Matthew Trought

BI Engineer (Azure, Python, SQL)Location: Birmingham (4 days a week on-site)Salary: £45k - £48kOpportunityA fantastic opportunity has come up to work for a genuine market leader in an exciting and innovative industry. They plan to build a newly created BI and Data Engineering division to work alongside other Data and Analytics teams across the group.For this role, they need someone to serve as a central resource from within their Strategy and Analytics department, also working with, but not exclusive to, the Commercial, Finance, and Operational business functions, to help advance the group’s data infrastructure and support in transforming data into actionable insights and triggered events for Business Intelligence (BI) and Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system purposes.This role will be instrumental in leveraging data to ensure a fully integrated approach to data-driven decision-making and also business strategy.Day-to-day tasksWork across the group and with the devisions data partners to leverage all available data, building out the groups database, reporting and insights capabilities to enable data-led decision making.Design, develop and maintain scalable, user-friendly and automated systems, data solutions and reporting that will support our analytical and business needs.Support the insight team with visualisations, reporting and stakeholder engagement through monthly/quarterly/annual departmental reviewsUse data science/statistical modelling tools in collaboration with the analyst team and departmental stakeholders to develop Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) functions and analytics.Create and manage a knowledge-base, including documentation of your designs (e.g., system design, functional design, data flow design) ensuring there is version control and contingency processes for all aspects.Required skills and experience for the roleDemonstrable experience or certification(s) within the field of data engineering, data science, and/or business analysis.Practical experience of database design and data transformation, supported by ETL processing.Managing data pipelines & orchestration that enable the transfer and processing of data. (Databricks, Microsoft Fabric, Alteryx. Snowflake, Apache)Coding and programming, capable of working through complex problems with others from the team, adapting quickly to changing market trends and business needs. (SQL, Python or R)Utilising cloud-based services and corresponding toolsets. (Microsoft Azure, GCP, AWS or similar).Comfortable handling structured and unstructured data, from 1st, 2nd, and 3rd party data sources, combining multiple data sets, to produce a cohesive picture of performance and derive insights and recommendations.Experience working directly with business stakeholders ensuring complex information is articulated in a meaningful way.Applying for the opportunityIf you feel you have the required skills and experience and want to be considered for this opportunity, please forward an up-to-date version of your CV. If we feel your profile is a suitable match, someone will contact you within 48 hours.

BI Engineer (Azure, Python, SQL) Location: Birmingham (4 days a week on-site) Salary: £45k - £48k Opportunity A fantastic opportunity has come up to work for a genuine market leader in an exciting and innovative industry. They plan to build a newly created BI and Data Engineering division to work alongside other Data and Analytics teams across the group. For this role, they need someone to serve as a central resource from within their Strategy and Analytics department, also working with, but not exclusive to, the Commercial, Finance, and Operational business functions, to help advance the group’s data infrastructure and support in transforming data into actionable insights and triggered events for Business Intelligence (BI) and Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system purposes. This role will be instrumental in leveraging data to ensure a fully integrated approach to data-driven decision-making and also business strategy. Day-to-day tasks Work across the group and with the division data partners to leverage all available data, building out the groups database, reporting and insights capabilities to enable data-led decision making.Design, develop and maintain scalable, user-friendly and automated systems, data solutions and reporting that will support our analytical and business needs.Support the insight team with visualisations, reporting and stakeholder engagement through monthly/quarterly/annual departmental reviewsReview new and existing technical solutions to address business requirements including evaluation of platforms, technical solutions, data design approach and code reviews.Orchestrate UAT testing and launch plans, meeting all stakeholder expectations and in line with best practices.Use data science/statistical modelling tools in collaboration with the analyst team and departmental stakeholders to develop Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) functions and analytics.Any other reasonable duties and responsibilities which your line manager or another senior manager at the group asks you to perform.Demonstrate commitment to Safeguarding by adhering to relevant policies, procedures and values relating to safeguarding children and adults at riskSupport the Group’s commitment to equality, diversity and inclusionManage the roadmap, supported by prioritisation determined by senior leadership, for data automations and analytical integrations, driving projects forward.Create and manage a knowledge-base, including documentation of your designs (e.g., system design, functional design, data flow design) ensuring there is version control and contingency processes for all aspects. Required skills and experience for the role Demonstrable experience or certification(s) within the field of data engineering, data science, and/or business analysis.Practical experience of database design and data transformation, supported by ETL processing.Managing data pipelines & orchestration that enable the transfer and processing of data. (Databricks, Microsoft Fabric, Alteryx. Snowflake, Apache)Coding and programming, capable of working through complex problems with others from the team, adapting quickly to changing market trends and business needs. (SQL, Python or R)Utilising cloud-based services and corresponding toolsets. (Microsoft Azure, GCP, AWS or similar).Comfortable handling structured and unstructured data, from 1st, 2nd, and 3rd party data sources, combining multiple data sets, to produce a cohesive picture of performance and derive insights and recommendations.Experience working directly with business stakeholders ensuring complex information is articulated in a meaningful way. Applying for the opportunity If you feel you have the required skills and experience and want to be considered for this opportunity, please forward an up-to-date version of your CV. If we feel your profile is a suitable match, someone will contact you within 48 hours.

