Platform Engineer - Data Platform

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What you will do

Role Description:
Design and develop applications and systems. Perform business analysis and software analysis. May coordinate projects and perform system maintenance activities.

Job Responsibilities:

• Application Software Development 6: Develop existing applications and contribute to development of new applications by analyzing and identifying areas for modification and improvement. Develop new routine applications to meet customer requirements.
• Applications Software Maintenance 6: Monitor, identify, and correct more complex software defects to maintain fully functioning applications software.
• Design and Conceptualization 5: Research and interpret data, trends, and benchmarks relevant to digital products/services design.
• Websites/Portals Maintenance and Update 6: Design and oversee the functionality, usability, and accessibility of business-critical portals/websites using content creation and management tools as well as digital media to ensure that technical continuity is maintained and development standards are met.
• Technical Developments Recommendation 5: Research and suggest technical developments to improve the quality of the website/portal/software and supporting infrastructure to better meet users� needs.

What you will bring

As a Data Platform Engineer, you will be an empowered member in one of our committed teams that develops our Data & Analytics platform in collaboration with other teams.  In this role, team contributors thrive best. You want to contribute to team commitments and are committed to learning and development. We envisage that you embrace agile working principles and enjoy solving problems. You should also have experience in software engineering, modern data stacks, cloud infrastructure and be fluent in spoken and written English. 
 
Other key competencies for the position include:
•    Experience in Python and in at least one other programing language (C, C++, Java, Javascript, Go …)
•    Experience with infrastructure as code and development frameworks
•    Experience in building self-service platform and tools from scratch
•    Practical experience with Data Engineering and the accompanying DevOps & DataOps workflows.
•    Experience with designing and delivering data platforms with built-in lineage, federation, governance, compliance, security, and privacy.
•    Experience with containerisation technologies, such as Docker and Kubernetes