Technical Lead - Enterprise Data Platforms

RSM UK Group LLP.; Greater Manchester; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work

26 days holiday

Wellbeing benefits

Courses on demand

Electric car scheme

Job summary

RSM UK is seeking a Technical Lead to join our Data, Analytics & AI team in Manchester. You will bridge data architecture and engineering delivery across enterprise data platforms, translating architecture into actionable standards, reusable patterns, and well-scoped work packages for the data engineering team.

You will collaborate with data architects, security and delivery teams to deliver reliable, scalable data solutions that align with business priorities, providing technical leadership

Qualifications

• Experience in data engineering and enterprise data platforms.
• Strong data integration design and pipeline orchestration.
• Ability to translate data architecture into technical standards.
• Knowledge of CI/CD, source control, and release management.
• Ability to define technical requirements and acceptance criteria.
• Hands-on credibility with SQL, Python, cloud platforms and APIs.

Responsibilities

• Translate architectural direction into implementable technical standards and patterns.
• Own CI/CD standards for data assets and deployment artefacts.
• Provide technical leadership for change, incident and problem management.
• Collaborate with data architects, security and delivery teams to ensure reliable data platforms.
• Oversee integrations, pipelines and platform services to align with business priorities.

Skills

Data engineering

Enterprise data platforms

Data integration

Python

SQL

CI/CD for data

Tools

Airflow

Cloud data platforms

APIs

Job description

Technical Lead - Enterprise Data Platforms

RSM UK

Manchester, United Kingdom

Permanent

Full time

Competitive

As one of the world's largest networks of audit, tax and consulting firms, RSM delivers big ideas and premium service to help middle-market businesses thrive. We are a fast-growing firm with big ambitions -- we have a clear goal to become the premium adviser to the middle market, globally. This vision touches everything we do, motivating and inspiring us to become better every day. If you are looking for a firm where you can build a future and make an impact, then RSM is the place for you.

Make an Impact at RSM UK

We are seeking a Technical Lead to join our Data, Analytics & AI team within a professional services environment. Operating across the firm's enterprise data platforms, the role sits at the intersection of data architecture, platform engineering, service management, and delivery governance.

The Technical Lead will act as the bridge between published data architecture and day-to-day engineering delivery, translating architectural direction into implementable technical standards, reusable engineering patterns, and clearly defined work packages for the data engineering team. The role requires close collaboration with data architects, security, service management, internal stakeholders and delivery teams to ensure our enterprise data team provides stable, supportable, scalable solutions that align with business priorities.

The successful candidate will provide technical leadership across the firm's enterprise data landscape, ensuring that core integrations, pipelines, and platform services are reliable, efficient, visible, and consistently delivered to agreed data engineering standards.

You'll make an impact by:

• Providing technical leadership for the firm's enterprise data platforms, integrations, pipelines and related platform services
• Reviewing technical designs and engineering outputs to ensure they align with agreed architecture, platform principles and operational standards
• Owning the technical design of enterprise data integrations across core systems, operational platforms and downstream data services
• Owning CI/CD standards for enterprise data engineering assets, including pipelines, scripts, notebooks, configuration and deployment artefacts
• Providing technical leadership for change, incident and problem management relating to enterprise data platforms, integrations and pipelinesIdentifying opportunities to improve enterprise data platform reliability, performance, observability, automation, cost efficiency, and developer experience
• Working closely with data architects, technical teams, business partners, and internal stakeholders to align technical delivery with business priorities

What we are looking for:

We value diverse experiences and perspectives. Here's what we're looking for in our ideal candidate:

• Experience in data engineering, enterprise data platforms or data integration within an enterprise environment
• Strong experience of designing and supporting data integration patterns, pipeline design, orchestration, transformation and data platform services
• Proven ability to translate data architecture into implementable technical standards, patterns and delivery work packages
• Strong understanding of CI/CD, source control, incident and release management and deployment practices for data engineering assets
• Ability to define clear technical requirements, acceptance criteria, testing expectations and support handover requirements
• Hands‑on technical credibility in relevant data engineering technologies such as SQL, Python, orchestration tools, cloud data platforms, APIs, file‑based integrations or data warehouse/lakehouse platforms

What we can offer you:

We recognise that our people are our most important assets. That's why we offer a flexible reward and benefits package that will help you have fulfilling experience, both in and out of work.

• Hybrid and Flexible working
• 26 Days Holiday (with the option of purchasing additional days)
• Lifestyle, Health, and Wellbeing including financial wellbeing benefits such as financial tools, electric car scheme and access to a virtual GP.
• Access to a suite of 300+ courses on demand developed by our inhouse Talent Development team.

Diversity and Inclusion at RSM

At RSM, we want to create a strong sense of belonging so that people of all identities, backgrounds, and cultures feel they can bring their true self to work. Our clients come from all walks of life. We aim to achieve that same diversity of background, experience and perspective in our own teams, so that we can genuinely understand our client's needs. Diverse teams bring a broader range of ideas and insights to work. That's why we're working together to ensure our firm's principles and processes support a firm culture that embraces difference and strengthens inclusion.