Data Engineer

Key Skills

Agile methodologies, Alteryx, Apache Airflow, AWS, Azure, C# Programming, ETL/ELT technologies, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), JIRA, Kanban, Lean Six Sigma, PowerBI, Python Programming, R Programming, SQL, Tableau, VBA

Job Description

Company Description

Informa Tech informs, educates and connects the technology community through world-class research, training, events and media. A vibrant community of over 1,000 colleagues across 19 locations, we’re dedicated to inspiring the tech community to design better, to build better.

Which is why we champion you, the individual, to make an impact through change and innovation. Life at Informa means more freedom and fewer barriers. Our entrepreneurial spirit runs deep, encouraging our team to stick their hands up to spark innovation, or get stuck in to deliver amazing results. It’s time to feel the impact of your work and enjoy making a difference. Are you ready to start your future, today?

Purpose of Role

This Data Engineer is a member of the Data & Analytics Community at Informa Tech and is a unique role among a group of Data Analysts in the Central Data & Analytics team within Informa Tech’s Strategy department. They will develop and maintain solutions to support the collection, storage, enrichment, and delivery of data from across our varied businesses practices. The successful candidate will work with cross-functional teams to help design, build, test, deploy, maintain, and enhance pipelines and tools to improve business data accessibility, quality, transparency, and understandability.

Key Responsibilities

• Developing and maintaining tools, processes, and pipelines needed to successfully (reliably, on time, and at high quality) deliver critical data products from most business data domains (audience development, event registration and sponsorship, client and product—e.g. SalesForce, HR/people, and more) into internal user-facing platforms.
• Supporting all phases of the software development life cycle, including plan, design, implement, test/integrate/deploy, and maintain
• Evaluating requests for new datasets by assessing their feasibility, development effort, and value
• Managing relationships with technical (e.g. data analysts, data product managers, marketing platform admins, other data/technology teams) and business user (e.g. marketing, sales, events, content) stakeholders of all levels, including identifying and resolving risks/issues, prioritizing work, and organizing/attending stakeholder meetings and other communications
• Acting as an interface between the Informa Tech Data Analytics Community and other data engineering colleagues/teams within Informa Tech and Informa Group.
• Implementing best practices for data tooling, testing, and implementation; training internal users, coordinating with peers throughout Informa Tech and Informa Group to share knowledge and best practices; participate in relevant data governance processes
• Regularly soliciting, evaluating, and prioritizing feedback to continuously improve data products and processes
• Staying up to date on current and emerging industry best practices, tools, and techniques

Qualifications

Experience & Qualifications

• Familiarity with the entire data life cycle
• Demonstrable success building data pipelines (ingestion, cleansing, and ETL/ELT) with cloud platforms (AWS, Power BI Service—Power Query and data flows/data sets/data marts—any Microsoft Fabric experience a plus, Alteryx, Apache Airflow, etc.)
• Successful track record in building and maintaining data tools in SQL
• Experience in scripting/programming languages (e.g., Python, R, VBA, VB.Net, C#, etc.)
• Familiarity with reporting and visualization tools such as Power BI and Tableau
• Experience in documenting processes, procedures, and standards
• Prior experience collaborating with Business Analyst and Product Owner roles to effectively develop products (especially data products) a plus
• Prior experience working under Agile frameworks (Kanban, Scrum) and familiarity with related tools (Jira, Rally/CA Agile Central, Smartsheet, etc.) a plus
• Experience and comfort interacting with stakeholders and consumers across the business
• Process improvement qualification or experience (e.g., Lean/Six Sigma) a plus
• Academic or professional experience related field(s) (e.g., Data Analytics, Statistics, Software Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, Mathematics, Engineering) a plus

Knowledge & Skills

• A genuine affinity for problem solving - having an inquisitive and positive mindset to overcome complex challenges
• Entrepreneurial spirit – able to constructively question and criticize existing processes, identify potential for new processes, advocate for identified enhancements to convince stakeholders, and proactively pursue execution (including self-organizing with related colleagues)
• Product-centric mindset (as opposed to project-centric) to deliver value early and continuously, including understanding and embracing the product life cycle
• Strong attention to detail and proactive in highlighting and resolving errors/issues
• Communication and presentation skills and ability to collaborate effectively across groups and time zones

Additional Information

Just as no two days are the same, at Informa Tech we recognise that no two people are the same, putting diversity and inclusivity at the he

art of what we do. This doesn’t happen by chance. We actively work to create a shared culture. It’s a place where individuals bring their own experience and insights to discover new opportunities and build a varied career. We want you to thrive as part of a fantastic community. We champion you.