Business Systems Technician (SQL Support)Location: Coventry (5 days a week on-site)Salary: up to £32,000A fantastic and rare opportunity to join a growing IT Team located in Coventry as a Business Systems Technician. In this exciting role, you will help support the development and delivery of diverse IT systems across the Group.Applications experience, SQL and data knowledge is essential to be successful in this role as you will also be involved in the management of business systems.The work that you do will have a meaningful impact on their business. You will play a vital role in the management and administration of IT Business Systems; this includes identifying improvements, development, support, and assistance to the business.To be successful in this role our ideal person will have:The drive to understand large volumes of data and system patterns.An eye for understanding complex design (manufacturing, traceability, integration)The confidence to present your products to non-technical audiences.The ability to adapt your communication style to account for varying levels of seniority and your audiences' requirementsBe able to define requirements, create and maintain documentation and conduct thorough testing of various systemsWe will be looking for someone who:Will develop knowledge of the main business systems – ERP, MES and be able to support day-today activities, including administration and basic development.Supporting Business System division to monitor end-user system performance, report issues and maintain communications to ensure appropriate resolutionSupport design of test script, participating in full regression testing for the key business systems and other associated IT systems – ensuring operational impacts are identified and communicated.Essential skills & experience:Good IT skillsAbility to prioritiseExperience in supporting business applicationsKnowledge of MS SQL Server would be advantageousWriting complex SQL queriesAbility to deploy hardware and software configurationProven analytical and problem solving abilityAbility to analyse data with attention to detail, identify associated trends and root cause of issues, implementing corrective action, as and when required.Strong written and verbal communication skillsIf you feel you have the required skills listed for this opportunity and want to apply, please forward an up-to-date version of your CV, and someone will contact you within 48 hours.

Azure Data Engineer Location: Fully Remote or Hybrid / EdinburghSalary: £45,000Working hours: 2 pm - 10.30 pm (Flexible)An award-winning enterprise software scale-up with high ambitions for growth is on the lookout for another Data Engineer to join the team. They recently won the ScotlandIS Digital Tech Scale-up Business of the Year award and have also previously been recognised as Scotland’s fastest-growing tech company in the Deloitte Technology Fast 50 for three consecutive years.What you’ll doImplement, test and deploy Azure Data Factory (ADF) pipeline definitions within version control to customer environments.Work with our Site Reliability Engineering team to ensure your solutions are observable, reliable and performant.Work with our software implementation consultants (SICs) to define and verify specification documents for ETL process.Work with customer IT to test customer data source endpoints to ensure they meet specification.Work with our Engineering teams to ensure end-to-end capability for integrated data.Support cutover to production systems (can be outside normal working hours).Identify improvements to existing Azure Data Factory processes to ensure they are more maintainable across a growing set of customers.About youYou must have at least two years of experience in Azure Data Factory and be comfortable building transparent, easy-to-support pipelines.Experience building and maintaining data integrations with a variety of external systems.Good understanding of the ETL process.Comfortable being in a client-facing role.Excellent communication skills: you can clearly explain technical matters to any audience.Confident working with complex referential data.Knowledge of Rest APIs, SQL databases and other data sources.A team player, with experience collaborating with other departments.You demonstrate good attention to detail and enjoy breaking complex problems down into simple steps.Bonus points if you havePrevious experience directly leading calls with clientsExperience in other Azure data technologies such as Azure DatabricksIntegrated with a variety of downstream data sources, including but not limited to: Cloud services, Custom Rest APIs, Database (on-prem)Applying for the opportunityIf you feel you have the required experience and would like to be considered for the opportunity, please forward an up-to-date version of your CV, and someone will contact you back within 48 hours if we feel you meet the requirements of the role.

