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We are the UK’s largest long-term savings and retirement business with c.13 million customers and c.£300 billion of assets under administration. As a market leader and FTSE100 organisation, we understand that our scale and expertise means that we have a key role to play for our customers, colleagues and our communities to help as many people as possible secure a life of possibilities. We are tackling key environmental and social issues such as transitioning our portfolio to net zero by 2050 – but we’re not done yet.
We’ve seen huge growth and change, and this means there is enormous opportunity for our 7,000 colleagues to grow alongside us.
The role
In this role you will be utilising advanced Python, SQL and a number of AWS (Amazon Web Services) cloud native services to complete hands-on technical work whilst at the same time demonstrating strong communication skills in collaboration directly with the business and/or Product Owners/BAs and Scrum Masters.
These roles will support the successful development of the Phoenix Group Asset Management vision to deliver a world-class Asset Management function with a data driven culture at its core. Our aim is to ensure that business decisions are supported by timely and trusted data insights.
Key responsibilities
- Work alongside internal and external engineers supporting the delivery of solutions based on Architectural best practices and AWS Well Architected Framework, with guidance from a senior member(s) of technical team.
- Support the design and delivery of new simple Cloud architecture patterns and implementations based on customer requirements with support from senior team members.
- Develop tangible and ongoing standardisation, simplification, and efficiency of engineering processes, reviewing and revising continuous improvement opportunities
- Passion for learning new skills and staying up to date with the latest technologies
The role will involve the build out of
- Data Pipelines – using Python, SQL, Lambda and Step Functions
- Data Model that are optimised for business usability and comprehension.
- Develop and optimize data tables using best practices for partitioning, parallelisation, and performance
- Develop and maintain metadata to support an augmented data catalogue and support documentation for internal technical teams and business customers alike.
- Help internal business customers troubleshoot and optimise SQL and reporting solutions to solve and improve business outcomes.
What we're looking for
Qualifications
- Undergraduate degree or equivalent
- Any AWS Cloud certifications will be considered beneficial
Experience
Essential
- Previous experience working in a software engineering role or graduate in IT/Computer science
- Fundamental understanding of Python or SQL
- Strong communication skills both written and verbal with proven success in a customer centric environment
- Positive outlook and ‘can do attitude’
- Flexible, hands-on team player who is keen to learn and progress
Desirable
- Exposure with AWS cloud services: e.g., Lambda, Step functions, Panda’s etc.
- Good understanding of Data Modelling techniques
- Experience in developing python-based data engineering solutions
- Experience using code versioning software’s such as Bitbucket and GitHub
- Understanding of web API and RESTful services
- Experience in working in an agile methodology
Personal Attributes
- Customer focused with an attitude to deliver excellent customer outcomes through technical expertise
- Strong communication skills both written and verbal with proven success in a customer centric environment
- Positive outlook and ‘can do attitude’
- Flexible, hands-on team player who is keen to learn and progress
Why choose us?
Bring your ‘whole self’, skills and dedication to the Phoenix Group and we’ll recognise your effort, support your development and help to drive your ambition. We’ll ensure you’re rewarded for your contribution with a competitive package that includes an attractive pension, annual bonus potential, private medical insurance, generous holiday entitlement, enhanced maternity and adoption leave and a range of other financial services and lifestyle flexible benefits.
Sound good? If you are ready to help us make Phoenix the best place you’ve ever worked, we’d love to hear from you.
Hiring over the festive period: Many of our colleagues will be taking a well-earned break over the festive period. We’re still advertising our open roles and as part of our commitment to providing the best candidate experience, we wanted to let you know that there may be a delay in responding to applications received between the 19 th December and 2 nd January. Please bear with us and we’ll be in touch as soon as we can.
