Lead Data Engineer
- Hove
- Full-time
- IT & Change
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Securing pensions over the long term can be a challenge for many businesses. Our ambition at Legal & General Retirement Institutional (LGRI) is to help companies and pension scheme trustees honour their defined benefit pension promises to their employees. We’re helping companies settle their pension liabilities so they can focus on growing their businesses, as well as helping to support their members’ financial security in retirement. And we’re investing for the long term to back our pension promises. In the last 30 years we’ve written more UK business than any other insurer, and we currently look after more than half a million pension policyholders. We're the UK’s longest-serving active bulk annuity provider, and a market-leading, multi-award-winning business.
We have an exciting new opportunity for a Lead Data Engineer to join us. The role holder will be lead in all technical aspects of the data engineering projects whilst working closely with solution architects to ensure the integrity and consistency of end-to-end technology solutions.
What you'll be doing:
- Ensuring the solutions developed and deployed are fit for purpose and fit for use, meet the business requirements, adhere to quality standards and deliver value within cost constraints.
- Ensuring all developments follow the agreed change process.
- Working with security architecture to ensure all solutions are fully approved.
- Providing input into project and resource plans and support business case production.
- Working within an agile methodology framework.
- Overseeing solution development including implementation engagement as needed.
- Applying knowledge of technology options and survey external market landscape for solution insights, direction, and vendors, as required.
- Identifying issues and risks and lead their resolution as required.
- Identifying and implement opportunities for innovation and continuous improvement in existing services.
Who we're looking for:
- Degree in appropriate subject preferable or equivalent qualifications or demonstrable evidence of relevant business/work experience at this level.
- API and RESTful micro-services
- JVM based languages such as Java & frameworks like Spring Boot
- Cloud Platforms with an emphasis on Azure. Knowledge of other platforms advantageous (AWS, GCP)
- Knowledge of Linux & AWS CLI scripting & automation
- Good knowledge of CI\CD automation
- NoSQL Database Technology such as MongoDB
- CDC and streaming technologies such as Qlik Replicate & Kafka
- Basic data architecture principles, solutioning and ETL experience and containerisation
- Knowledge of database structures such as relational and dimensional modelling and design
- Designing and developing streaming services
- Designing and developing APIs
- Team Leadership
Whatever your role, we reward performance and behaviour with a package that looks after all the things that are important to you. Here are some of the benefits we offer:
- The opportunity to participate in our annual, performance-related bonus plan and valuable share schemes
- Generous pension contribution
- Life assurance
- Private medical insurance (permanent employees only)
- At least 25 days holiday, plus public holidays, 26 days after 2 years’ service. There’s also the option to buy and sell holiday
- Competitive family leave
- Participate in our electric car scheme, which offers employees the option to hire a brand-new electric car through tax efficient salary sacrifice
- There are the many discounts we offer – both for our own products and at a range of high street stores and online
- In 2023, some of our workspaces were redesigned. Our offices are great spaces to connect and collaborate and have your wellbeing at the heart
Legal & General is a leading financial services organisation, named Britain’s Most Admired Company in 2023, for the second year running. Rated top in our sector and top for inspirational leadership, we have a strong heritage and an exciting future.
We’re one of the world's largest asset managers, homebuilders, pension providers and insurers. Connecting to form a unique business model which drives value for our customers and society. And enabling our people to create impact through work that is meaningful and valued.
If you join us, you’ll be part of a welcoming, inclusive culture, with opportunities to collaborate with people of diverse backgrounds, views, and experiences. Guided by leaders with integrity who care about your future and wellbeing. Empowered through initiatives which support people to develop their careers and excel.
We strive to be open, mindful, and inclusive, so are always willing to discussing flexible working arrangements and reasonable accommodations for candidates with specific needs. It doesn’t matter if you don’t meet every single criterion in this advert. Instead, think about what you excel at and what else you can bring in terms of strengths, potential and connection to our purpose.
If you’re open to find out more, we'd love to hear from you.
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