to feed into the design and build of the data model?
• Do you possess substantial experience of building an Enterprise Data Warehouse with MS Azure?
• Are you a confident communicator at all levels and do you have experience in managing projects?
• Are you able to work under pressure to manage competing demands for time and to meet demanding deadlines?

If the answer to these questions is yes – we want to hear from you!

The full summary of duties and skills required for the role can be found within the Job Description.

If you would like to discuss the application or recruitment process before making an application, please contact Lauren Denton at Resourcing Hub on 01908 655544 or Resourcing-hub @open.ac.uk quoting the reference VRF 21531.

What you get in return

We have a strong commitment to providing training and development in and beyond your current role. This includes thorough induction into the organisation and regular reviews of your training and development needs.

We also offer a great range of benefits that support our employees and their families for the long term. Staff Benefits include an attractive pension proposition and 33 days holiday per annum pro rata, plus Bank Holidays and Christmas closure days.  

How to apply

Unless otherwise stated in the advert, all applications are completed online via the instructions on The OU Job’s page. Applications submitted via 3rd party websites will not be received.

Access details for disabled applicants are available from the Resourcing Hub, telephone: 01908 655544, quoting the vacancy reference above.

To apply for this role please submit the following as one document;

• CV
• Personal statement, up to 1,000 words, you should set out in your statement why you’re interested in this role and provide examples of where your skills and experience meet the required competencies for this role as detailed in the job and person specification.

Please save your document with the following file name as appropriate to the vacancy you are applying for: reference, surname, forename.

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Posting Date : 
8 March, 2024 – 09:30