About the Team:
The Academic Information Systems (AIS) DataOps team is a shared technology group responsible for building, administering, governing, and setting standards for a growing number of strategic data platforms and services. Our capabilities enable data to be extracted, centralized, transformed, transmitted, and analyzed across a range of products in the AIS space. Due to our footprint across the enterprise, we are relied upon to ensure our systems are trusted, reliable and available. The technology underpinning these capabilities includes industry leading data and analytics products such as Snowflake, Astronomer/Airflow, Kubernetes, DBT, Tableau, Sisense, Collibra, and Kafka/Debezium. Our mission is to enable frictionless experiences for our AIS colleagues and customers so that they can openly and securely consume trustworthy data, enhancing everyday interactions and decisions.
About the role:
As a Senior Data Engineer I, you will play a key role in building secure, scalable, and reliable data infrastructure that supports our global operations. You will collaborate across teams to facilitate the smooth flow of data, ensuring high-quality information is available for analysis and decision-making. Your work will help drive impactful solutions for colleagues and customers by enabling effective data sharing and storytelling.
Responsibilities:
Design and implement robust data orchestration and transformation solutions.
Ensure reliable delivery of high-quality data for analysis and sharing.
Collaborate across teams to establish and promote coding and technical standards.
Work with DevOps to automate deployments and use Infrastructure as Code (IaC) for consistent environments.
Develop reusable frameworks, modular components, and common patterns for efficient and reliable deployment using Airflow.
Document and share best practices, fostering knowledge exchange among teams.
Enhance platform reliability and scalability through improved logging, monitoring, and observability.
Identify and address data platform gaps, support DataOps initiatives, and incorporate user feedback.
Requirements:
Experience with modern data stack technologies such as Airflow, Snowflake, and DBT. Relevant Tableau, Sisense, AWS, GitHub, Terraform, and/or Docker experience is also highly desirable.
Ability to create deployable data pipelines and ETL/ELT solutions using Python, SQL, or Jinja.
Knowledge of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), DataOps, and DevOps practices.
Active participation in Agile environments and willingness to continuously improve.
Strong communication and collaboration skills; openness to feedback and new ideas.
Familiarity with designing secure, scalable, and cost-effective cloud-based data solutions.
Understanding of data governance, privacy, and security practices.
Work in a way that works for you
We promote a healthy work/life balance across the organization. With an average length of service of 9 years, we are confident that we offer an appealing working prospect for our people. With numerous wellbeing initiatives, shared parental leave, study assistance and sabbaticals, we will help you meet your immediate responsibilities and long-term goals.
Working remotely from home or in our office in a flexible hybrid style
Working flexible hours - flexing the times when you work in the day to help you fit everything in and work when you are the most productive
Working with us
We are an equal opportunity employer with a commitment to help you succeed. Here, you will find an inclusive, agile, collaborative, innovative and fun environment, where everyone has a part to play. Regardless of the team you join, we promote a diverse environment with co-workers who are passionate about what they do, and how they do it.
Working for you
At Elsevier, we know that your wellbeing and happiness are key to a long and successful career. These are some of the benefits we are delighted to offer:
Generous holiday allowance with the option to buy additional days
Access to learning platforms and encouragement to book up to 10 days focused learning/development time per year
Health screening, eye care vouchers and private medical benefits
Wellbeing programs
Life assurance
Access to a competitive contributory pension scheme
Long service awards
Save As You Earn share option scheme
Travel Season ticket loan
Maternity, paternity and shared parental leave
Access to emergency care for both the elderly and children
RELX Cares days, giving you time to support the charities and causes that matter to you
Access to employee resource groups with dedicated time to volunteer
Access to extensive learning and development resources
Access to employee discounts via Perks at Work
About the business
A global leader in information and analytics, we help researchers and healthcare professionals advance science and improve health outcomes for the benefit of society. Building on our publishing heritage, we combine quality information and vast data sets with analytics to support visionary science and research, health education and interactive learning, as well as exceptional healthcare and clinical practice. At Elsevier, your work contributes to the world's grand challenges and a more sustainable future. We harness innovative technologies to support science and healthcare to partner for a better world.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
We are committed to providing a fair and accessible hiring process. If you have a disability or other need that requires accommodation or adjustment, please let us know by completing our Applicant Request Support Form or please contact 1-855-833-5120.
Criminals may pose as recruiters asking for money or personal information. We never request money or banking details from job applicants. Learn more about spotting and avoiding scams here.
Please read our Candidate Privacy Policy.
We are an equal opportunity employer: qualified applicants are considered for and treated during employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin, citizenship status, disability status, protected veteran status, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.
USA Job Seekers:
EEO Know Your Rights.
Top Skills
What We Do
Elsevier is a world-leading provider of information solutions that enhance the performance of science, health, and technology professionals, empowering them to make better decisions, and deliver better care.
Because informed decisions lead to better outcomes, Elsevier is a leader in information and analytics for customers across the global research and health ecosystems.
Elsevier helps researchers and healthcare professionals advance science and improve health outcomes for the benefit of society.
We do this by facilitating insights and critical decision-making for customers across the global research and health ecosystems.
