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Dale Farm is a leading dairy company, selling into UK, Irish, and International markets. As a cooperative owned by over 1300 farmers across the UK, it is our mission to ensure we exude high standards throughout our processes, products, and people.

At Dale Farm, we believe our success is built on our people and we are now looking to recruit the following position based in our Head Office on Dargan Road, Belfast;

The role

As a Graduate Data Engineer you will support the planning, development and maintenance of our Central Data Hub as well as troubleshooting database issues, ensuring the performance, integrity and security of the database are maintained and improved.

This role supports the delivery of Dale Farm’s data strategy including, data governance, operational data management and data quality management.

You will be tasked to be involved in the following activities:

  • Design, build and maintain databases.
  • Review database performance, integrity, and security.
  • Make and implement recommendations for database improvements.
  • Troubleshooting issues for users.
  • Build and maintain data integrations from internal and external sources.
  • Understand and keep up to date with developments in new technology and tools.
  • Creating and maintaining database and data pipeline documentation.
  • Identify opportunities to expand Dale Farm’s data universe.
  • Support the development of a single source of truth for Dale Farm data.

About you

Essential

  • Experience using Microsoft SQL Server and SQL Management Studio
  • Experience in managing and updating SQL Database structures.
  • Solid understanding of SQL Server principles and best practices
  • A good understanding of other SQL and database related technology e.g. Integration Services, Analysis Services
  • Expertise in database design, deployment, and administration

Desirable

  • Business awareness and understanding of business requirements of IT
  • Experience using Visual Studio for database build, development and ETL processes.

Personnel specification

  • Experience of data governance, data stewardship and data quality.
  • Ability to make recommendations to a business on data ownership and data quality management tasks.
  • Ability to create and maintain strong working relationships with colleagues.
  • Flexible and adaptable.
  • Able to identify risks and define plans to control or remediate these risks.
  • Excellent organizational and analytical abilities.
  • Sound understanding and experience of Data Lifecycle Management.
  • Experience working with large datasets.
  • Strong organisational and time management skills.

Key characteristics

  • Good technical skills particularly in automation techniques for data pipelines.
  • A problem-solving mindset.
  • Good understanding of databases.
  • Good communicator - able to communicate technical information to non-technical audiences.
  • Ability to effectively plan and prioritise workloads.
  • Self-motivated and proactive.
  • Demonstrates close attention to detail.

This is an excellent opportunity to be part of the Dale Farm Graduate Development Programme and gain experience in a well-established, growing and progressive Company. To apply for the position, please visit the Dale Farm Careers page at dalefarm.co.uk/careers.

Completed applications must be received before 5.00pm on Wednesday the 22 nd of May 2024.