Data Platform Manager

Boston Hale; City Of London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a Data Platform Manager to enhance the governance, optimization, and reliability of their AWS-based data platform. You will oversee the data infrastructure, resolve performance issues, and coach teams on effective data management practices. Ideal candidates will bring a strong technical background in cloud environments, particularly AWS, as well as expertise in SQL and Python. This role offers an opportunity to improve efficiency and contribute to decision-making through data-driven insights.

Benefits

Professional development opportunities

Flexible working hours

Qualifications

• Significant experience managing large-scale data platforms and cloud infrastructure.
• Hands-on experience with data governance and ITSM processes.
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and improve performance, accuracy, and stability of the data platform.
• Drive automation efforts to streamline data pipelines.
• Coach team members on best practices for data management.

Skills

Problem-solving

Data governance

Cloud Infrastructure Management

SQL

Python

Tools

AWS

Redshift

Data Visualization Tools

ETL/ELT Tools

Monitoring Tools

Job description

My client has asked me to find them a Data Platform Manager to drive the governance, optimisation, and stability of their data platform. The successful candidate will be managing and improving the AWS-based data infrastructure, ensuring accurate and reliable reporting, and driving efficiency across data processes. The role requires a strong technical background in cloud data platforms, excellent problem-solving skills, and the ability to work across technical and business teams.

Day-to-day duties: Maintain and improve the performance, accuracy, and stability of the data platform, including the data warehouse (AWS Redshift or similar). Troubleshoot and resolve long-standing BAU issues affecting system performance * Optimize workloads with autoscaling, workload balancing, and dataset management * Establish and enforce data governance standards and best practices * Implement monitoring tools (e.g., AWS CloudWatch, Datadog) * Drive automation efforts to streamline data pipelines, reduce manual interventions, and improve efficiency using Python, ETL/ELT tools (e.g., DBT, Airflow), and AWS Lambda * Work with business stakeholders to deliver dashboards (e.g., Tableau, Power BI) * Ensure availability and reliability of critical dashboards for business users * Coach team members on best practices for data management * Manage vendors and technical teams to deliver key improvements * Provide regular updates to teams on platform performance

Key skills and technologies: * Cloud Platforms: AWS (e.g., S3, Redshift, EC2, CloudWatch) * Data Warehousing: Redshift, Snowflake, or BigQuery * Data Engineering: Python, SQL, ETL/ELT tools (DBT, Airflow, etc.) * Monitoring Tools: Datadog, AWS CloudWatch, or similar * Dashboard Tools: Tableau, Power BI, or Looker * Co-working Tools: Slack, Teams, and project management tools

Experience required: * Experience managing large-scale data platforms and cloud infrastructure * Strong SQL and Python for data querying, transformation, and process automation * Hands-on experience with data governance and ITSM processes * Excellent communication and team skills * Track record of identifying and implementing cost-saving measures