Data Engineer

Location: Thorpe Wood House, Peterborough 
Contract: Permanent 
Salary: £46,000, depending on skills and experience 

Help Transform Data into Better Outcomes for Millions of Customers

Are you passionate about data engineering, cloud technologies, and creating solutions that drive real-world impact? Do you want to work at the forefront of digital innovation, helping shape the future of water infrastructure across the East of England? 

We're looking for a Data Engineer to join the @one Alliance Digital, Data and Innovation Team. This is a unique opportunity to play a key role in designing, building, and managing the data platforms and pipelines that support one of the UK's largest and most ambitious infrastructure programmes. 

Working alongside industry-leading partners including Microsoft, Databricks, and Autodesk, as well as world-renowned academic institutions such as Cambridge University and Cranfield University, you'll help unlock the value of data to improve project delivery, operational performance, and decision-making across hundreds of capital projects. 

What You'll Be Doing

As a Data Engineer, you'll be responsible for developing and maintaining the data ecosystem that powers reporting, analytics, and innovation across the alliance. 

Your responsibilities will include: 

• Designing, building, and maintaining scalable data pipelines within Microsoft Azure and Databricks environments. 

• Developing robust data ingestion, transformation, and integration processes from multiple data sources. 

• Managing and optimising enterprise data architecture using Bronze, Silver, and Gold medallion frameworks. 

• Ensuring data quality, accuracy, governance, and traceability across all data assets. 

• Supporting the delivery of reporting and analytics solutions by making trusted data available through centralised platforms. 

• Managing APIs and integrations between key digital systems and platforms. 

• Creating and maintaining technical documentation, data lineage models, architecture diagrams, and metadata standards. 

• Monitoring, troubleshooting, and resolving data-related issues to ensure reliable service delivery. 

• Supporting CI/CD practices and the industrialisation of data products and solutions. 

• Developing proof-of-concept and minimum viable product solutions that help solve business challenges. 

• Working closely with analysts, data scientists, reporting teams, and business stakeholders to deliver value-driven outcomes. 

• Identifying opportunities to improve business performance through innovative uses of data and emerging technologies. 

About You

You'll be an enthusiastic and technically capable data professional who enjoys solving complex problems and turning data into meaningful business insights. 

To be successful in this role, you'll ideally have: 

• Minimum of 2 years experience in a Data Engineering. 

• Experience designing and developing data pipelines, ETL processes, and data integration solutions. 

• Strong knowledge of Microsoft Azure data services and Databricks. 

• Experience working with data lakes, data warehouses, and modern cloud-based data architectures. 

• Understanding of data modelling, metadata management, data lineage, and data governance principles. 

• Experience using SQL and other relevant data engineering technologies and programming languages. 

• Knowledge of CI/CD principles and best practices within data engineering environments. 

• Experience managing APIs and integrating data across multiple business systems. 

• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills with a focus on data quality and reliability. 

• The ability to communicate technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences. 

• A collaborative mindset and a passion for continuous learning and innovation. 

Why Join Us?

At Anglian Water, safety is more than a priority, it's a core value. You'll be joining a company committed to delivering essential services safely, sustainably, and responsibly while investing in its people and future capability. 

You'll benefit from: 

• Personal private health care 

• Life cover – 8x annual salary 

• 26 days holiday plus bank holidays (with flexibility for religious holidays) 

• Flexible working opportunities 

• Competitive pension scheme – we double-match your contributions up to 7% 

• Bonus scheme and a wide range of lifestyle benefits 

• Excellent training and development opportunities 

• The opportunity to work as a recognised Subject Matter Expert in a specialist technical field 

Ready to Make an Impact?

If you're excited by the prospect of building modern data solutions, influencing digital transformation, and helping deliver critical infrastructure for the future, we'd love to hear from you. 

Apply today and become the next Data Engineer within the @one Alliance Digital, Data and Innovation Team, helping us create smarter, more sustainable ways of delivering for our customers, communities, and environment. 

Closing Date: 24th November 2026

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