What you’ll be doing
as a Data Platform Lead
1. Design and creation of automated maintenance processes leveraging various tools, and identification and suggestions of new tools which reduce effort by the data platform team to support the platform.
2. Support the data hub foundation in promoting the standardisation of delivery across the data landscape.
3. Leadership and area management of a scaling system, coordinating the activities involved
4. Work closely with data products teams so they can exploit and get maximum benefit from the platform, making sure that a wide range of usage scenarios are catered for.
5. Maintain and document the platform elements so that they can be easily understood and accessed, as well as utilised/supported in the long term.
Base location – Hybrid – Clear Water Court Reading/ Kemble Court Reading
Working pattern – 36 hours Monday to Friday
What you should bring to the role
To thrive in this role, the essential criteria you’ll need is:
6. Training or certifications in Azure.
7. Databricks certified data engineer.
8. Efficient in building data platforms and associated maintenance processes for enterprise solutions.
9. Core cloud (Azure) based technical knowledge.
10. Wide range of strong platform support and technical skills. (i.e. Azure DevOps, API creation, PowerShell, Python, SQL)
11. Stakeholder management.
Additional skills and experiences would be great to have:
12. Understanding of architecting solutions taking into account wider considerations.
13. Structured problem-solving techniques.
14. Experience in the Utilities industry.
What’s in it for you?
15. Competitive salary of up to £100,000 per annum depending on experience.
16. Annual Leave - 26 days holiday per year, increasing to 30 with the length of service. (plus bank holidays)
17. Car Allowance.
18. Performance-related pay plan is directly linked to company performance measures and targets.
19. Generous Pension Scheme through AON.
20. Private Medical Health Care.
21. Access to lots of benefits to help you take care of yourself and your family’s health and wellbeing, and your finances – from annual health MOTs and access to physiotherapy and counselling, to Cycle to Work schemes, shopping vouchers and life assurance.