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Senior Data Engineer
Abbott Laboratories · 🌍 Ireland - Kilkenny
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About the role
JOB DESCRIPTION: About Abbott Abbott is a global healthcare leader that helps people live more fully at all stages of life. Our portfolio of life-changing technologies spans the spectrum of healthcare, with leading businesses and products in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals and branded generic medicines. Our 114,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries. Abbott in Ireland Abbott has been operating in Ireland since 1946 and serves the Irish market with a diverse range of healthcare products including diagnostics, diabetes care, medical devices and nutritional products. In Ireland, Abbott currently employs about 6,000 people across ten sites located in Dublin, Donegal, Clonmel, Cootehill, Galway, Kilkenny, Longford and Sligo. Please note any offer of employment for this position is conditional upon the successful completion of a pre-employment medical examination, including drug and alcohol screening, conducted by a medical practitioner designated by the Company. Abbott Diabetes Care Kilkenny Abbott Diabetes Care has opened a new site, in Kilkenny, that is at the forefront of Diabetes care with the latest technology, to manufacture FreeStyle blood glucose test strips and FreeStyle Sensors for use in diabetes management. Among Abbott Diabetes Care leading brands are the FreeStyle Precision, FreeStyle Lite and FreeStyle Libre systems. This is how you can make a difference at Abbott: This is a unique opportunity to play a pivotal role in advancing engineering, manufacturing, and digital transformation initiatives across our global operations network. Working closely with stakeholders throughout Europe and the United States, you will design and deliver scalable data solutions that drive operational excellence, enhance decision-making, and enable next-generation analytics capabilities. As a senior member of the team, you will help shape our newly established Databricks platform, defining standards, architecture, and best practices that will form the foundation of our future data and AI strategy. If you are passionate about building modern data platforms, solving complex technical challenges, and delivering measurable business value through data, we would love to hear from you. Key Responsibilities • Design, develop, and maintain scalable data pipelines and data products supporting engineering, manufacturing, quality, and operational analytics. • Develop robust ETL/ELT frameworks to ingest, transform, and deliver data from a wide range of enterprise and manufacturing systems. • Implement and optimize cloud-based data solutions using Databricks, Apache Spark, and modern Lakehouse architecture principles. • Ensure data quality, reliability, security, and governance across the entire data lifecycle. • Create reusable, maintainable, and well-documented data engineering solutions that support long-term business scalability. Lead Databricks Development • Play a key role in the evolution of our Databricks platform and broader data ecosystem. • Develop solutions using Databricks, Delta Lake, Spark, Python, and SQL. • Establish engineering standards, development practices, monitoring frameworks, and deployment processes. • Influence platform architecture and design decisions that support analytics, machine learning, and AI use cases. • Collaborate with IT, infrastructure, and cybersecurity teams to ensure secure and compliant platform operations. Enable Data-Driven Manufacturing • Integrate data from manufacturing and business systems, including MES, SCADA, Historian, ERP, laboratory, equipment, and quality systems. • Support Industry 4.0 and Smart Manufacturing initiatives through advanced data integration and analytics capabilities. • Identify trends, opportunities, and performance improvements from c