Data Engineer

Job description

The Role 
As an Data Engineer within Corporate Risk & Broking, you will be involved at all stages of the development life cycle, through requirements analysis, coding, unit testing, system testing, UAT and production support – working in a cross functional agile team.
• Working with subject-matter experts, business analysts, product owners, scrum-masters, developers, testers and architects to ensure that the proposed solution is mapped to business outcomes.
• Design and deliver enterprise scalable integration solutions involving internal and third party systems
• Delivering and presenting Proofs of Concept to stakeholders
• Designs will ensure that solutions are modelled logically, consistently and intuitively, ensuring that they perform optimally within agreed tolerances.
• Involvement in the promotion of developed solutions through various environments in adherence with the change control life cycle.
• Peer review of code from development team members and third-party providers, with a focus on maintainability and performance.
• Ensure solutions are built to best practices and patterns for application development and integration.
• Working with DevOps and Service Managers to provide active management of the continuous integration/continuous deployment processes using Azure DevOps.
• Showcasing of product increments to the scrum team and stakeholders

The Requirements 

• Bachelor’s degree in a business or an IT related subject or relevant business experience.
• Experience across the full stack of Microsoft data tools would be beneficial but not essential (Power BI, Azure Data Factory, API Management, SSIS, SSRS, Azure SQL, SQL Server, Azure Cosmos DB, C#, Service Bus)
• Azure development/integration experience
• Application architecture experience required
• Ability to work under pressure to tight timelines and without direct supervision
• Organised and methodical
• Excellent analytical problem solving skills
• Strong communication skills
• Ability to interpret business conversations and translate into technical requirements
• Varied SDLC experience including Agile Scrum.

The Company

Willis Towers Watson is a leading global advisory, broking and solutions company that helps clients around the world turn risk into a path for growth. With roots dating to 1828, Willis Towers Watson has 40,000 employees serving more than 140 countries. We design and deliver solutions that manage risk, optimize benefits, cultivate talent, and expand the power of capital to protect and strengthen institutions and individuals. Our unique perspective allows us to see the critical intersections between talent, assets and ideas – the dynamic formula that drives business performance. Together, we unlock potential. Learn more at willistowerswatson.com.

Willis Towers Watson is an equal opportunity employer

Willis Towers Watson believes that effectively managing a diverse workforce is vital to our business strategy. We have an obligation to our organization, ourselves and our clients to hire and develop the best people we can find. We will continually review our policies and practices to ensure that all areas of the employment process (including recruiting, hiring, work assignments, compensation, benefits, promotions, transfers, company-sponsored development programs and overall workplace experience) are free from discriminatory practices. We are committed to equal employment opportunities at Willis Towers Watson.

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