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Work on brands that are loved and improve the lives of our consumers and the communities around us. We are driven by our purpose: to make sustainable living commonplace, and it is our belief that doing business the right way drives superior performance. At the heart of what we do is our people - we believe that when our people work with purpose, we will create a better business and a better world.\nAt Unilever, your career will be a unique journey, grounded in our inclusive, collaborative, and flexible working environment. We don’t believe in the ‘one size fits all’ approach and instead we will equip you with the tools you need to shape your own future.\n Job Purpose\nThe Ops Excellence - Global Data Engineer owns the end-to-end data platform that powers global operational reporting, including the PEX data product, the Product Data Store (PDS) and the OPTICS 4-Layer Reporting Framework (Engage, Perform, Manage).\nThe role is accountable for building, running and governing reliable, secure and cost-efficient data pipelines on GCP and Databricks, from source ingestion through to the Power BI frontend.\nThe position combines data engineering, platform operations and product ownership: ensuring pipelines run on time, data is accurate, releases are controlled, the platform is compliant with Unilever architecture and security standards, and the solution is ready to scale for future reporting and data democratization needs across global hubs and markets.\n What Will Your Main Responsibilities Be\nA. Data Platform Engineering & Pipeline Development\nDesign, build and maintain scalable data pipelines on GCP and Databricks (SQL, PySpark) feeding the PEX data product, PDS and OPTICS reporting layers.\nDevelop and manage data assets in Unity Catalog, including schemas, tables, lineage and access policies.\nManage storage and security components across GCS (Google Cloud Storage), IAM (Identity & Access Management) and Secret Manager.\nBuild and operate pipeline orchestration through the applicable target-state framework, such as Managed Airflow / Cloud Composer, Orion, Databricks Workflows or GCP Workflows.\nApply Data Lake and Product Data Store architecture principles to ensure a structured, reusable and well-modelled data layer. B. 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This means giving full and fair consideration to all applicants and continuing development of all employees regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership, and pregnancy and maternity.\nUnilever is an organisation committed to equity, inclusion and diversity to drive our business results and create a better future, every day, for our diverse employees, global consumers, partners, and communities. We believe a diverse workforce allows us to match our growth ambitions and drive inclusion across the business. At Unilever we are interested in every individual bringing their ‘Whole Self’ to work and this includes you! 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