Lead Data Support Analyst
Salary £41,242 to £48,520 (dependent on experience) Contract type Permanent Hours Full Time Location Poole, Dorset, England Location description Hybrid between home and Poole - minimum 3 days per week in office Closing Date 04-01-2026 Reference 20966 Documents (please view all documents)
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About us
Our purpose is simple: to save lives at sea. For 200 years, our lifeboat crews and lifeguards have shown selfless courage to rescue those in peril on the water. Behind them is a dedicated, talented team making it all possible. This is your chance to join that team and use your skills to help save lives every day.
The role
We’re building a dependable, modern data service so RNLI data users can trust the information they use to make decisions quickly and safely. As Lead Data Support Analyst, you’ll own the day-to-day run and operation function for our data estate. You’ll lead our L1/L2 Data Service Desk, set service standards and SLAs, and drive continuous improvement so outages reduce and recoveries are faster. You’ll steward major incident recovery for data services and turn lessons into robust runbooks, knowledge articles, and platform improvements—working closely with Engineering, Integration, BI, IT Service Management, and key suppliers.
You’ll oversee reliability and support for a modern stack that includes Power BI, Databricks, Azure Service Bus, SnapLogic, Gravitee, and observability tooling—ensuring monitoring and alerting are effective and common tasks are automated.
Working pattern
This is primarily an on-site role at our Support Centre in Poole (minimum three days a week) and shift-based. Shifts rotate between:
3. 07:00 – 15:00
4. 09:00 – 17:00
5. 11:00 – 19:00
Due to the 24/7 nature of our lifesaving service, flexibility is essential. We’ll work with you to accommodate personal circumstances where possible.
What you’ll do
6. Lead the L1/L2 Data Service Desk to meet or exceed agreed SLAs, ensuring disciplined incident, request, and problem management.
7. Own and improve monitoring, alerting, and recovery procedures for Databricks jobs, Azure Service Bus queues/topics, SnapLogic pipelines, Gravitee gateways, and Power BI.
8. Partner with Engineering, Integration, BI, Governance, Information Security, IT Service Management, and vendors to remove root causes and prevent recurrences.
9. Drive automation of common tasks and improvements to observability tooling.
About you
You’re a practical service leader who enjoys solving operational data challenges and making things better every week. You’ll bring:
10. Experience leading data or IT service desks, ideally with ITIL or similar frameworks.
11. Strong understanding of incident, problem, and change management in complex environments.
12. Hands-on knowledge of data platforms such as Power BI, Databricks, Azure Service Bus, SnapLogic, and API gateways.
13. Ability to write clear documentation and communicate calmly under pressure.
14. Familiarity with scripting or automation tools is a bonus.
What we offer
15. Competitive pension scheme
16. Flexible working and a culture that values work-life balance
17. 26 days’ annual leave plus Bank Holidays
18. Life assurance
19. Excellent health and dental cash plan