Senior Data Platform Lead - Hybrid & AI-Driven

Lorien; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 77,000 - 94,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

33 days holiday + bank holidays + buy更

Hybrid work model

Season ticket loans

Discounts & career development

Job summary

Lorien is seeking a Senior Technical Lead to shape and deliver an enterprise-wide data platform strategy for a major UK higher education institution. You will design architectures, set engineering standards, and drive cloud-based data solutions that support teaching, research and operations.

Hybrid work, competitive up to £85,000, and strong professional development. You will mentor engineers, oversee data ingestion, storage, governance, and analytics, and lead AI-enabled data engineering

Qualifications

• Proven experience designing and delivering enterprise-scale data platforms.
• Strong cloud data engineering and ETL/ELT capabilities.
• Ability to translate strategy into scalable technical solutions.

Responsibilities

• Provide senior technical leadership in designing, building, and scaling enterprise data platforms.
• Define engineering standards, best practices, and architectural patterns.
• Lead cloud-based data solutions including data lakehouse architectures.
• Guide and mentor engineers to foster a high-performing team.
• Ensure security, governance, and data quality across platforms.
• Drive AI-enabled data engineering and automation initiatives.

Skills

Cloud data engineering

ETL/ELT pipelines

Data governance

Data modelling

Leadership

Stakeholder engagement

Tools

Fabric

Purview

Job description

Lorien is seeking a Senior Technical Lead to shape and deliver an enterprise-wide data platform strategy for a major UK higher education institution. You will design architectures, set engineering standards, and drive cloud-based data solutions that support teaching, research and operations.

Hybrid work, competitive up to £85,000, and strong professional development. You will mentor engineers, oversee data ingestion, storage, governance, and analytics, and lead AI-enabled data engineering