Data Engineer

Hays Technology
Newport
Today
Posted
19 Apr 2026 (Today)

Your new company

Monmouthshire Building Society is an independent mutual with over 160 years of history serving communities across South Wales and the South West of England. We offer mortgages and savings built around our members' needs, combining personal service, local knowledge and responsible lending. As a mutual, we reinvest profits back into the Society to support our members, our people and the communities we serve.

Your new role

The Data Engineer will design, build, support and operate data pipelines and core data platform technologies within the organisation's Azure-based analytics and lake house environment. The role is hands-on and implementation-focused, working within established architectural patterns to deliver reliable, secure and well-governed data for analytics, Power BI reporting and regulated finance use cases. The role also includes responsibility for supporting and maintaining underlying data platform services, including Azure Databricks and Azure Synapse.

Key Accountabilities

Delivery of reliable, scalable and well-governed data pipelines that meet business and regulatory requirements

Operational stability and performance of core data platform services including Azure Databricks and Azure Synapse

Availability of trusted, high-quality Gold-layer datasets for analytics and Power BI reporting

Adherence to data security, access control and governance standards within a regulated environment

Effective resolution of data pipeline and platform incidents with clear root-cause understanding

Maintenance of accurate documentation, lineage and operational run books to support ongoing platform supportKey Responsibilities

Develop and maintain data pipelines using Azure Databricks (Python, PySpark and SQL)

Implement ingestion and transformation across Bronze, Silver and Gold layers using Delta Lake

Support and operate Azure Databricks and Azure Synapse platforms, including performance monitoring and configuration

Build Gold-layer datasets optimised for Power BI and analytics consumption

Support production workloads, resolve incidents and maintain operational documentation

Apply security, governance and access control standards suitable for a regulated environment

Contribute to engineering standards, CI/CD pipelines and code reviewsWhat you'll need to succeed

Essential

Proven experience as a Data Engineer

Strong hands-on experience with AzureDatabricks, Python, PySpark and SQL

Experience supporting Azure data platforms in production

Understanding of medallion architecture and Delta LakeDesirable

Experience with Azure Synapse Analytics

Experience with Azure Data Factory

Experience in financial services or regulated environments

Dimensional modelling / star schema knowledge

Databricks Certification

What you'll get in return

Competitive Salary

Great Career Progression

Hybrid Working Policy - 2 days a week in the office.

Benefits Package

25 days paid holiday plus bank holidays

Holidays - Purchase extra annual leave (up to 5 days)

Additional day's annual leave on birthday

Contributory pension scheme - enrolment after 3rd month -3% employee contributions, 10% employer contributions

4 X life assurance

Private healthcare scheme (after one year's service)

Employee Assistance Programme

Corporate uniform for branch staff

Health and wellbeing benefits including flu jabs and eye tests

Staff Socials

35 hour working weekWhat you need to do now If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV.

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