About us
Porterbrook specialises in the leasing and asset management of all types of railway rolling stock and associated equipment. Based in Derby with a corporate Head Office in London and its new Rail Innovation Centre at Long Marston, the organisation is undertaking a period of transformational change as it responds to the changing landscape in rail
About the team
The successful candidate will be joining the Fleet function, a small multi-disciplinary team that supports corporate and project governance, risk management and audits of Train Operating Companies, suppliers and internal Porterbrook processes. The team is part of the Operations Directorate reporting to the Chief Operating Officer
Responsibilities
1. Monitoring and recovery of Azure Data Factory and Databricks jobs
2. Proactive monitoring of data quality
3. Becoming a subject matter expert on understanding Porterbrook’s data sources, ingestion methods and data quality levels
4. Assisting in developing and adhering to associated data governance policies and internal processes
5. Working closely with the wider team to understand the business needs and improve data quality
6. Develop and maintain digital services data quality KPIs
7. Maintaining and monitoring of user facing dashboards and other internal Digital products
8. Updating and patching of existing Digital software products
9. Documenting root cause analysis outputs
Skills and Experience
General Requirements:
10. Public cloud services experience, preferably Microsoft Azure
11. Strong Python and SQL skills for manipulating data
12. Apache Spark and/or Databricks experience
13. Experience in managing end-to-end analytics pipelines (batch and streaming)
14. Experience in root-cause analysis and post-incident reporting in a production environment.
Knowledge and Qualifications
15. A relevant degree in Computer Science, Engineering, and/or relevant certificates including, Azure Data Engineer Associate are desirable
16. Knowledge of railway industry rolling stock, organisation and players
17. Data ingestion methods for real-time and batch ingestion
18. PySpark
19. Debugging Apache Spark workloads
20. Experience using BI visualisation tools, such as Power BI
Key Skills
21. Interpersonal skills
22. Report writing, presentation and record keeping skills
23. Excellent communication and stakeholder management
A great place to work
People are the heart of Porterbrook. Our close knit team is diverse, supportive and flexible. We have a collaborative work ethic both within the company and with our customers and suppliers. In recognition of this we have been awarded:
Investors in People Gold accreditation
24. 3 Best Company awards in 2021 and recognised as an outstanding company to work for
25. Investors in People Engagement award in 2020
26. Investors in People 'We Invest in Wellbeing' Silver accreditation
To learn more about why Porterbrook is a great place to work please visit our website and follow us on social media.
Our benefits
We are seeking the very best talent to join the team, and offer an excellent salary, along with bonus and benefits.
This is a fantastic opportunity to join a great organisation with excellent people and a road map for the future to grow and develop the business. Some of our benefits are listed below:
27. Excellent pension scheme
28. Flexible working
29. Enhanced family friendly policies
30. Ongoing support with professional and personal development
31. Adoption & Shared Parental Leave benefits
32. Enhanced Armed Forces policies
33. Long service awards
34. Porterbrook Star awards
35. Life assurance
36. Healthcare cash plan
37. 25 days’ annual leave + Bank Holidays + option to buy and sell up to 5 days’ additional leave
38. Additional days annual leave for long service
39. Season ticket loan
40. Cycle to work scheme
41. Free parking at our Derby and Long Marston offices
Should you be suitable for the role, the full benefits package will be discussed in more detail during your screening call.