OverviewOur longstanding financial services client is currently hiring a Head of Data Engineering to manage the engineering function and lead the strategy as the business moves from an on-premises SQL environment to cloud. Our client is seeking an individual who has strong experience managing hybrid teams, migrating regulated financial data and a background in large data engineering projects using ETL concepts.

Location and CompensationBased in Wolverhampton on a hybrid basis. Salary between £120,000 to £130,000 + 40% bonus / LTIP + Car + Benefits.

Role expectationsThe chosen candidate must have experience managing/scaling a globally distributed data engineering team, on-premise to cloud data migration experience within a highly regulated environment and led the strategy to build a cloud Data Warehouse, ideally in Azure but AWS would be considered.

Responsibilities

Lead and develop a high-performing Data Engineering team, setting vision, priorities, and standards.

Oversee the design, build, and optimisation of data pipelines, ingestion, processing, and storage solutions.

Embed best practice in governance, documentation, and lifecycle management across the function.

Collaborate with IT, architecture, and business teams to ensure secure, scalable cloud configurations.

Champion innovation, exploring new tools, technologies, and methods to enhance capability and efficiency.

Core technical requirements

Management and Leadership experience of Data Engineering function comprised of SQL and Azure engineers (circa 40) is a must have.

Demonstrable industry experience of a regulated environment (finance or banking preferred) is a must have.

Extensive experience in large complex data engineering projects, designing and developing ETL pipelines is a must have.

Strong experience in data migration techniques from SQL server estate into Azure cloud services is a must have.

Understanding of data related regulations including BCBS239 / IRB is preferred.

Seniority level

Mid-Senior level

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Information Technology, Finance, and Management

Industries

Financial Services, Technology, Information and Media

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