Senior Data Platform Leader — Hybrid, Cloud & Data Innovation

Nigel Frank; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Performance bonus

Training & certification support

Job summary

Nigel Frank is seeking a Senior Data Platform Manager to lead the delivery, optimization and evolution of a cloud-based data platform in London. The role requires guiding enterprise-scale initiatives across data, cloud, integration and DevOps while managing high-performing technical teams and engaging with senior stakeholders.

Responsibilities include governance, standards, reliability and continuous improvement, with mentoring for engineers and close collaboration with architecture and business

Qualifications

• Experience leading Data Platform, Cloud, Integration or Platform Engineering teams.
• Deep knowledge of modern data platform technologies (Snowflake and/or Kafka).
• Experience with Azure, AWS or GCP cloud services.
• Strong Kubernetes and containerised platform understanding.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and Git-based source control.
• Understanding of platform governance and security best practices.
• Experience managing enterprise-scale production environments.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and leadership skills.
• Experience working in Agile environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead platform delivery, operations and service management.
• Drive platform modernisation, automation and scalability initiatives.
• Establish governance, engineering standards and best practices.
• Ensure platform reliability, performance and operational excellence.
• Manage incidents, risks and dependencies across platforms.
• Lead Agile delivery across multiple workstreams.
• Drive monitoring, observability and continuous improvement.
• Provide technical leadership across data, cloud and platform technologies.
• Mentor engineers and technical leads.
• Collaborate with architecture, engineering and business stakeholders.

Skills

Data Platform Leadership

Snowflake/Kafka

Cloud Platforms (Azure/AWS/GCP)

Kubernetes

CI/CD & Git

Governance & Security

Production Environments

Stakeholder Leadership

Agile

Job description

Nigel Frank is seeking a Senior Data Platform Manager to lead the delivery, optimization and evolution of a cloud-based data platform in London. The role requires guiding enterprise-scale initiatives across data, cloud, integration and DevOps while managing high-performing technical teams and engaging with senior stakeholders.

Responsibilities include governance, standards, reliability and continuous improvement, with mentoring for engineers and close collaboration with architecture and business