Lead Data Engineer, Azure PostgreSQL & Data Migration (Remote)

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

Benefits offered by this job

Annual leave 25 days

Private medical insurance

Remote-first working

Training budget

Perkbox discounts

EV scheme after 1 year

Team socials

Referral bonus £3,000

PC or Mac choice

Job summary

Amber Labs is seeking an experienced Lead Data Engineer to drive a large-scale data migration and transformation programme onto an Azure-based platform. You will provide technical leadership across ETL, data modelling, governance and reporting to ensure high-quality data delivery for regulated environments.

You will design and implement ETL into Azure PostgreSQL, establish scalable migration capabilities, and collaborate with stakeholders to optimise data structures for extensive reporting.

Qualifications

• Hands-on ETL design into Azure PostgreSQL
• Strong experience with Azure data platform technologies
• Excellent data modelling and database design skills
• Experience establishing and governing data migration frameworks
• Proven data quality, validation, reconciliation and governance
• Experience designing reporting data structures for large-scale reporting
• Strong stakeholder management and ability to translate business needs
• Experience leading and mentoring engineering teams
• Experience in large-scale public sector or enterprise transformation programmes
• BPSS or SC Clearance, or eligibility to obtain SC Clearance

Responsibilities

• Design end-to-end data migration strategy for CRS
• Lead ETL development into Azure PostgreSQL
• Scale data migration capability within the new platform
• Define data loading approaches for staging and production
• Ensure data quality, validation and governance throughout migration
• Support data feeding for 140+ operational reports
• Collaborate with stakeholders to define reporting needs
• Lead data modelling and database design for operations and reporting
• Provide technical leadership across data engineering and migration workstreams
• Identify and mitigate risks affecting data products and timelines

Skills

ETL to Azure PostgreSQL

Data migration planning

Data modelling

Data quality governance

Reporting data structures

Stakeholder management

Mentoring engineering teams

Public sector / enterprise programs

Tools

Azure PostgreSQL

Azure data platform technologies

Job description

Amber Labs is seeking an experienced Lead Data Engineer to drive a large-scale data migration and transformation programme onto an Azure-based platform. You will provide technical leadership across ETL, data modelling, governance and reporting to ensure high-quality data delivery for regulated environments.

You will design and implement ETL into Azure PostgreSQL, establish scalable migration capabilities, and collaborate with stakeholders to optimise data structures for extensive reporting.