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Working at Tesco

  • Company employees
    330,000+
  • Gender diversity (m:f)
    49:51

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  • United Kingdom
  • Ireland

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Join Tesco as a Senior Data Platform Engineer in Welwyn Garden City, UK. This full-time role features a hybrid work arrangement (60% on-site, remote remainder) focusing on building robust data platforms and security defenses using advanced analytics, machine learning, and GenAI.

Requirements

  • Solid programming experience in Python and SQL.
  • Experience building data platforms on cloud services like Databricks on Azure or GCP BigQuery, and big data technologies such as Spark and Flink.
  • Solid grasp of Kubernetes, CI/CD, and Terraform.
  • Working knowledge of ETL and ELT frameworks and orchestration tools like Airflow and dbt.
  • Familiarity with machine learning, AI tools, and cybersecurity principles is desirable.
  • No specific degree requirement stated in the posting.

Skills & Responsibilities

  • Python and SQL: Build and maintain high-quality data integration and transformation pipelines supporting security data lakes.
  • Cloud and Big Data: Design real-time, near real-time, and batch data architectures using Databricks, GCP BigQuery, Spark, or Flink.
  • DevOps and Automation: Streamline deployment, configuration, and management of data platform components using Kubernetes, CI/CD, and Terraform.
  • Orchestration Tools: Manage ETL/ELT frameworks using Airflow and dbt.
  • Potential transition routes: People from Software Engineer, Data Engineer, or DevOps Engineer roles may bring relevant coding, cloud infrastructure, and pipeline orchestration skills, alongside meeting the core Python and cloud platform requirements.

Job description

As the Senior Data Platform Engineer in the Cyber Data Platform team, you will play a key role in building and maintaining a robust data platform that enables users to develop advanced analytics, machine learning, and GenAI solutions to strengthen our security defences. You will collaborate closely with cross functional data teams to ensure the platform is scalable, secure, and aligned with cybersecurity goals. Also, you will contribute to the data platform architecture and mentor junior team members to deliver high-quality data services.

Data Architecture: Design, build and management of realtime, near realtime and batch data architectures that support threat detection, incident response and reporting through advanced analytics, machine learning and GenAI capabilities.

Data Integration and Transformation: Implement and manage the automated frameworks for integrating data from various security sources into the security data lake. Also, the data transformation frameworks to move data between the raw, trusted, and curated data layers.

Coding: Contribute to raising the quality bar of the team's codebase by producing high-quality code, conducting thorough peer reviews, and proactively providing constructive feedback to other team members on their code

Automation and DevOps: Implement various automations and DevOps practices to streamline the deployment, configuration, and management of data platform components.

Collaboration and Communication: Collaborate with teams from various departments, effectively communicating technical concepts and solutions to individuals with different levels of technical expertise.

Solid programming experience with programming languages like Python along with proficiency in SQL

Experience building data platforms on cloud services like Databricks on Azure or GCP BigQuery and big data technologies like Spark, Flink etc.,

Solid grasp of Kubernetes, CI/CD and Terraform

Working knowledge of ETL and ELT frameworks and orchestration tools like Airflow and dbt

Ability to provide clear input, guide, empower junior members of the team to achieve desired outcomes

Familiarity with machine learning and AI tools is desirable

Knowledge of cybersecurity principles and practices
You might know us as a supermarket, technology company or even for our award-winning mobile network. Truth is, we’re all of those things, and much more. Our colleagues work with one goal in mind, helping to make every day a little better for our customers, colleagues and communities all over the world. No two customers are the same, neither are our colleagues. At Tesco, we champion a balance that lets you thrive both in and out of work. Spend 60% of your week collaborating with colleagues at our office locations or local sites and the rest remotely. Whether you're just kicking off your career, juggling passions, or navigating big life events, we're here to support you. We always welcome a conversation about flexible working, so talk to us throughout your application about how we can support. We're proud to be an accredited Disability Confident Leader, where everyone’s welcome. That’s why we commit to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process. If you need support with your application, click here for more information. And if you're interested in joining our team but don't tick every box, don't let that hold you back from applying.

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Tesco

Senior Data Platform Engineer

Welwyn Garden City
Hybrid

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