Junior Data Engineer

AECOM is seeking a talented Junior Data Engineer to join our growing team of data professionals.

As a Junior Data Engineer, your primary focus will be on supporting Senior and Principal Engineers through design and the wider solution lifecycle.

Role responsibilities: 

• Work alongside senior engineers to support the delivery of various data solutions and data pipelines
• Collaborate with other data professionals (Data Analysts, Data Scientists) and contribute to requirements-gathering sessions for internal and external stakeholders across the organisation.
• Support our quality assurance and refinement processes through reviews and hands-on investigations.
• Support workflow orchestration development using cloud tools like Apache Airflow or Azure Functions.
• Assist in solution and system health monitoring - keeping track of key metrics while also troubleshooting deployed solutions and infrastructure resources with logging tools.
• Support user and technical documentation for the solutions or tools we develop and deploy.
• Support compliance with our company-wide data governance activities such as metadata management and access controls.
• Maintain continuous learning and keep up to date with current emerging tools, cloud technologies, and industry practices.
• Contribute to team discussions and solution-shaping efforts with a proactive, learning-oriented mindset.
• Support technical reviews where you can learn how to identify and resolve issues.
• Support the prototyping and proof-of-concept development lifecycle of data solutions and tools for external clients.
• Provide general operational assistance to fellow data teams.