You bring extensive experience in data engineering leadership and a strong technical background, combined with a proven track record of aligning data initiatives with business priorities. You’ll have a solid academic or professional foundation in Computer Science, Data Engineering or Information Systems, alongside demonstrable expertise working with major cloud data platforms such as Azure, AWS or GCP.
In this role, you’ll draw upon your deep knowledge of data warehousing, data lakes and Lakehouse architectures, as well as your experience designing and deploying ETL/ELT pipelines, DevOps practices and real-time streaming technologies. You should also be comfortable working with integration methods (APIs), data services and ensuring seamless system interoperability.
Key requirements include:
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Strong understanding of data governance, GDPR compliance and metadata management
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Experience managing supplier performance and third-party IT contracts
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Proven project and delivery management skills using Agile and/or Waterfall approaches
To be successful, you’ll be an excellent communicator and stakeholder manager, capable of engaging and influencing at all levels. You’ll combine strategic thinking with strong analytical and problem-solving skills, enabling you to drive best practice in data engineering and integration across the organisation.
If you’re ready to lead a critical function that drives data excellence and integration innovation, we’d love to hear from you.
Benefits:
In addition to working for a successful co-operative business, we offer our colleagues fantastic benefits, including:
- 34 days annual leave pro-rata (including bank holidays), rising to 39 days after 5 years' service
- Pension scheme (with up to 12% employer contributions)
- Generous colleague discount rates across our family of businesses
- Annual discretionary colleague bonus to reward you for your hard work, based on the achievement of your objectives
- Private medical insurance underwritten by BUPA
We are an “Investors in People - Platinum” employer, meaning that we have been recognised as one of the country’s top employers, offering progression opportunities to all our colleagues. As your confidence grows, you’ll have the opportunity to build the skills necessary to further progress your career and help to open up future opportunities. Whether you’re thinking of a future with us or looking to develop your skills with a community-focused business, we’ll work together with you to shape your career for the better.