Data platform engineer in healthcare

CF; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Flexible benefits

Pension plan

Annual leave purchase

Life insurance

Private healthcare

Job summary

CF ищет ведущего инженера платформы для роли старшего технического лидера по дизайн-архитектуре и руководства команде data-инженеров. Вы будете отвечать за проектирование и реализацию облачной инфраструктуры, обеспечение соответствия требованиям NHS и GDPR, а также за развитие многорегиональной платформы.

Вы будете взаимодействовать с директором, Lead Data Scientist и партнёрами, чтобы обеспечить delivery и качество артефактов, а также участие в коммерческих обсуждениях и технических материалов

Qualifications

• Около 4 лет опыта в data- или platform-инжиниринге, с ролью senior/lead.
• Глубокая экспертиза облачной архитектуры и безопасной конструкции данных, включая IAM и сеть; Databricks и OCI.
• Сильные Python и SQL, опыт продакшн-пайплайнов на PySpark/Spark.
• Опыт инфраструктуры как кода, CI/CD и Git/GitHub.
• Есть история настройки инженерных стандартов, проектирования и документации.
• Опыт руководства доставкой технических работ, управление мощностями.
• Опыт наставничества инженеров и постановки целей.
• Опыт проектирования под NHS IG, ISO 27001 и GDPR либо аналогичные рамки.
• Умение ясно объяснять решения по дизайну техническим и нетехническим аудиториям.
• Готовность выступать техническим авторитетом по архитектуре платформ и взаимодействовать с поставщиками.

Responsibilities

• Определять архитектуру платформ и обеспечивать соответствие стратегии и политике.
• Разрабатывать детальные техдизайны облачной инфраструктуры и NHS-данных пайплайнов.
• Определять паттерны интеграции и схемы потоков данных для команды.
• Управлять повседневной доставкой платформы и данных.
• Координировать QA и тестирование для качества компонентов.
• Выявлять риски и поднимать вопросы директору заблаговременно.
• Вносить вклад в предложения и материалы для клиентов с экспертизой по платформе.

Skills

Python

SQL

Cloud architecture

CI/CD

Git/GitHub

Data platforms

Mentoring

Delivery management

Regulatory compliance

Tools

Databricks

OCI

Unity Catalog

Delta Lake

dbt

Job description

Описание:

We are a leading consultancy with a purpose to make an enduring impact on health and healthcare. We work with leaders and frontline teams to improve health, transform healthcare, drive adoption of innovation and create value through investment. The Lead Platform Engineer is the senior technical lead for CF's data platform, combining design authority over platform architecture, helping to mentor and direct the data engineering team and managing delivery of platform and data engineering workstreams.

Задачи:

• Produce detailed technical designs for CF's cloud infrastructure (OCI, Databricks) and NHS data pipelines, working within the strategic architecture set by the Director
• Define integration patterns, data flow designs and component specifications that the data engineering team implements
• Make implementation-level technology decisions (tooling, frameworks, configuration approaches) within the Director's strategic technology selections
• Design scalable, secure platform architectures that support CF's multi-region operations (UK, Middle East, EU) and comply with NHS IG, ISO 27001 and GDPR requirements
• Own and maintain platform design documentation, reference architectures and decision records
• Evaluate emerging platform technologies and make recommendations to the Director on adoption, with supporting technical assessment
• Own day-to-day delivery management of platform and data engineering workstreams in line with the unified function's strategy and priorities
• Develop and maintain technical workplans for platform initiatives, coordinating with the Director and Lead Data Scientist(s) on sequencing and dependencies
• Manage the data engineering team's capacity across concurrent workstreams, balancing platform development, Data Operations support and client delivery contributions
• Coordinate QA and testing for platform components, ensuring work meets quality standards before release
• Identify and elevate delivery risks, resource constraints and scope changes to the Director with sufficient lead time
• Ensure platform workstreams are delivered to agreed timelines and within resource constraints
• Define and maintain engineering standards, design patterns and reference implementations for the data platform
• Conduct architectural review of platform changes before they enter development, ensuring design coherence and technical soundness
• Contribute to the build quality assurance process for platform components, embedding quality gates in delivery
• Design the security architecture for platform components in line with the Director's IG framework and ISO 27001 requirements
• Identify and communicate technical risks and architectural trade-offs, with clear recommendations
• Provide technical expertise to support partnership opportunities with platform vendors such as Databricks, contributing design knowledge and technical credibility to commercial discussions led by the Director and Partners
• Support the Director in technical discussions with data and research organisations where platform architecture or data infrastructure expertise is required
• Contribute to the technical sections of proposals and client-facing materials where platform architecture, infrastructure design or data engineering capability is relevant
• Develop an understanding of CF's growth ambitions and the data platform's role in enabling them
• Ensure every contact with external stakeholders (technology partners, data organisations, potential recruits) supports the CF brand and aligns with CF values
• Work closely with the Lead Data Scientist(s) to ensure the platform and infrastructure serves client-facing data science delivery
• Advise data scientists, consulting teams and Data Operations colleagues on platform capabilities, constraints and best-practice usage
• Provide technical input to the Director on infrastructure implications of new data products, client requirements and commercial initiatives