Data Engineer (Azure Data Factory)Location: Fully Remote or Hybrid / EdinburghSalary: £45,000Working hours: 2 pm - 10.30 pm (Flexible)An award-winning enterprise software scale-up with high ambitions for growth is on the lookout for another Data Engineer to join the team. They recently won the ScotlandIS Digital Tech Scale-up Business of the Year award and have also previously been recognised as Scotland’s fastest-growing tech company in the Deloitte Technology Fast 50 for three consecutive years.What you’ll doImplement, test and deploy Azure Data Factory (ADF) pipeline definitions within version control to customer environments.Work with our Site Reliability Engineering team to ensure your solutions are observable, reliable and performant.Work with our software implementation consultants (SICs) to define and verify specification documents for ETL process.Work with customer IT to test customer data source endpoints to ensure they meet specification.Work with our Engineering teams to ensure end-to-end capability for integrated data.Support cutover to production systems (can be outside normal working hours).Identify improvements to existing Azure Data Factory processes to ensure they are more maintainable across a growing set of customers.About youYou must have at least two years of experience in Azure Data Factory and be comfortable building transparent, easy-to-support pipelines.Experience building and maintaining data integrations with a variety of external systems.Good understanding of the ETL process.Comfortable being in a client-facing role.Excellent communication skills: you can clearly explain technical matters to any audience.Confident working with complex referential data.Knowledge of Rest APIs, SQL databases and other data sources.A team player, with experience collaborating with other departments.You demonstrate good attention to detail and enjoy breaking complex problems down into simple steps.Bonus points if you havePrevious experience directly leading calls with clientsExperience in other Azure data technologies such as Azure DatabricksIntegrated with a variety of downstream data sources, including but not limited to: Cloud services, Custom Rest APIs, Database (on-prem)Applying for the opportunityIf you feel you have the required experience and would like to be considered for the opportunity, please forward an up-to-date version of your CV, and someone will contact you back within 48 hours if we feel you meet the requirements of the role.

BI Data AnalystLocation: Coventry (on-site)Salary: £31,000A rare opportunity to join a growing IT Team located in Coventry as a Business Systems Technician. In this new and exciting role, you will help support the development and delivery of diverse IT systems across the organisation.Experience working with Applications, SQL and data knowledge is essential to be successful in this opportunity as you will be involved in the management of business systems.The work that you do will have a meaningful impact on the business. You will also play a vital role in the management and administration of IT Business Systems; this includes identifying improvements, development, support, and assistance to the business.To be successful in this role our ideal person will have:An eye for understanding complex design (manufacturing, traceability, integration)The drive to understand large volumes of data and system patterns.The confidence to present your products to non-technical audiences.The ability to adapt your communication style to account for varying levels of seniority and your audiences' requirementsBe able to define requirements, create and maintain documentation and conduct thorough testing of various systemsWe will be looking for someone who:Support design of test script, participating in full regression testing for the key business systems and other associated IT systems – ensuring operational impacts are identified and communicated.Will develop knowledge of the main business systems – ERP, MES and be able to support day-today activities, including administration and basic development.Supporting Business System division to monitor end-user system performance, report issues and maintain communications to ensure appropriate resolution.Essential skills & experience:Good IT skillsAbility to prioritiseExperience in supporting business applicationsKnowledge of MS SQL Server would be advantageousAbility to analyse data with attention to detail, identify associated trends and root cause of issues, implementing corrective action, as and when required.Writing complex SQL queriesAbility to deploy hardware and software configurationProven analytical and problem solving abilityStrong written and verbal communication skillsApplying for the opportunity:If you feel you have the required skills identified for this opportunity and wish to be considered, please forward an up-to-date version of your CV, and someone from Digital Waffle will contact you back within 48 hours if we feel you fit the criteria.

