Data Specialist - DevOps Engineer

Overview

In this role you will advance Morrisons' data strategy by managing a GCP-based data environment and maturing DataOps practices. You split time between infrastructure automation and building data pipelines that feed BI and AI tooling. You’ll implement scalable, secure, and cost-aware pipelines and infrastructure using Terraform and BigQuery, impacting data availability and performance for Looker dashboards. You’ll collaborate with the Data Ops leader and a delivery partner to drive adoption and reliable data delivery.

Pay / Benefits

• 15% discount in store
• Annual bonus scheme
• Market leading pension
• Private healthcare
• MyPerks discounts with 850+ retailers
• Free parking onsite

Responsibilities

• Provision GCP infrastructure with Terraform (BigQuery datasets, Cloud Storage, IAM, compute resources)
• Implement fine-grained access controls and data security measures in BigQuery via IaC
• Optimize resource use and costs in GCP (compute slots, storage)
• Develop automated ETL/ELT pipelines to load diverse data sources into BigQuery
• Design and manage CI/CD workflows with Jenkins for data pipelines and infra updates
• Collaborate with Data Analysts to optimize BigQuery schemas and performance for Looker dashboards
• Set up Cloud Monitoring and Logging to monitor Jenkins jobs and pipeline health

Key requirements

• 3–5 years in a combined DevOps and Data Engineering role
• Proven GCP production environment experience
• Terraform proficiency for GCP infrastructure management
• Jenkins experience for CI/CD and automation
• SQL (BigQuery dialect) and Python proficiency
• Some Looker (LookML) familiarity or supporting Looker data models is desirable

• collaboration with data engineers and analysts
• ability to influence onshore and offshore supplier teams
• clear communication translating technical concepts for non-technical stakeholders
• GCP services: BigQuery, Cloud Storage, IAM, Cloud Composer, Cloud Run Functions
• Terraform for GCP
• Jenkins for CI/CD