Data Engineering Specialist

Data Engineering Specialist

Salary £60,000 - £72,000

A bit about the job:

As a Senior Data Engineering Specialist at Aviva, you’ll help shape the Customer Data Platform that powers our business. You’ll design, build, and evolve highly scalable data pipelines and platforms, enabling fast, reliable data access for analytics and operational data‑driven applications. This role calls for deep expertise across data engineering, software development, and system architecture—and the curiosity to keep pushing what’s possible.

Skills and experience we’re looking for:

• Senior Data Engineering Expertise – 10+ years designing and building scalable data pipelines, data lakes, and data warehouses supporting both batch and real‑time use cases
• Programming & Big Data Frameworks – Strong proficiency in Python, Java/Scala, and SQL, with hands‑on experience using Spark, Hadoop, and Kafka in distributed environments
• Cloud‑Native Data Platforms – Deep experience across AWS (EMR, S3, Redshift, Glue, Lambda, Kinesis, SQS) and Infrastructure as Code using Terraform
• Modern Data Platforms & Orchestration – Skilled in Docker, Kubernetes, Airflow, and working with both SQL and NoSQL databases to deliver reliable, fault‑tolerant systems
• DevOps & Engineering Best Practices – Advanced CI/CD automation with Azure DevOps, Jenkins, Git version control, monitoring and logging, and Agile software development practices

What you’ll get for this role:

Our purpose - with you today, for a better tomorrow – is a promise we make to our colleagues too.  And one of the ways we live up to that promise is by investing in you.  We have so much to offer when it comes to being an Aviva colleague.

• Salary: £60,000 - £72,000 based (depending on location, skills, experience, and qualifications)

• Bonus opportunity 10% of annual salary - Actual amount depends on your performance and Aviva’s
• Generous pension scheme - Aviva will contribute up to 14%, depending on what you put in
• 29 days holiday plus bank holidays, and you can choose to buy or sell up to 5 days
• Make your money go further - Up to 40% discount on Aviva products, and other retailer discounts
• Up to £1,200 of free Aviva shares per year through our Matching Share Plan and share in the success of Aviva with our Save As You Earn scheme
• Brilliantly supportive policies including parental and carer’s leave
• Flexible benefits to suit you, including sustainability options such as cycle to work
• Make a difference, be part of our Aviva Communities and use your 3 paid volunteering days to help others
• We take your wellbeing seriously with lots of support and tools

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Aviva is for everyone:

We’re inclusive and welcome everyone – we want applications from all backgrounds and experiences. Excited but not sure you tick every box? Even if you don’t, we would still encourage you to apply. We also consider all forms of flexible working, including part time and job shares.

We flex locations, hours and working patterns to suit our customers, business, and you. Most of our people are smart working – spending around 50% of their time in our offices every week - combining the benefits of flexibility, with time together with colleagues.

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We interview every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the job. Once you’ve applied, please send us an email stating that you have a disclosed disability, and we’ll interview you.

We’d love it if you could submit your application online. If you require an alternative method of applying, please give Harjot Kaur a call on 07353138456 or send an email to harjot.kaur@aviva.com