SQL AnalystLocation: Coventry (on-site)Salary: £31,000A rare opportunity to join a growing IT Team located in Coventry as a Business Systems Technician. In this new and exciting role, you will help support the development and delivery of diverse IT systems across the organisation.Experience working with Applications, SQL and data knowledge is essential to be successful in this opportunity as you will be involved in the management of business systems.The work that you do will have a meaningful impact on the business. You will also play a vital role in the management and administration of IT Business Systems; this includes identifying improvements, development, support, and assistance to the business.To be successful in this role our ideal person will have:An eye for understanding complex design (manufacturing, traceability, integration)The drive to understand large volumes of data and system patterns.The confidence to present your products to non-technical audiences.The ability to adapt your communication style to account for varying levels of seniority and your audiences' requirementsBe able to define requirements, create and maintain documentation and conduct thorough testing of various systemsWe will be looking for someone who:Support design of test script, participating in full regression testing for the key business systems and other associated IT systems – ensuring operational impacts are identified and communicated.Will develop knowledge of the main business systems – ERP, MES and be able to support day-today activities, including administration and basic development.Supporting Business System division to monitor end-user system performance, report issues and maintain communications to ensure appropriate resolution.Essential skills & experience:Good IT skillsAbility to prioritiseExperience in supporting business applicationsKnowledge of MS SQL Server would be advantageousAbility to analyse data with attention to detail, identify associated trends and root cause of issues, implementing corrective action, as and when required.Writing complex SQL queriesAbility to deploy hardware and software configurationProven analytical and problem solving abilityStrong written and verbal communication skillsApplying for the opportunity:If you feel you have the required skills identified for this opportunity and wish to be considered, please forward an up-to-date version of your CV, and someone from Digital Waffle will contact you back within 48 hours if we feel you fit the criteria.

BI AnalystLocation: Coventry (on-site)Salary: £31,000A rare opportunity to join a growing IT Team located in Coventry as a Business Systems Technician. In this new and exciting role, you will help support the development and delivery of diverse IT systems across the organisation.Experience working with Applications, SQL and data knowledge is essential to be successful in this opportunity as you will be involved in the management of business systems.The work that you do will have a meaningful impact on the business. You will also play a vital role in the management and administration of IT Business Systems; this includes identifying improvements, development, support, and assistance to the business.To be successful in this role our ideal person will have:An eye for understanding complex design (manufacturing, traceability, integration)The drive to understand large volumes of data and system patterns.The confidence to present your products to non-technical audiences.The ability to adapt your communication style to account for varying levels of seniority and your audiences' requirementsBe able to define requirements, create and maintain documentation and conduct thorough testing of various systemsWe will be looking for someone who:Support design of test script, participating in full regression testing for the key business systems and other associated IT systems – ensuring operational impacts are identified and communicated.Will develop knowledge of the main business systems – ERP, MES and be able to support day-today activities, including administration and basic development.Supporting Business System division to monitor end-user system performance, report issues and maintain communications to ensure appropriate resolution.Essential skills & experience:Good IT skillsAbility to prioritiseExperience in supporting business applicationsKnowledge of MS SQL Server would be advantageousAbility to analyse data with attention to detail, identify associated trends and root cause of issues, implementing corrective action, as and when required.Writing complex SQL queriesAbility to deploy hardware and software configurationProven analytical and problem solving abilityStrong written and verbal communication skillsApplying for the opportunity:If you feel you have the required skills identified for this opportunity and wish to be considered, please forward an up-to-date version of your CV, and someone from Digital Waffle will contact you back within 48 hours if we feel you fit the criteria.