Viva Insight Data Engineer
A 12-month fixed-term contract owning the Microsoft Viva Insights data environment at a financial services organisation: administering the platform, managing data ingestion, quality and governance, building pipelines, and integrating with HR and survey systems. Core stack: Viva Insights, Microsoft 365, Python, SQL (Hive/Hue).
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- London, United Kingdom
- Work setup
- Not specified
- Seniority
- Not specified
- Employment
- Contract
- Experience
- Not specified
- Category
- Data engineering
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- Proven experience administering Microsoft Viva Insights
- Experience with the Microsoft 365 Admin Centre
- Strong data management and cleansing experience
- Experience working with large and complex data environments
- Strong understanding of data governance
- Experience building and managing data pipelines
- Experience integrating data across multiple systems
- Experience with Python
- Experience with SQL, including Hive/Hue
- Experience with data flows and enterprise data environments
- Data manipulation and analysis skills
- Data modelling and transformation experience
- Understanding of Copilot data management concepts and controls
- Strong stakeholder management skills
- Ability to work across technical and business teams
- Experience working in a complex enterprise environment
Nice to have
- Experience in HR or People Analytics
- Experience with organisational data
- Employee survey data integration experience
- Experience with Data Science environments
- Experience in global or matrixed organisations
- Advanced analytics and machine learning project experience
Full description
We are working with a leading financial services organisation to recruit a Viva Insights Specialist & Data Engineer on a 12-month fixed-term contract.
This is an exciting opportunity to take ownership of a Microsoft Viva Insights data environment, ensuring high-quality, accurate and secure organisational data within a complex enterprise environment.
You will combine Viva Insights administration, data engineering, data governance and analytics, working closely with HR, People Analytics, Data Science and wider business teams.
The Role
You will be responsible for managing and improving the Viva Insights data environment, ensuring data is accurate, consistent and fit for purpose.
Key responsibilities will include:
- Managing the Viva Insights data environment.
- Administering the Microsoft Viva Insights platform.
- Managing data uploads, validation and cleansing.
- Overseeing data ingestion through Microsoft 365 systems.
- Configuring organisational hierarchies and access management.
- Maintaining data fields, attributes and metadata.
- Monitoring and improving data quality.
- Designing and maintaining data pipelines.
- Integrating Viva Insights with HR systems and survey platforms.
- Building and maintaining data warehouses and data lakes.
- Supporting data modelling and transformation.
- Developing data processing and analysis solutions.
- Ensuring data is secure, accessible and compliant.
- Implementing data governance and control frameworks.
- Supporting audit and compliance requirements.
- Working with Data Science teams to support advanced analytics.
- Translating business requirements into effective data solutions.
- Supporting organisational effectiveness and People Analytics programmes.
- Providing trusted data for senior leadership reporting.
About You
We are looking for an experienced Viva Insights and data professional with a strong understanding of complex data environments.
You should have:
- Proven experience administering Microsoft Viva Insights.
- Experience with the Microsoft 365 Admin Centre.
- Strong data management and cleansing experience.