Principal Data Engineer (R-15465)

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The Principal Data Engineer will have the key responsibility to ensure that new Data Engineering activities are modelling and in-general designing the best and most optimal way to process D&B data. He or she will engage with various teams to understand their data needs and design appropriate solutions that meet their needs. Will be hands-on modelling/designing/leading complex Data Engineering initiatives as well as guiding other team members

As part of the Product team, you’ll:

• Will be responsible for modelling and designing data architectures and data strategies to support various IT initiatives
• Collaborate with various BU/IT teams to understand their current data requirements/pain points and design appropriate cloud-based solutions/architectures
• Be a trusted advisor and internal SME who will help engineering teams with understanding of data architecture solutions and suggesting cost effective models
• Identify and solve complex Data Engineering problems
• Be the Data Architect SME advising on modelling, architectural, design, performance tuning, cost efficiencies and operations related data issues
• Educate engineers on good Data Engineering design & implementation principles, best practices, standards, and enforce design concepts throughout the project lifecycle
• Contribute ideas and insights to test/develop Data Engineering solutions using new technologies, applications and techniques

About You:

• Deep knowledge of at least SQL, Columnar and Cloud data technologies
• Minimum 4+ years of Data Modelling experience for large/complex data systems
• Must have at least 10+ years of extensive experience in areas directly relating to Data Engineering and Big Data platforms
• Minimum 6+ years of experience with Data Engineering concepts such as Data Warehouses, Data Lakes, Streaming, ETL/ELT, etc
• Must have 4+ years of hands-on experience designing solutions for processing data in Cloud environments
• Good communication/presentation and influencing skills are a MUST as there is heavy interaction with stake holders at different levels

Nice to have:

• Should have some experience in creating estimates, plans, costings and roadmaps.
• Should have hands on experience of many different Data Engineering environments e.g. Oracle, Informatica, Redshift, BigQuery, etc. and ideally at scale
• Any experience of related areas such as data security, encryption, masking, PCI etc. would be an advantage

We appreciate you may not meet all listed criteria above, but if you have the passion and eagerness to learn and grow, we want to hear from you!!

What’s on offer at D&B (Ireland specific):

• 25 days annual leave (plus 2 paid volunteer days & 1 paid un-sick day)
• Holiday buy & sell (the option to buy or sell up to 5 additional days per year)
• Flexible working - hybrid model
• Employee Health Insurance
• Mental Health Support program
• Pension Contribution
• Family Friendly Leave (Maternity, Paternity, Parental, Marriage and Bereavement)
• Life Assurance
• Educational Assistance Program
• Life-Style Account (D&B will match your contributions up to €40 per month and can be used to claim for a range of health-related, leisure or lifestyle activities)

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