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SALARY: Up to £71,000 pa dependent on experience
LOCATION: Milton Keynes
HYBRID WORKING: Our current hybrid working policy requires 20% of working time to be based in the Milton Keynes office; flexibility is required to meet business needs. This team is in up to 3 days each week, so please ensure you can meet this before applying.
HOURS / CONTRACT TYPE: Full-time permanent 35 hours per week
CLOSING DATE: 19th September. We reserve the right to close the advert earlier if we receive a high volume of applications.
We’re looking for a Lead Data Platform Engineer to lead, support and advance our current, transitional and future Enterprise Data & BI technology and data platform initiatives. In this newly created, critical role you will be establishing the data platform strategy, roadmap, standards, policies and best practices—addressing both current and future complex data platform engineering, technical and security requirements.
What You’ll Be Doing
* Provide strategic, platform and technical leadership in our Enterprise Data & BI function within established data architecture blueprints and strategy, both locally and with HQ in Germany
* Support developing our enterprise data target operating model by leading data platform capability in conjunction with the wider data team including design and deployment of data platform technologies, policies, best practice, compliance and governance
* Lead the management and continuous upgrades of all platforms in conjunction with HQ, 3rd party suppliers, wider data team, IT security and infrastructure to ensure compliance of our platforms
* Responsibility for all data platform documentation using Jira and Confluence to provide reporting
* Lead enterprise data platform outcomes through PI/Agile planning and delivery, making informed decisions on complex issues to support solution and data product development
* Communicate shared technical goals and direction for the team, train and guide them for effective implementation across all data products, domains and other data capabilities
* Lead the Data Platform Engineering Community of Practice (COP) updating on industry trends and developments
What You’ll Bring
You’ll be an experienced Data & BI professional who has proven leadership of platform teams, platform management, data transformation & structures, metadata, dependency and workload management. You’ll have a great understanding of industry standard enterprise data platforms and technologies and a passion for sharing this knowledge to achieve fantastic customer outcomes.
Essential Experience & Skills
* Expert knowledge of data platforms such as Informatica (IPC/IDMC), SAP Data Services, Collibra, Tableau, SAP Business Objects and Oracle Datawarehouse
* Advanced data knowledge with relational databases, query authoring (Oracle SQL & PL/SQL) and a variety of other databases
* Understanding of enterprise data management capabilities – data platforms, data engineering, BI, data governance, data architecture and data operations
* Experience in maintenance and upgrades of enterprise data and BI platforms and in building and optimising big data pipelines, architectures and data sets
* Strong ETL design and development experience and knowledge of data pipelines (DS scheduler, Automic, Airflow) and product workflow management tools
* Stakeholder management and working with 3rd party suppliers, potentially UK and Germany
* Excellent communication, adaptable to different audiences
* Experience in Agile teams, value streams and COP, working across functions in a dynamic environment
* Experience performing root cause analysis on data and BI platforms and processes to identify opportunities for improvement
* Willingness to learn and adopt new technology and to encourage others
What’s in it for you?
* Bonus: Discretionary 10% on-target bonus (based on personal and Group company performance)
* Pension: Employer pension contribution of 9% (based on employee contribution of 3%); VWFS will pay 6% if employee chooses a 2% employee contribution
* Car schemes: Choice of Employee Car Ownership (ECO) for petrol/diesel and hybrid, plus car insurance; OR Company Car scheme for Battery Electric Vehicles (BEVs) with insurance
* Other benefits: Income protection, life assurance (4x salary), retail discount vouchers, Care Concierge, salary sacrifice options including will writing and cycle to work
* Private medical insurance after probation; option to buy family cover; loan car scheme for up to 2 cars for partner or eligible family members; optional critical illness and dental cover during benefit window
* Access to LinkedIn Learning via Degreed and professional development programmes, mentoring schemes and reciprocal partnerships
No candidate will meet every single qualification, but VWFS welcomes diverse experiences and values learning and contribution to the role.
Why join VWFS UK?
You’ll have the opportunity to make a difference by applying your expert knowledge of data platforms and platform management to help us achieve our mission: to be The Key to Mobility.
EEO Statement: VWFS is proud to be an inclusive employer and encourages applications from a diverse range of candidates. If you need reasonable adjustments, please contact our Resourcing Team.
Seniority level
* Mid-Senior level
Employment type
* Full-time
Job function
* Engineering and Information Technology
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