Lead - Data Integration Services

JR United Kingdom; Leicester; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading higher education organization in Leicester is seeking a Lead for Data Integration Services. The role involves managing a team, overseeing technical solutions, and ensuring alignment with the department's goals. Successful candidates will bring substantial experience in IT and leadership, with a focus on delivering high-quality data integration services. This is a fixed-term position offering hybrid working arrangements and an excellent benefits package.

Benefits

Excellent Pension Scheme

30 Days + 4 Days Christmas Break + 8 Bank Holidays

Ample Safe & Close Parking

Hybrid Working – 2 Days Office

Close to major motorways and public transport

Qualifications

• Experience leading a development team in professional IT roles.
• In-depth knowledge in developing data integration services.
• Familiar with ITIL-managed environments and using metrics for service improvement.

Responsibilities

• Design and deliver a robust Data Integration Service.
• Provide leadership and management to the Data Integration Service Team.
• Monitor and manage the team's performance and governance methodologies.

Skills

Data Integration

Leadership

Team Management

Technical Leadership

Customer Service

Tools

API Management

Azure Integration Services

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31.05.2025

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Job Description:

12 Months Fixed Term

30 Days + 4 Days Christmas Break + 8 Bank Holidays

Excellent Pension Scheme

Hybrid Working – 2 Days Office

Ample Safe & Close Parking

Close to M1, M6, M40, M42, A45, A46

Excellent Public Transport Links Bus & Rail

Lead – Data Integration Services

Supporting a key department within a leading higher education organisation, we are seeking an experienced leader / manager of Data Integration and Solutions Architecture to oversee the daily functions of a Data Integration Services Team.

Primary Duties:

• To design and deliver a robust, performant, and auditable Data Integration Service
• Implement a data integration service based on approved department technologies.
• Specify governance and best practice methodologies.
• Provide leadership to, and management of the Data Integration Service Team.
• Manage the development and training of staff in the team, ensuring that their skills
• remain current and develop as the needs of the role change.
• Provide technical leadership to the team, coaching members when needed.
• Ensure that the team works in accordance with the departments ITIL processes including change, incident, service request and problem management.
• Monitor and manage the performance of the Data Integration Service, identifying suitable KPIs and opportunities for improvement.
• Act as the contact point for Product and Delivery Managers who are customers of the Data Integration Service.
• Act as the Technical Authority for development undertaken on the data integration platform.
• Provide leadership to, and management of the Data Integration Service Team, ensuring that the
• team and third parties perform to a good level, work to accepted quality standards, to common
• design patterns and testing practices and are knowledgeable of current relevant legislation.
• Ensure that working practices enable third parties to be incorporated in the team, providing
• surge capacity to match changes in demand.
• Lead, develop and maintain a well governed data integration service that follows best practice
• methodologies for departments integration platform, ensuring its services are scalable, performant and based on an accurate, complete and well-structured catalogue of integrations that facilitates change management, architecture planning functions, cost optimisation and evidence-based assurance of legal compliance obligations.
• Collaborate with other relevant teams including IT Security and Enterprise Architecture; and third-party suppliers.
• Monitor and manage the performance of the Data Integration Service, identifying suitable KPIs to evidence performance and opportunities for improvement such as robustness of integration, speed to develop.

Person Specification

• Substantial experience of both working in and leading a development team, this is likely to have been gained over a substantial career in professional IT roles.
• Experience of evaluating solution options for technical feasibility and business benefits.
• Team and/or service management experience and excellent leadership, team working and mentoring skills.
• Experience of budget management and developing cost models as part of the evaluation of alternative options.
• A thorough understanding legislation relevant to the processing of data both within and external to a complex organisation.
• A methodical and clear approach to setting team priorities; aligning them with service priorities gathered from customers and other key stakeholders.
• A good understanding of the use of data and metrics led service improvement.
• Experience of providing technical leadership on major IT projects.
• In-depth technical knowledge, to the level of principal expert, in developing data integration services.
• The ability to advocate customer service and the ability to empathise strongly with university members, a customer focused approach to service delivery.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to interact effectively with people at all levels.
• Experience of working in an ITIL managed environment.
• Good exposure of API Management, Logic App's, Azure Integration Services
• Experience of working in a complex HE environment - Desirable

WEG Tech is acting as an internal Recruitment Agency for this vacancy