Global People Data Engineer, GroupM India Offshoring Team, India

GroupM is the world’s largest media investment company and are a part of WPP. In fact, we are responsible for one in every three ads you see globally.

As the People Teams Data Engineer you will design, builds, and maintain the infrastructure and architecture that stores, process, and retrieve large datasets, ensuring data quality, security, and scalability.

Working closely with data professionals, business leaders, and data scientists, you will leverage data to drive excellence and support our organizational goals.

Reporting Of The Role

This role reports to the Global People Data & Analytics Director and will require the support of regional, team members to execute the data and analytics strategy.

Measures Of Success

In 3 months:
• Partner with technical and non-technical teams to understand data and develop data pipelines with advance Azure Data Factory (Delta Live Tables, SQL/Python, Rest API) and maintain Data Warehousing/Data Lakes/Data Hubs and analytical reporting environment
• Design table structures and define ETL strategy to build performant Data solutions that are reliable and scalable in a growing data ecosystem

In 6 Months
• Develop and maintain data pipeline routines using ETL and orchestration tools (such as Azure Data Factory, Azure Databricks, Data Stage, Airflow, Luigi, and Jenkins)

In 12 Months
• Develop automated processes, optimize data delivery, understand when to re-design architecture for greater scalability
• Develop data quality checks for source and target data sets and UAT plans and conduct QA.

Responsibilities Of The Role
• Design, build, and maintain large-scale data systems, including data warehouses, lakes, and pipelines.
• Develop and implement data infrastructure, such as databases, data processing frameworks, and data storage solutions.
• Ensure data quality, integrity, and security, and develop data governance policies and procedures.
• Work with data scientists and analysts to understand data requirements and develop solutions to meet their needs.
• Develop and maintain ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) processes to integrate data from various sources.
• Optimize data systems for performance, scalability, and reliability.
• Collaborate with cross-functional people teams, regional and business leads.
• Stay up to date with new technologies and tools in the field of data engineering.
• Develop and maintain documentation and best practices for data engineering.
• Troubleshoot and resolve data system issues and errors.

Knowledge And Experience
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, or related field.
• Certified Data Engineer (CDE) or equivalent certifications would be a plus.
• Programming languages: Java, Python, Scala, SQL
• Data technologies: Hadoop, Spark, Hive, Pig, Presto
• Data storage: Relational databases, NoSQL databases, data warehouses
• Data processing: ETL, data pipelines, data streaming
• Cloud platforms: AWS, GCP, Azure
• Data governance and security
• Data modeling and architecture
• Agile development methodology
• 5+ years in data engineering, software engineering, or related field
• Experience with large-scale data systems and big data technologies
• Strong understanding of data modeling, data warehousing, and ETL processes
• Experience with cloud-based data platforms and services
• Strong programming skills in languages such as Java, Python, or Scala
• Experience with data governance, security, and quality control
• Strong collaboration and communication skills

Impact And Accountability
• Works to achieve operational targets with significant impact on department or job family results.
• May be responsible for managing entire projects or processes within job area.

Autonomy And Management
• Operates with latitude for actions or decisions and usually works independently with occasional supervision required.
• Collaborates with peers and managers when faced with complex problems.
• May serve as a mentor / trainer or aids in reviewing the work of other professionals.

Innovation And Creativity
• Responsible for identifying and incorporating moderate improvements to guidelines and processes to enhance performance of job area.
• Proposes and develops fresh ideas and creative solutions.

More About GroupM

GroupM - GroupM leads and shapes media markets by delivering performance enhancing media products and services, powered by data and technology. Our global network agencies and businesses enable our people to work collaboratively across borders with the best in class, providing them the opportunity to accelerate their progress and development. We are not limited by teams or geographies; our scale and diverse range of clients lets us be more adventurous with our business and talent. We give our talent the space, support and tools to innovate and grow.

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More About GroupM India Offshoring Team

GroupM India Offshoring Team is the industry’s largest community of performance marketing experts designed to drive performance and innovation at scale for GroupM’s agencies and clients. With the most platform accreditations in the industry combined with proprietary technology, media, and solutions, culture of continuous innovation and scaled partnerships, GroupM Nexus consistently sets new benchmarks for effectiveness and efficiency across all forms of media to drive growth for the world’s leading advertisers.

About India

2020 brought opportunities for brands to innovate because of which we saw an evolving media stack. The growth of digital is set to soar high because of changing consumer habits. With approximately 500 million smartphone users, low-priced data plans, 45 to 50 million e-commerce shoppers, approximately 60 OTT offerings and a young population, India is a mobile-first internet market. It is also one of the top 10 ad spend markets in the world and is set to climb the ranks. Global big tech corporations have made considerable investments in top e-commerce/retail ventures and Indian start-ups, blurring the lines between social media, e-commerce, and mobile payments, resulting in disruption on an unimaginable scale.

At GroupM India, there’s never a dull moment between juggling client requests, managing vendor partners and having fun with your team. We believe in tackling challenges head-on and getting things done.

GroupM is an equal opportunity employer. We view everyone as an individual and we understand that inclusion is more than just diversity – it’s about belonging. We celebrate the fact that everyone is unique and that’s what makes us so good at what we do. We pride ourselves on being a company that embraces difference and truly represents the global clients we work with.

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