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Head of Data Engineering

Intec Select
Wolverhampton
1 month ago
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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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