Data Platform Engineering Strategy Lead provides strategic and hands-on leadership to modernize, optimize, and innovate the enterprise data platform
across corporate banking domains. The role unites architecture strategy, AI/ML enablement, and practical engineering guidance to accelerate delivery, improve
scalability and cost efficiency, and ensure alignment to enterprise governance, standards, and approved tooling. The Lead partners closely with
Platform/CTI/System teams and Agile Release Trains to define reusable patterns, de‑risk delivery, and translate proofs of concept into repeatable,
production‑grade solutions—while championing data literacy and responsible technology adoption
This Position will be a 6 month Rolling contract on a hybrid working basis with 3 days required in the Bromley based office
Required Skills:
1. 10+ years in data engineering/architecture across cloud or hybrid environments, with measurable impact on modernization, scalability, and cost optimization.
2. Hands‑on expertise with cloud‑native Lakehouse platforms (Databricks, Snowflake), streaming (Kafka), ETL/ELT (Informatica), BI (MicroStrategy, Tableau, ThoughtSpot), and relational databases.
3. Programming proficiency in Python and SQL for data engineering, automation, and AI/ML pipelines.
4. Strong understanding of AI/ML concepts, platform choices, model lifecycle/MLOps, and integration into enterprise data platforms.
5. Knowledge of metadata, lineage, data quality, and governance tooling (Collibra DQ, SALT, Informatica EDC).
6. Familiarity with distributed query engines (Starburst), Graph databases (TigerGraph), NoSQL (eg. MongoDB), open table formats (Iceberg, Delta Lake), and data mesh Principles.
Job Title: Data Platform Engineering Strategy Lead
Location: Bromley, UK
Job Type: Contract
Trading as TEKsystems. Allegis Group Limited, Maxis 2, Western Road, Bracknell, RG12 1RT, United Kingdom. No. 2876353. Allegis Group Limited operates as an Employment Business and Employment Agency as set out in the Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses Regulations 2003. TEKsystems is a company within the Allegis Group network of companies (collectively referred to as "Allegis Group"). Aerotek, Aston Carter, EASi, Talentis Solutions, TEKsystems, Stamford Consultants and The Stamford Group are Allegis Group brands.