Data Engineer, 12m FTC

About Our Client

We are recruiting on behalf of our client, a leading provider of broadband, TV, mobile, and business connectivity services across Ireland. With a focus on delivering innovative, high-speed solutions, our client supports Irish consumers, businesses, and public sector organisations through award-winning products and services. Their broadcast division is a key player in Irelands commercial media landscape, producing homegrown content and offering extensive sports coverage.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a dynamic, data-driven organisation that prioritises technology and innovation.

About the Role

The Data Engineer will develop and deliver business-enhancing capabilities to improve performance and decision-making across retail, commercial, and strategic teams. This role will also support fibre rollout strategies and enable data-driven decision-making at the senior executive level.

You will work as part of a small, high-performing data management team in collaboration with internal stakeholders and external partners to build, manage, and optimise enterprise-level reporting and data solutions.

Key Responsibilities

Design, develop, and automate data assets from multiple sources to improve business performance and drive efficiencies

Integrate data using Informatica and Snowflake cloud data platform (SQL)

Build and maintain data models within the enterprise data warehouse (Snowflake)

Promote new data sets and reporting capabilities into production systems

Design data solutions that enable self-service analytics for users of varying skill levels

Develop and maintain reporting structures that provide accurate, timely, and insightful business intelligence

Deliver data models to support ongoing performance optimisation and commercial decision-making

Ensure data governance and validation processes are followed throughout all developments

Collaborate with business intelligence developers to map reporting requirements to appropriate technology stacks

Manage enterprise data integration flows (ETL / ELT) using Informatica

Support the Data Management Manager in coordinating outsourced partners and prioritising stakeholder needs

Specific Duties

Create automated data flows and assets to enhance business performance

Build, validate, and promote data models and warehouse objects

Engage in the release management lifecycle including data acquisition, UAT builds, validation, and sign-offs

Develop a commercial understanding of the business to assess the accuracy and relevance of data sets

Translate complex technical requirements into understandable solutions for non-technical users

Design, deploy, and support KPI and metric reporting across the organisation

Enable analytics self-service by creating accessible data models, tools, and providing user coaching

Skills & Experience Required

3rd level qualification in computing, data analytics, or a related field

Hands-on SQL development experience with exposure to Snowflake and Oracle database architectures

Strong understanding of data structures and source system mapping

Experience creating data assets that support KPI reporting and strategic decision-making

Familiarity with ETL / ELT processes using Informatica

Ability to communicate technical solutions to both technical and non-technical stakeholders

Experience working with release processes, data validation, and vendor collaboration

Comfortable working in a fast-paced, complex environment with a strong passion for data and analytics