Data Platform & Cloud Migration Lead

Sadler Recruitment; Cardiff; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Autonomy over tooling and delivery

Senior role with lasting impact

Job summary

Sadler Recruitment seeks a hands-on Database Systems Lead to own the modernisation of the core data infrastructure in a hybrid Cardiff setting. You will design a cloud migration, build data pipelines, and shape the front-end reporting experience while guiding staff through the transition.

This role combines technical delivery with organisational change, requiring leadership, engagement with stakeholders, and a focus on data governance and security across the organisation.

Qualifications

• Significant contribution to data, database, or systems transformation programmes.
• Strong SQL experience and data governance knowledge.
• Experience with data integrity, integration, and legacy code.
• Translating business requirements into practical technical solutions.
• Project management across a multi-phase programme.
• Experience designing and delivering reporting dashboards.

Responsibilities

• Lead workshops and stakeholder engagement to define requirements and priorities.
• Build the migration from on-premise data to a modern data cloud platform, including ETL pipelines and performance tuning.
• Design and deliver self-service reporting dashboards replacing legacy tools.
• Establish data governance, access control, and compliance standards across the organisation.
• Manage third-party vendors and infrastructure procurement.
• Lead and develop existing staff through the programme, embedding new ways of working.

Skills

SQL

Data warehousing

ETL pipelines

Data governance

Stakeholder engagement

Project management

Team leadership

Reporting design

Tools

Cloud platforms

Job description

Sadler Recruitment seeks a hands-on Database Systems Lead to own the modernisation of the core data infrastructure in a hybrid Cardiff setting. You will design a cloud migration, build data pipelines, and shape the front-end reporting experience while guiding staff through the transition.

This role combines technical delivery with organisational change, requiring leadership, engagement with stakeholders, and a focus on data governance and security across the organisation.