Overview
Our longstanding financial services client is currently hiring a Head of Data Engineering to manage the engineering function and lead the strategy as the business moves from an on-premises SQL environment to cloud. Our client is seeking an individual who has strong experience managing hybrid teams, migrating regulated financial data and a background in large data engineering projects using ETL concepts.
Location & Compensation
Based in Wolverhampton on a hybrid basis. Salary between £120,000 to £130,000 + 40% bonus / LTIP + Car + Benefits.
Role expectations
The chosen candidate must have experience managing/scaling a globally distributed data engineering team, on-premise to cloud data migration experience within a highly regulated environment and led the strategy to build a cloud Data Warehouse, ideally in Azure but AWS would be considered.
Responsibilities
* Lead and develop a high-performing Data Engineering team, setting vision, priorities, and standards.
* Oversee the design, build, and optimisation of data pipelines, ingestion, processing, and storage solutions.
* Embed best practice in governance, documentation, and lifecycle management across the function.
* Collaborate with IT, architecture, and business teams to ensure secure, scalable cloud configurations.
* Champion innovation, exploring new tools, technologies, and methods to enhance capability and efficiency.
Core technical requirements
* Management & Leadership experience of Data Engineering function comprised of SQL and Azure engineers (circa 40) is a must have.
* Demonstrable industry experience of a regulated environment (finance or banking preferred) is a must have.
* Extensive experience in large complex data engineering projects, designing and developing ETL pipelines is a must have.
* Strong experience in data migration techniques from SQL server estate into Azure cloud services is a must have.
* Understanding of data related regulations including BCBS239 / IRB is preferred.
Seniority level
* Mid-Senior level
Employment type
* Full-time
Job function
* Information Technology, Finance, and Management
Industries
* Financial Services, Technology, Information and Media
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