Emirates Hiring for National Graduate Training Programme (UAE Nationals only) – Lead Data Engineer at Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates Full Time

Full Job Description

Job Purpose
Do you want to be part of one of the leading and
fastest growing global brands based in one of the world’s most
exciting and vibrant cities A world where ambitions fly high and our
people are at the centre of what we do
We have an exciting
opportunity for talented UAE national graduates to join us in Dubai,
United Arab Emirates as part of a three phased Enterprise Analytics
(Data Engineering) Graduate Programme.
The objective of this
programme is to select business thinking UAE national graduates having
good foundation of Data Engineering technologies and provide them
opportunities to build a career path in Enterprise Analytics, one of
the key functions within an organisation. Once you graduate from this
programme, you will be a qualified data engineer, gaining both
technical and soft skills, to allow you to grow within the profession
or move into a leadership role within the business.
What will I
do

You will become an integral part of the Emirates Group
Enterprise Analytics (Data Engineering) team supporting one of the
world’s most dynamic and diverse aviation groups.
You will design
and engineer self-service ready data & analytics products, empowering
and enabling our business with data-driven decision making. You will
be working with a large engineering team using most modern
technologies to scope, plan and implement enterprise data products.
You will be collaborating with appropriate level of management in the
business and other stakeholders.
Qualifications &
Experience
Below are some of the skills & experiences we are
looking for:
Degree or Honours (12+3 or equivalent) in Computer
Science, Computational Mathematics, Computer Engineering, Software
Engineering with a CGPA of 3.0 and above
– Excellent conceptual,
numerical and analytical skills
– Strong English communication and
presentation skills (written and verbal)
– Aptitude for continuous
learning and independent work
– Good interpersonal and
collaboration skills
– Candidates should hold a valid UAE passport
and Khulasat Al Qaid
– Military services clearance
status

The graduation program candidate requires to complete
minimum one internship project involving implementation of a data
product conducting required source system analysis, data profiling,
source-to-target mapping activities and data modelling. The data
product should be implemented using Spark Scala /SQL
The duration
of the programme is 18 months and is divided into three main
phases:

Phase 1: 8 months
During this period, you will be
inducted to enterprise analytics capabilities, data engineering goals,
best practices, tools and technologies, data products and engineering
framework. You will work within a team, complete data engineering
coding and design tasks on problems of medium scope and complexity.
You will involve in building stable, scalable and maintainable data
products. As part of the learning path, you will complete formal
certification of Data Engineering. You will be seeking regular
feedback from peers and leaders to review and revise
learning.

Phase 2: 8 months
During this period, you will
collaborate with members of the cross-functional team to identify
areas of inefficiency and propose suitable solutions. You will be
effectively contributing to optimal resource utilization, cost
reduction, technical debt remediation, service improvement and reuse
value. You will be seeking timely feedback from cross-functional
stakeholders and aligning to data engineering organization
capabilities

Phase 3 – 2 months
During this phase, you
will complete final performance review required as part of graduation
process. Upon successful completion of graduation, you will work
aligning to the engineering goals of a full-fledged lead data
engineer.
Salary & Benefits
Join us in Dubai and enjoy an
attractive tax-free salary and travel benefits that are exclusive to
our industry, including discounts on flights and hotels stays around
the world. You can find out more information about our employee
benefits in the Working Here section of our website Further
information on what’s it like to live and work in our cosmopolitan
home city, can be found in the Dubai Lifestyle section.