Qlik Talend Team Leader
Vacancy Type: Full Time, Permanent
Location: Stratford-upon-Avon (Hybrid)
Salary: Competitive + up to 10% bonus & benefits
Why choose Valpak?
Valpak has created a friendly and supportive working environment that enables our team to perform to the best of their abilities, with flexible hours, hybrid working options, access to training and opportunities to get involved in various groups to nurture key interests.
With social value at the heart of our business ethos, employees can take a day on us to volunteer for an organisation of their choice, and our Charity Committee organises fundraising events for the employee nominated charity of the year.
Valpak endorses wellbeing and healthy lifestyles, offering subsidised gym membership, optional healthy living seminars and social events, encouraging cross team integration. Plus the “After Work” social group organises regular gatherings – an opportunity to get to know friendly faces.
Our team is passionate, friendly, approachable and dedicated to the business mission – to inspire businesses to do all they can to reduce their environmental impact. If you have an interest in sustainability and like the sound of all Valpak offers, we would love to hear from you!
How will I make a difference?
As the UK’s leading provider of environmental compliance, Valpak strives to work together towards a profitable, sustainable, waste-free world. To date, our teams work in partnership with more than 400 customers, in nearly every corner of the globe.
The Environmental Compliance Advisor role is key to the delivery of Valpak’s core business, compliance solutions, and sits at the heart of the business. The role presents opportunities for the individual to be involved in cross-departmental work and gain knowledge in other areas of the business, allowing the individual to expand and develop their skill sets.
What will I be doing?
Liaise with VDI and IT to allow the smooth transition of data through Qlik Talend
- Put a structure in place to create an environment for Qlik Talend and GitHub to allow easy development of pipelines
- Ensure that Qlik Talend Developers are allocated suitable well-defined requirements
- Act as a point of escalation for any Qlik Talend questions
- Make sure that the Qlik environment is running and that automated pipelines can be ran
Generate and consistently improve Qlik Talend pipelines
- Create and maintain pipelines for each customer’s data
- Create a reusable toolkit of code for validation and transformations that can be used by other customers
- Generate automated validation checks on the received data so that it can be handled more efficiently before loading into the database
- Become an expert in using the Qlik Talend Studio software so that any data transformations requested by the business can be performed
- Use Java code to perform advanced manipulation of the data
- Integrate Apil’s into the Talend Studio
- Keep up to date with improvements in the Qlik Talend Studio to improve data handling
Ensure standards are maintained
- Make sure that data is handled correctly by Qlik Talend and that poor data is not loaded into the Database
- Use GitHub to allow source control of the created pipelines
- Implement Qlik Talend with Data Streams
Liaise with Account Managers to make sure that pipelines can process the data received from Customers
- Liaise with business to understand customer requirements, and to keep the business informed of pipeline progress
- Provide feedback to users about the quality of the customers’ data
- Establish and maintain a data stewardship model that works for the operational team
What kind of businesses will I be working with?
What benefits will I receive?
We strive to make Valpak an employer of choice. Whether it’s achieving work-life balance, helping towards a healthier lifestyle, or saving money. We have a range of benefits to help support you, including:
How do I apply?
To apply for this position, click here.
If you would like to be considered for multiple roles or any future roles, please send your CV to [email protected].
I’ve greatly enjoyed my time at Valpak so far, where I’ve been able to specialise in the part of my role that interests me the most. I’ve had access to training beyond what my role requires and spent time developing my skills.