Job Description
Accenture is a leading global professional services company, providing a broad range of services in strategy and consulting, interactive, technology and operations, with digital capabilities across all of these services. With our thought leadership and culture of innovation, we apply industry expertise, diverse skill sets and next-generation technology to each business challenge.
We believe in inclusion and diversity and supporting the whole person. Our core values comprise of Stewardship, Best People, Client Value Creation, One Global Network, Respect for the Individual and Integrity. Year after year, Accenture is recognized worldwide not just for business performance but for inclusion and diversity too.
“Across the globe, one thing is universally true of the people of Accenture: We care deeply about what we do and the impact we have with our clients and with the communities in which we work and live. It is personal to all of us.” – Julie Sweet, Accenture CEO
As a team:
The Data and AI revolution is changing everything. It’s everywhere – transforming how we work and play. Join Accenture and help transform leading organisations and communities around the world. Accenture Applied Intelligence is driving these exciting changes and bringing them to life across 40 industries in more than 120 countries. The sheer scale of our capabilities and client engagements and the way we collaborate with the ecosystem, operate and deliver value provides an unparalleled opportunity to grow and advance.
Accenture’s Applied Intelligence practice covers the range of Data and AI skills, from Strategy, Data Science, Data Architecture, Engineering and Visual Insights. When combined with Accenture’s broader Strategy and Consulting practice, we are able to bring together the unique ability to drive end to end business change through the application of Data and AI.
You'll learn, grow and advance in an innovative culture that thrives on shared success, diverse ways of thinking and enables boundaryless opportunities that can drive your career in new and exciting ways.
If you’re looking for a challenging career working in a vibrant environment with access to training and a global network of experts, this could be the role for you. As part of our global team, you'll be working with cutting-edge technologies and will have the opportunity to develop a wide range of new skills on the job.
In this role you will:
We are looking for hands-on authentic and committed Data Engineers to support clients across a range of industries on all aspects of data engineering from delivery planning, estimating and analysis, all the way through to data architecture and pipeline design, delivery and production implementation.
You will be working on client projects with teams from across our Applied Intelligence practice as well as industry, functional, and technology SMEs on some of our clients most ambitious projects.
You will be designing and implementing complex data solutions ranging from batch to streaming and event-driven architectures, across cloud, on-premise, and hybrid client technology landscapes.
Your understanding of code control and deployment will support continuous delivery of production applications.
Additionally, you will be helping translate data to insights that enable the business to make decisions as well as using visualisations to tell a compelling story with data that makes complex topics understandable.
Set yourself apart:
Mastery of working on large-scale, multi-discipline software projects
Track record of delivering robust, automated data solutions at scale
Experience leading complex data engineering projects / engagements
What’s in it for you:
At Accenture in addition to a competitive salary, you will also have an extensive benefits package, private medical insurance and 2 extra days leave per year for charitable work of your choice! Flexibility and mobility are required to deliver this role as there will be requirements to spend time onsite with our clients and partners to enable delivery of the first-class services we are known for.
Qualifications
We are looking for experience in a subset of the following skills:
5+ years of experience in data engineering in a customer or business facing capacity
Experience of implementing and delivering data solutions and pipelines on cloud platforms such as GCP, Azure, and AWS
A strong understanding of data modelling, data structures, databases, and ETL processes
An in-depth understanding of large-scale data sets, including both structured and unstructured data
Strong SQL/Python knowledge - experience of PySpark, Hive, Scala, APIs also desirable
Knowledge and experience of delivering CI/CD and DevOps capabilities in a data environment
Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, including prioritising, problem solving and interpersonal relationship building
Ability to understand and articulate requirements to technical and non-technical audiences
Experience delivering in an agile environment, utilising enterprise-scale frameworks (e.g. SAFe)
