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Head of Data Engineering

Xpertise Recruitment
Derby
1 year ago
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Xpertise has partnered with a leading tech, digital and data firm looking to rapidly increase the size of its workforce in the next few years. The firm recently opened a lovely Birmingham office, and its data engineering work will be a key pillar of its success. For now, we're looking for a Head of Data Engineering and Data Architecture to lead the firm's Midlands Data Practice. Please see further details below.

Key details:

 

Salary:circa £90,000-110,000

Location:Birmingham + hybrid working model (remote)

Benefits:overall great package, and this is available upon request 

Key skills desired:

  • Hands-on data engineering experience
  • Experience working with either Azure, AWS, or GCP is essential
  • Python development experience is a huge bonus
  • Cloud database management: Snowflake, Databricks, Redshift, Data Factory or BigQuery
  • CI/CD pipeline build and management. Any tools, such as Jenkins, Azure DevOps, GitLab, GitHub Actions or similar, would be great, as they use many!
  • Recent cloud/data architecture work
  • Entrepreneurial mindset
  • Clear communication skills
  • Experience in a client-facing or consulting position

 

Role overview:

It's one of the most exciting roles we have seen so far this year! We effectively need a Lead/Principal/Chief/Head Engineer or Architect who is technically-gifted and can build and then lead a team of data professionals. Therefore, this role will require a mix of leadership, strategic mindset, drive and technical prowess. This will suit any data engineering leader looking for complete autonomy to build a data practice while having limited liability due to the protection of a strong, fledgling brand within the tech and data industries.

 

Interested?Please apply with your CV or email/message Billy Hall for further details.

 

 

 

Xpertise acts as an employment agency

Xpertise has partnered with a leading tech, digital and data firm looking to rapidly increase the size of its workforce in the next few years. The firm recently opened a lovely Birmingham office, and its data engineering work will be a key pillar of its success. For now, we're looking for a Head of Data Engineering and Data Architecture to lead the firm's Midlands Data Practice. Please see further details below.

Key details:

 

Salary: circa £90,000-110,000

Location: Birmingham + hybrid working model (remote)

Benefits: overall great package, and this is available upon request 

Key skills desired:

  • Hands-on data engineering experience
  • Experience working with either Azure, AWS, or GCP is essential
  • Python development experience is a huge bonus
  • Cloud database management: Snowflake, Databricks, Redshift, Data Factory or BigQuery
  • CI/CD pipeline build and management. Any tools, such as Jenkins, Azure DevOps, GitLab, GitHub Actions or similar, would be great, as they use many!
  • Recent cloud/data architecture work
  • Entrepreneurial mindset
  • Clear communication skills
  • Experience in a client-facing or consulting position

 

Role overview:

It's one of the most exciting roles we have seen so far this year! We effectively need a Lead/Principal/Chief/Head Engineer or Architect who is technically-gifted and can build and then lead a team of data professionals. Therefore, this role will require a mix of leadership, strategic mindset, drive and technical prowess. This will suit any data engineering leader looking for complete autonomy to build a data practice while having limited liability due to the protection of a strong, fledgling brand within the tech and data industries.

 

Interested? Please apply with your CV or email/message Billy Hall for further details.

 

 

 

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