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Aker Systems was founded in 2017 by a team of reputed company technology professionals who recognised an opportunity to provide highly secure enterprise data platforms to large organisations. We build and operate ground-breaking, ultra-secure, high performance, cloud-based data infrastructure for the enterprise. Our proprietary technology solutions drive performance and reduce costs while helping our clients to improve the management and sharing of data across their organisations. In 2024, Aker Systems won the Breakthrough Culture Awards highlighting growth companies putting culture first. In 2020 Aker Systems was recognised as a ‘One to Watch’ on the Sunday Times Tech Track. The Company was also recognised at the Thames Valley Tech Awards 2020; winning the Thames Valley Tech Company of the year, the Emerging Tech Company and High Growth Tech Business categories. We encourage people of reputed company different backgrounds and identities to apply. 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Data Engineering & Databases Extensive experience developing and operating enterprise-scale data platforms. Strong SQL skills and experience designing data models for analytical and operational workloads. Proficiency in Python or other modern programming languages used for data engineering. Experience configuring, tuning and optimising relational and NoSQL databases. Cloud & Software Engineering Strong experience working with AWS cloud services, including EC2, RDS, reputed company, reputed company, Glue, S3 and IAM. Experience working reputed company Agile delivery environments. Strong understanding of Test-Driven Development (TDD) and automated testing practices. Experience implementing CI/CD pipelines and engineering automation. Strong understanding of Infrastructure as Code principles. Experience using version control systems such as Git. 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A focus on delivering practical solutions that create value for clients. A passion for building reliable, scalable and secure data platforms. Education Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Software Engineering, Data Engineering, Mathematics or a reputed company technical discipline, or equivalent practical experience. Aker Systems Attributes At Aker we work as a team; we are collaborative, hardworking, open, and delivery obsessed. There is no blame culture here: try things, and take responsibility for the outcomes. You are always part of the wider Aker. We help our colleagues and take pride in successfully achieving difficult tasks. We run towards problems and help to solve them. Communicate always, do so accurately and in a timely fashion. In return, we offer a competitive salary, 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, company paid medical insurance and life assurance, pension scheme, annual training allowance, wellbeing allowance, virtual GP, Employee Assistance plan and more. 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