Analytics Platform Engineer

Analytics Platform Engineer

Virgin Media is on a mission to become the most recommended brand by our customers. At the heart of this strategy is digital innovation and our significant data resources.

We’re proud of our history helping communities stay connected with top-notch products and services. From broadband and TV to mobile and landline, we equip our customers with the latest tech. But it’s not just what we do, it’s why we do it. Our mission is to become the most recommended brand, by our people and our customers. A huge part of that journey is ensuring our brilliant people have a working environment in which they can truly belong and thrive.

What you’ll do:

·         Build, deploy, and maintain cloud-based environments in GCP

·         Use Terraform or other Infrastructure-as-Code (IAC) tools to manage infrastructure

·         Work collaboratively with data engineers on infrastructure issues such as permissions, accounts, setup, and architecture

·         Support and develop data models and data products in DBT

·         Build and maintain DBT environments for other teams, and provide training on DBT best practices

·         Contribute to CI/CD pipelines, including tools like SQLFluff and Slim CI

·         Maintain product catalogues, documentation, and data lineage

·         Work with visualization developers to align Looker with data modelling and governance processes

What we’re looking for:

·         Experience working with Terraform or other IAC tools

·         Experience building and deploying environments or tooling in GCP

·         Experience in a platform team within an analytics/data focus (nice to have)

·         Knowledge of data governance (nice to have)

·         Experience with tools like Apache Airflow, DBT, GitLab/GitHub, and BigQuery

·         Strong SQL skills; Python experience is a bonus

·         Familiarity with YAML and Jinja

·         Attention to detail and strong commitment to data quality

·         Experience working in high data volume environments

·         Cloud environment experience, preferably GCP

We offer a start-up like environment within a large, innovative company. This is a role for someone with an “I am owning it” attitude, who’s eager to grow their skills and make a real impact on our analytics platform.