Data Engineer, Geospatial

The Idox Geospatial Division has brought together four geospatial business units into a single combined entity to establish one of the largest geospatial businesses in the UK. The new division provides a compelling capability that covers the full geospatial lifecycle, from strategy and consultancy to powerful software and data as a service.

Geospatial data significantly underpins the division’s current and future revenues. Within the Division’s Data & Research Team, the Data Engineer role is responsible for designing, building and optimising our data pipelines and infrastructure, ensuring that the curation, delivery and value added use of our geospatial data catalogue is undertaken to a high quality.

Working with the 3 sub teams of Research & Innovation, Data Delivery and Data Management you will ensure we provide quality assured data products and services to our customers, maximising the potential for automation of our data pipelines, contributing to the development of new and existing data products and services and supporting our research and innovation projects.

Continuous improvement is key to our success and you will directly contribute to the enhancement of our systems and processes as well as the adoption of relevant standards.

You will contribute to our increased use and application of new technologies including Artificial Intelligence as we develop new data insight products and services as well as improve the automation of our pipelines and data collection systems.

In the role you will provide technical support, product development and testing, data management and support to our Products, Sales and Customer Operations teams. You will help to ensure our key service management commitments are fulfilled to high quality and performance standards as well as making sure that our technical documentation is well maintained.

The role provides a growth path from Junior to Senior levels.

Key responsibilities

You will be assigned to one of the three subteams, though expected to work flexibly and in collaboration.

For All Levels

• Design, develop and maintain ETL pipelines for data ingestion, transformation, publication and delivery
• Automate, develop and continuously improve data processing procedures and pipelines
• Use cloud-based data platforms, infrastructure and modern data engineering, data management and geospatial technologies
• Provide technical support, guidance and advice for other divisional teams, partners and customers
• Ensure compliance with our operating procedures, quality management processes and relevant industry standards
• Develop and perform structured quality assurance and testing for existing and new data products
• Prepare and maintain documentation for our operating procedures, systems and infrastructure
• Liaison with third party data suppliers and partners
• Ensure adherence to appropriate information security, governance and security protocols for geospatial data
• Keep up to date with industry changes, opportunities, professional learning and development
• Adherence to Idox Information Security policies and protocols.

Level Specific Responsibilities

Junior Data Engineer

• Assist in building and debugging data pipelines
• Learn and apply best practices in data management
• Write and optimise SQL queries and Python scripts
• Assist with research, innovation, data projects and data product development
• Support the delivery and supply of data to customers
• Work under guidance from mid-level and senior data engineers.

Mid Level Data Engineer

• Develop and optimise sustainable data workflows

Senior Data Engineer

• Work with stakeholders to define data requirements and solutions
• Architect and lead the design and development of data platforms, processes and pipelines
• Lead key initiatives in data infrastructure
• Lead research, innovation, data projects and data product development
• Manage and mitigate operational risk
• Lead data quality management activities
• Monitor and report on key performance indicators
• Lead and contribute to wider Idox Group geospatial initiatives
• Mentor and guide junior/mid-level engineers.

To be successful, you'll need to bring:

• Degree or equivalent qualification in GIS, Remote Sensing, Computer Science or related field
• Practical experience with geospatial data management and data engineering
• A working knowledge of recognised geospatial data and metadata standards
• Expertise in spatial database technologies (PostGIS)
• A working knowledge of ETL tools (e.g. Safe FME, GDAL) and Python scripting
• Experience with geospatial web mapping and desktop GIS (e.g. ArcGIS, QGIS, GeoServer)
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to proactively engage with internal and external customers at all levels
• Good planning and organisational skills
• A focus on quality, best practice and attention to detail
• Ability to work well with others in multi-functional teams
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision
• Ability to generate new ideas and solutions

Additional desirable qualities

• Familiarity with big data tools and architectures
• Experience with Python scripting
• Experience with Ordnance Survey mapping and data products
• Experience with public cloud infrastructures e.g. AWS, Azure, Google cloud.

About Idox

Our specialist software solutions power the performance of government and industry, driving productivity and a better experience for everyone. Built around the user and designed in collaboration with experts who have worked through every detail of every process from end-to-end, our hard-working process engines deliver exceptional functionality and embed workflows that drive efficiency and best practice with a long-term focus for regulated environments.

Through the automation of tasks, the simplification of complex operations, finding scalability as operations evolve, and more effective management of information, we help our customers harness the power of Digital, so they can do more.

We employ 700+ staff in the UK and worldwide, including Europe, North America and Asia, so some travel to meet colleagues may be required.

How to apply

Please apply following the link provided via the recruitment channel/ website, or if you cannot see a link, apply via Join.Us@idoxgroup.com where the Talent Acquisition team will review your application. As a result of high candidate volumes, please understand we cannot reply to individual applications, except when shortlisted for interview.

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