Telemetry & IoT Strategy Lead - Azure & Cloud

Yolk Recruitment Limited; Cardiff; Hybrid; GBP 49,500 - 60,500; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Civil service pension

CPD opportunities

Well-being time

Travel benefits

Professional membership fees

Job summary

Yolk Recruitment Limited seeks an experienced Lead Specialist Advisor for Telemetry to drive the move to a cloud-hosted telemetry platform in a secure, resilient environment. The role is hybrid and based in Wales with a salary up to £56,000 and civil service pension benefits.

You will interface with Telemetry Services, ICT, and external partners, delivering long‑term telemetry and IoT strategies aligned to organisational goals.

Qualifications

• We are looking for an experienced telemetry and SCADA specialist with a strong technical foundation and proven experience in mission‑critical environments.
• We need strong understanding of telemetry architectures, data historians, field instrumentation, and remote monitoring and control systems.
• We require experience working in highly resilient operational environments where data availability, reliability, and accuracy are critical.
• We are seeking experience shaping technology strategy and delivering large-scale technical transformation programmes.
• We need strong understanding of cloud technologies, preferably Microsoft Azure.
• We require experience integrating operational technology with enterprise data, reporting, and analytics platforms.
• We value proven ability to influence senior stakeholders and work effectively across technology and operational teams.

Responsibilities

• We will have you act as the key interface between Telemetry Services and ICT, ensuring telemetry technologies are integrated effectively with cloud platforms, enterprise reporting, business intelligence solutions, and wider digital services.
• We will rely on you to provide strategic leadership and governance for our telemetry service and supporting technologies.
• We will expect you to develop and deliver long‑term telemetry, instrumentation, and IoT strategies aligned to our organisational objectives.
• We will have you act as the senior interface between Telemetry Services, Digital & ICT teams, and external technology partners.
• We will need you to ensure effective integration with Microsoft Azure services, data platforms, reporting tools, and future digital capabilities.

Skills

Telemetry

SCADA

Cloud Azure

Data integration

IoT

Stakeholder influence

Operational telemetry

Remote monitoring

Data reliability

Tools

Azure

BI tooling

Job description

Yolk Recruitment Limited seeks an experienced Lead Specialist Advisor for Telemetry to drive the move to a cloud-hosted telemetry platform in a secure, resilient environment. The role is hybrid and based in Wales with a salary up to £56,000 and civil service pension benefits.

You will interface with Telemetry Services, ICT, and external partners, delivering long‑term telemetry and IoT strategies aligned to organisational goals.