IT & Software

Data Engineer

PA Consulting

Belfast City District · Northern Ireland · United Kingdom

Location

4th Floor, Printworks, 35 - 39 Queen Street, Belfast, BT1 6EA, United Kingdom

Job Overview

We are looking for a Data Engineer to build scalable, high‑performance applications on AWS. The role involves designing and deploying production data pipelines, building data warehouses and lakes, and working on a variety of client projects across multiple sectors.

Responsibilities

  • Work to agile best practices and cross‑functionally with multiple teams and stakeholders.
  • Problem‑solve with clients using technical skills on internal and client projects.
  • Participate in live in‑person whiteboarding sessions and asynchronous communication on Teams.
  • Hybrid working with the team on client sites or in our office a minimum of two days per week; up to five days on client site.
  • Design and build solutions on the AWS cloud.

Tech Stack

  • AWS cloud technologies for ETL pipelines, data warehouses and data lakes.
  • AWS services such as EMR, Glue, RedShift, Kinesis, Lambda, DynamoDB.
  • Java, Python, Scala, Spark, SQL.

Qualifications

  • Problem‑solving and analytical mindset.
  • Experience designing and deploying production data pipelines from ingestion to consumption within a big data architecture.
  • Proficiency in Java, Python, Scala, Spark and SQL.
  • Experience writing scripts, extracting data using APIs, and writing SQL queries.
  • Experience processing structured and unstructured data on AWS cloud.

Benefits

  • Health and lifestyle perks including private healthcare for you and your family.
  • 25 days annual leave (plus a bonus half day on Christmas Eve) with the opportunity to buy additional days.
  • Generous company pension scheme.
  • Community and charity‑based initiatives.
  • Annual performance‑based bonus.
  • PA share ownership.
  • Tax‑efficient benefits such as cycle‑to‑work.

Equal Opportunity Employer

We are committed to advancing equality and employ people based solely on their abilities and contributions, without reference to age, background, disability, genetic information, parental or family status, religion or belief, race, ethnicity, nationality, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, political belief, veteran status, or any other characteristic. We welcome applications from under‑represented groups.

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