Требования:

• Around 4 years of experience in data or platform engineering, preferably including senior or lead responsibility for a production data platform
• Deep expertise in cloud platform design and secure data architecture, including identity and access management, network design and access control; Databricks and OCI, or comparable platforms
• Strong Python and SQL, and experience building and monitoring production pipelines using PySpark or Spark
• Experience with infrastructure as code, CI/CD and a Git and GitHub workflow
• A track record of setting engineering standards and design patterns, conducting architectural review, and producing design documentation that others build from
• Experience owning delivery of technical workstreams: technical workplanning, capacity management, QA and early escalation of risk
• Experience mentoring or managing engineers, including objective setting and development
• Experience designing to regulated data requirements such as NHS IG, ISO 27001 and GDPR, or comparable frameworks
• A clear communicator who can explain design decisions and trade-offs to technical and non-technical audiences
• Comfortable acting as the technical authority for platform and infrastructure decisions, and as the reference point the engineering team comes to
• Confident in commercial and partner-facing technical discussions, including vendor conversations and the technical sections of proposals
• Будет плюсом: Experience with NHS or other routine healthcare data at patient level; Unity Catalog, Delta Lake and medallion structure, bronze to silver to gold; Exposure to dbt and dimensional modelling; Experience contributing to vendor or partner relationships, such as with Databricks; Experience designing for multi-region operations (UK, Middle East, EU)

Условия:

• We follow a hybrid working model that balances in person connections and remote work to drive exceptional client impact.
• We enjoy working in person together with clients and colleagues and work where clients need us to be.
• In supporting flexibility and remote working, team members can work from home one day per week as standard.
• Additionally, we offer 44 remote working days per year which can be used to top up your working from home days and enable you to work from home up to two days per week-subject to client needs.
• Alternatively, you could use your allowance in blocks to manage school holidays or other commitments.
• Our core in person working hours are from 10am until 4pm allowing you that extra flexibility to manage your schedule in a way that works for you.
• Holiday entitlement: 25 days/year for staff and 30 days/year for leadership, increasing by 1 day for every year of service up to a maximum of 35 days of holiday per year
• We contribute 7% of your salary into your pension, while you contribute 3% (or more if you like)
• Access to a flexible benefits programme giving you the chance to increase pension contributions, gain access to a cash plan or benefit from a ClassPass subscription
• Annual leave purchase: employees with less than 35 days annual leave entitlement are able to purchase additional annual leave days
• Income protection: in the event of long-term incapacity and a qualifying claim, 75% of salary will be paid
• Enhanced sick pay benefit beyond Statutory Sick Pay for up to a total 12 weeks in any 12-month period
• Life insurance covering four times your basic salary in a tax-free lump sum payable to your beneficiaries in the event of your death whilst in service
• Enhanced family leave policies: additional pay for parents who have a baby or adopt
• Access to an interest-free loan of up to £10,000
• Access to an interest-free season ticket loan, repayable by 12 monthly instalments
• Workplace nursery scheme: access to a scheme to help working parents save tax and NI on the cost of the nursery care
• Flexible working policy: including the ability to work from home up to two days per week, with 44 remote working days per year
• An employee assistance and wellness programme: including access to telephone counselling, life coaching, interactive tools online and digital content downloadable from Lifeworks
• Seasonal flu jabs: provided by Boots annually
• Eye care tests: vouchers