Head of Data Engineering

IntecSelect
Head of Data Engineering – £100-125k

Overview:
A reputable financial services corporation is recruiting a Head of Data Engineering to develop an industry leading data engineering team and heading up the transformation from Legacy systems in to an automated Azure cloud environment. The chosen Head of Data Engineering will have recent experience of enterprise data engineering projects, designing and developing ETL pipelines and providing technical leadership within a Microsoft environment. This is an exciting role, where the chosen candidate will help rebuild the current data environment, hiring a new team and transitioning into cloud.

Our client is offering a permanent salary of £125k with 40% bonus, 30 days annual leave as well as share options to be located in Chatham or Wolverhampton on a hybrid basis ( 1 day per week in the office ).

Role responsibilities:
Drive Data Engineering roadmaps and their priorities
Ensure Data Governance standards, polices and controls are built in to engineering practises
Ensure the Data Engineering deliver on time and to expected quality
Own the data development life cycle and methodologies to ensure
Lead and manage the Data Engineering teams workload
Advise and contribute to delivery planning and projects for all Data Engineering elements
Work closely with wider IT to ensure data security and cloud configuration always remains at an optimum performance
Work alongside other internal teams to train and migrate them to use data platforms and solutions
Continually look for innovative ways to make improvements based on the latest trends and research
Recruit and lead a high performing team of data engineers
Prepare, present and effectively communicate on data engineering issues and trends to senior forums and management committees

Core skill set:
Leadership of a technical data team
Strong understanding of cloud data solutions within a regulated environment (preferably Azure).
Management of project resources and budgets
Extensive experience of large complex Data Engineering projects, designing and developing ETL pipelines
Experience in Data Engineering techniques and concepts including data ingestion, processing and storage
Strong programming and query language (including SQL)
Strong analytical and problem solving skills with a high attention to detail and a focus on continuous improvement

Package:
£100,000 to £125,000
40% bonus
13% pension
30 days annual leave
Share options
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Head of Data Engineering £100-125k