Overview

Data Engineering function hiring in: United Kingdom

Engagement Option(s): Full Time

Work Preference Option(s): Hybrid model | Work from Office

Ref №: 25040B

The creative mind behind every project. Put your skills to the test to build solutions that continue to shape the world we live in.

About Us

We are Ascent! and we help our customers solve problems, elevate, and do existing things better. We are on a mission to help our customers connect data, software, and purpose to create extraordinary outcomes. You could say we are a digital transformation business.

We specialize in software product development, analytics, data science, IoT solutions, machine learning, DevOps optimization, and modernization of applications, data, and platforms.

We work with incredible clients in all types of industries such as smart home devices, space exploration, beer manufacturing, finance, ecology, and logistics. We work with some of the sharpest minds in the brightest businesses and we employ the sharpest minds too!

At Ascent, we also believe in fostering a vibrant office community where collaboration thrives and connections flourish. With our hybrid approach, we prioritize hiring individuals who reside in close proximity to our offices. Our aim is to cultivate a positive atmosphere and sense of belonging by facilitating easy access to the office.

About The Role

As a Senior Data Engineer, you will make an impact on the future of data-driven innovation by joining our dynamic, forward-thinking team. You’ll craft the data platforms, models, and pipelines that inform strategic decision-making for our customers and prepare data for use cases from simple analytics to Generative AI and Data Science. This role reports to our Principal Data Engineer.

Your Role

• Collaborate and Innovate: Partner with internal and customer stakeholders to understand business needs and produce high quality data products and assets.
• Create Success: Work with solution architects to build trusted customer relationships and lay the foundation for best practice data engineering.
• Leverage Expertise: Be a subject matter expert in data engineering; build well-structured data pipelines, models, transformations and tests.
• Share Experience: Support and mentor junior team members, stay current with trends, share insights via blogs and other media.
• Work in a Hybrid Environment: Participate in weekly in-person meetings at London or Bristol offices, with occasional travel to customer sites. Flexible remote/on-site work.
• Contribute to Accelerators: Help evolve Ascent’s data accelerators, patterns and metadata frameworks for rapid, effective solutions.
• Data Engineering architecture: Develop blueprints and guides for multi-client applicability.
• Pre-sales support: Provide a Data Engineering perspective in proposed solutions.

Your Skills

• Azure Data Engineering: Proven success as an Azure Data Engineer, able to consult, engineer and optimise customer data products and assets.
• Azure Data Products: Expertise in Microsoft Fabric, Azure Synapse Analytics, Azure Databricks; experience with Power BI, Microsoft Purview, Azure SQL Database, Cosmos DB, Data Lake, etc.
• Azure: Understand core Azure infrastructure concepts and tools (Networks, Identity/Entra, ARM, BICEP, Terraform). Not required to be an expert.
• DevOps: Experience with CI/CD promotion from Dev to Prod using Fabric, Azure DevOps and/or GitHub.
• Exceptional Communication: Strong verbal, written, and presentation skills.
• Versatile Experience: Working with varying organizations from SMC to Enterprise.
• Agile Methodologies: Commercial Agile experience desirable.
• Certification Preferred: Microsoft certifications advantageous.
• AI Aware: Understanding of Data Science and Generative AI beneficial but not required.

Working at Ascent

We promote a healthy work-life balance with flexible where you work, and wellbeing support including access to Well Being Coaches. We support professional development with training and certification, with regular feedback and review. It is a fun, supportive and modern workplace guided by our values of Empathy, Energy and Audacity. Ascent offers benefits in each country.

Ascent is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to inclusion and belonging. No person will be treated less favourably on gender, pregnancy, maternity status, marital or civil partnership status, sexual orientation, race, nationality, ethnic origin, age, religion or belief, or disability. If you require reasonable accommodation, please let us know when you apply.

If you have any questions contact our Talent Acquisition team at ta.admin@ascent.io.

For more details about life at Ascent, check out our Life Page. Ascent is now an Acuity Knowledge Partner Company.

Seniority & Employment

• Seniority level: Mid-Senior level
• Employment type: Full-time
• Job function: Information Technology
• Industries: IT Services and IT Consulting