Want to do the best work of your life? With 24 million customers in 6 countries, make your mark at Europe’s leading media and entertainment brand. A workplace where you can proudly be yourself; our people make Sky a truly exciting and inclusive place to work.

We are looking for a Senior Data Engineer to help implement new technologies and tooling to further enable data science and analytics. In this role you will act as technical lead and support the team from an infrastructure perspective.

What you’ll do:

• Create and maintain an optimal data pipeline architecture focussed upon network data, including real-time and batch data sources.
• Assemble large, complex data sets that meet functional and non-functional business requirements.
• Build batch/streaming ELT/ETL solutions from a wide variety of data sources in varying formats (SQL, JSON, AVRO, HTTP, API, etc.) using the right blend of tools.
• You will mentor the data engineering team, broadening their technical capabilities.
• Identify, design, and implement internal process improvements: automating manual processes, optimising data delivery and evolving current solutions whilst ensuring continuity of service.
• Create data tools for data scientist team members that assist them in building and optimizing into an innovative industry leader.
• Guide and collaborate with data consumers on analytics, tooling and platform related queries.

What you’ll bring:

• Graduate degree BSc in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or similar. Strong communications skills.
• SQL knowledge and experience working with relational databases. Strong analytic skills related to working with structured and unstructured datasets.
• Build processes supporting data transformation, data structures, metadata, dependency and workload management. A successful history of manipulating, processing and extracting value from large, disconnected datasets.
• Hands-on experience in building scalable data platforms.
• Awareness of security practices and privacy concerns when working with data across both in-house and cloud platforms.
• Ideally an awareness of network technologies and concepts or an insatiable desire to learn.
• Key technologies: Apache Airflow / NiFi / Kafka / ZooKeeper, Confluent ecosystem (Connect / Schema Registry / ksqlDB), GCP (BigQuery, Dataflow, Pub/Sub, IAM), Linux / Terraform / Ansible, Python / Docker (Nice to have)

Team Overview:

You will work in Sky’s telecommunications focussed Data Engineering team part of the Network Data Science and Software (NDSS) department.

NDSS is a Sky Group function operating across multiple territories including UK, Germany, and Italy; designing and delivering data engineering, data science and software solutions to support our Broadband, Mobile, Telephony and Video service needs.

We provide the underlying data technologies and solutions that that supports multiple use cases including service modelling & network planning, performance management and fault management requirements. We act as an engine to help Sky succeed in meeting all its network data requirements.

The Rewards:

There’s a reason people can’t stop talking about #LifeAtSky. Our great range of rewards really are something special, here are just a few:

• Sky Q, for the TV you love all in one place
• A generous pension package
• Private healthcare
• Discounted mobile and broadband
• Access a wide range of exclusive Sky VIP rewards and experience

Where you’ll work:

Brick Lane:

Our Brick Lane office is in the heart of the East End of London. It’s part of a vibrant and diverse community; close to street food, cafes and shops.

The closest tube station is Aldgate East and Liverpool Street is about a 10-minute walk.

Inclusion:

We take pride in our approach to diversity and inclusion: we’ve been recognised by The Times and Stonewall for this, and we’ve committed £30million to support the fight against racial injustice. We’ve also set ambitious targets for increasing ethnic diversity and representation throughout our organisation.

At Sky we don’t just look at your CV. We’re more focused on who you are and your potential. We also know that everyone has a life outside work, so we’re happy to discuss flexible working.

And we’ll do everything we can to support you during your application. If you need us to make any adjustments to our recruitment process, speak to our recruitment team who will be happy to support you.

Why wait?

Apply now to build an amazing career and be part of a brilliant team. We can’t wait to hear from you.

To find out more about working with us, search #LifeAtSky on social media. A job you love to talk about.

Just so you know: if your application is successful, we’ll ask you to complete a criminal record check. And depending on the role you have applied for and the nature of any convictions you may have, we might have to withdraw the offer.