Senior Data Engineer

WPP is the creative transformation company. We use the power of creativity to build better futures for our people, planet, clients, and communities.

Working at WPP means being part of a global network of more than 100,000 talented people dedicated to doing extraordinary work for our clients. We operate in over 100 countries, with corporate headquarters in New York, London and Singapore.

WPP is a world leader in marketing services, with deep AI, data and technology capabilities, global presence and unrivalled creative talent. Our clients include many of the biggest companies and advertisers in the world, including approximately 300 of the Fortune Global 500.

Our people are the key to our success. We're committed to fostering a culture of creativity, belonging and continuous learning, attracting and developing the brightest talent, and providing exciting career opportunities that help our people grow. 

Why we're hiring:

At WPP, technology is at the heart of everything we do, and it is WPP IT’s mission to enable everyone to collaborate, create and thrive. WPP IT is undergoing a significant transformation to modernise ways of working, shift to cloud and micro-service-based architectures, drive automation, digitise colleague and client experiences and deliver insight from WPP’s petabytes of data.

GroupM is the world’s leading media investment company responsible for more than $63B in annual media investment through agencies Mindshare, MediaCom, Wavemaker, Essence and m/SIX, as well as the outcomes-driven programmatic audience company, Xaxis and data and technology company Choreograph. GroupM’s portfolio includes Data & Technology, Investment and Services, all united in a vision to shape the next era of media where advertising works better for people. By leveraging all the benefits of scale, the company innovates, differentiates and generates sustained value for our clients wherever they do business.

The GroupM IT team in WPP IT are the technology solutions partner for the GroupM group of agencies and are accountable for co-ordinating and assuring end-to-end change delivery, managing the GroupM IT technology life-cycle and innovation pipeline.

This role will work as part of the Global Investment Systems Team. You will be responsible for product development and maintenance of data solutions. You will collaborate with the implementation function for supporting solution roll-out.

This role is part of the Local Systems team in EMEA. The person who will fulfill this role will be responsible for supporting and facilitating the applications and services that are part of the media business flows in the local markets. This person will play an important role in the business continuity in the market and will support the local IT people work, where possible, in their efforts to handle the IT needs & problems of the customer-facing employees.

What you'll be doing:

• Lead and mentor for  junior data engineers

• Assist in the build, development, and management of custom databases/solutions using SQL and Azure data technology stack.

• Design, build and deploy ELT pipelines and data management processes.

• Operationalise ELT job workflow with reliable error/exception handling and rollback framework.

• Build and oversee data architecture & pipelines platforms and systems, managing the flow of data from internal and external sources by leveraging both distributed and local structures. 

• Participate in developing, designing, configuring, and documenting database architecture.

• Monitor and improve data loading performance.

• Working with CI/CD pipelines to manage and execute releases

• Clearly communicate technical terms to non-technical people and help them understand why change might be required to achieve a specific goal or to complete a project

• Conform to agile development practices – Evolutionary design, refactoring, continuous integration/delivery, test-driven development.

• Work collaboratively with Business Partner Team and Business Stakeholder during projects scoping and feasibility phases as a SME for concept investigation/viability and technical impact; Identify and communicate technical risks and mitigations.
• Provide production support for data load jobs.
• Write customized query to generate automatic periodic reports.
• Maintain or upgrade existing applications.
• Attend key design meetings and provide support.

What you'll need:

• Bachelor’s or Master degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics or other technical field is highly preferred.
• 10+ years experience with complex data solutions
• Experience in creating and managing Azure Data Factory pipelines and writing TSQL (views/functions/stored procedures).
• Experience in managing Azure Data Lake structure and security
• Proven experience with data modeling, and working with star schema, snowflake schema
• Ability to understand and communicate business requirements from non-technical stakeholders while simultaneously managing their expectations.
• Experience with the full development life cycle of an application stack - from architecture through test and deployment.
• Experience in Master Data management solutions.
• Experience in data warehouse analysis and design, with full knowledge of data warehouse methodologies and data modelling.
• Unit testing low level components – SQL scripts, Stored Procedures, ETL/ELT modules; Integration testing data transition points; Performance, load and stress testing.
• Knowledge and experience in software development methodology and toolset for implementing, lifecycle and management – Agile methodology.
• GIT code repository and branching strategies; Microsoft Release Management and any deployment tools; Azure DevOps knowledge.
• Experience with Azure cloud solutions; Knowledge of Azure Data Factory, Azure Automation, Azure Data Lake, Azure Synapse, Azure Purview, Azure KeyVault, and Azure Batch. 
• Experience with Google Cloud Platform solutions; knowledge of Google BigQuery, Google Storage, and Google CloudRun
• Experience with APIs.
• Team player
• Organized and detail oriented
• Excellent communication, presentation, and writing skills
• Thrives in a fast paced, constantly changing environment

Who you are:

You're open: We are inclusive and collaborative; we encourage the free exchange of ideas; we respect and celebrate diverse views. We are accepting: of new ideas, new partnerships, new ways of working.

You're optimistic: We believe in the power of creativity, technology and talent to create brighter futures or our people, our clients and our communities. We approach all that we do with conviction: to try the new and to seek the unexpected.

You're extraordinary: we are stronger together: through collaboration we achieve the amazing. We are creative leaders and pioneers of our industry; we provide extraordinary every day.

What we'll give you:

Passionate, inspired people – We promote a culture of people that do extraordinary work.

Scale and opportunity – We offer the opportunity to create, influence and complete projects at a scale that is unparalleled in the industry.

Challenging and stimulating work – Unique work and the opportunity to join a group of creative problem solvers. Are you up for the challenge?

We believe the best work happens when we're together, fostering creativity, collaboration, and connection. That's why we’ve adopted a hybrid approach, with teams in the office around four days a week. If you require accommodations or flexibility, please discuss this with the hiring team during the interview process.

WPP is an equal opportunity employer and considers applicants for all positions without discrimination or regard to particular characteristics. We are committed to fostering a culture of respect in which everyone feels they belong and has the same opportunities to progress in their careers.

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