About the Team:

VirginMediaO2 is the most innovative communications companies in the UK, and the name behind flagship brands and products, we’re thinking bigger than ever before.  We’re taking on new challenges and exploring new ways to open up the world for our millions of customers.  Our mission is to make our world more human by connecting lives.  And you could be part of it all.

As part of their digital transformation strategy, VirginMediaO2 has established an Automation Centre of Excellence (CoE) to execute the automation of their customer-facing and back office processes. These business processes must be executed faster with the aid of Automation toolsets, with accuracy and in some cases, in real time in order to support end-to-end digital customer journeys. The Automation CoE is responsible for the automation of VirginMediaO2 processes to support this strategic initiative.

From this perspective, the Automation CoE is a critical capability which will enable the business to transform its business model and support digitisation and vast operational efficiencies.

About the Role:

The Automation Data Engineer is responsible to gathering and maintaining application test data for the Automation development teams.

Key Responsibilities:

• Responsible for providing all the test data needed by the Development and Test factories in our Automation team
• Responsible for validating the Data Identification - Identify the data items needed as per the development test use cases
• Accountable for the mechanics of ensuring the application data is “fetched” or generated and made available for the Dev/Test, UAT and PIT aspects of the development lifecycle
• Ensure most efficient Data Extraction method is utilised- The Data is moved using authorised tools and authoritative sources.
• Ensure that when test data is held in multiple source repositories, a common set of field list is defined with an authoritative source
• Ensure any masking of sensitive testing data is performed - PII Data Handling (Production Data Usage) and existing Data regulations (e.g. GDPR) are followed for the production PII data use
• Ensure the process of obtaining the application test data is automated as possible utilising our own Automation toolsets
• Ensure the application data is prepared in advance of development schedules and aligns with the Automation Ways of Working mechanics
• Ensure up to date data is maintained between production systems and applications used in reference and test environments
• Ensure Data quality is acceptable and meets the development and testing needs for which it is intended
• Ensure Data Archiving has been defined and is managed appropriately throughout the development lifecycle and is also made available for future development and testing

What We Need from You:

Experience in:

• Microsoft SQL DB
• ETL toolsets
• Scripting
• MS Azure hosting and tools
• Scrum development methodology
• DevOps skillset and mindset
• Jira and Confluence

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We’re looking to pay a great compensation package (depending on experience) for this position. We also offer plenty of extras to sweeten the deal, which could include things like bonuses, life assurance cover, health care and lots of flexible benefits.  

Also, every employee has their personal development supported with a LinkedIn learning account; plus other role specific learning available through our award-winning digital learning platform - O2 Campus. 

We also believe a great work-life balance is important, so we’re open to considering flexible working arrangements. Like to know more, feel free to raise it.  

Join us and we’ll encourage you to be bold every day. So take a deep breath, your career is about to go to exciting new places. 

If you have any questions around the role then please email ResourceTUK@o2.com who will be happy to help