Head of Data Engineering

Harnham - Data & Analytics Recruitment; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency is seeking a Head of Data Engineering to lead a 40-person team in Birmingham. You will manage the transition from legacy to Azure infrastructure while ensuring the operation of critical systems. The ideal candidate has strong leadership experience in data migrations and a solid background in SQL Server. This role offers a salary of £120,000 plus benefits and operates in a hybrid model.

Qualifications

• Strong experience leading legacy-to-cloud data migrations.
• Background working with SQL Server in a regulated environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage a 40-person Data Engineering team across multiple locations.
• Manage and decommission legacy data warehouses, developing cloud-native solutions.
• Act as a mentor and technical guide during the cloud transition.
• Partner with third-party vendors to maintain and evolve the data estate.

Skills

Leadership of data engineering teams

Data migrations to Azure

Managing legacy data warehouses

Working with SQL Server

Job description

HEAD OF DATA ENGINEERING

£120,000 + BENEFITS

BIRMINGHAM (Hybrid)

A strong Head of Data Engineering with experience leading large teams and driving migrations to Azure would be a great addition to this company.

THE COMPANY :

We are working with a client in the financial services space offering specialist lending and savings products. They have been investing in their data and are in the middle of a migration moving from legacy infrastructure to Azure.

THE ROLE :

You'll be responsible for a 40-person function split across UK locations and offshore, ensuring mission-critical legacy systems continue to operate while leading the migration to modern Azure-based infrastructure. A Head of Data Engineering will need to :

• Lead and manage a 40-person Data Engineering team across multiple locations (UK and India).
• Manage and decommission four legacy data warehouses, while developing cloud-native solutions in Azure.
• Act as a mentor and technical guide to the wider engineering team during this cloud transition.
• Partner with third-party vendors to maintain and evolve the data estate

YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE :

A successful Head of Data Engineering will have the following skills and experience :

• Strong experience leading legacy-to-cloud data migrations (ideally to Azure).
• Background working with SQL Server in a regulated environment.