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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Head of Data Engineering - **Company:** Harnham - **Location:** Birmingham, UK - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** £120,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Microsoft Azure, Information Engineering, Data Warehousing, Blockchain, Standard Sql, Software Engineering, Legacy Systems - **Published:** August 26, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.collegerecruiter.com/job/2815057426-head-of-data-engineering ## About the Role A strong Head of Data Engineering with experience leading large teams and driving migrations to Azure would be a great addition to this company., A successful Head of Data Engineering will have the following skills and experience: * Strong experience leading legacy-to-cloud data migrations (ideally to Azure). * Background working with SQL Server in a regulated environment. * Proven success managing large, distributed engineering teams (including offshore). ## Description Head of Data Engineering Get AI-powered advice on this job and more exclusive features. This range is provided by Harnham. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience - talk with your recruiter to learn more. Base pay range Direct message the job poster from Harnham Building Data Engineering Teams Across the North of England and Midlands HEAD OF DATA ENGINEERING BIRMINGHAM (Hybrid) A strong Head of Data Engineering with experience leading large teams and driving migrations to Azure would be a great addition to this company. THE COMPANY: We are working with a client in the financial services space offering specialist lending and savings products. They have been investing in their data and are in the middle of a migration moving from legacy infrastructure to Azure. THE ROLE: You'll be responsible for a 40-person function split across UK locations and offshore, ensuring mission-critical legacy systems continue to operate while leading the migration to modern Azure-based infrastructure. A Head of Data Engineering will need to: * Lead and manage a 40-person Data Engineering team across multiple locations (UK and India). * Manage and decommission four legacy data warehouses, while developing cloud-native solutions in Azure. * Act as a mentor and technical guide to the wider engineering team during this cloud transition. * Partner with third-party vendors to maintain and evolve the data estate YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE: A successful Head of Data Engineering will have the following skills and experience: * Strong experience leading legacy-to-cloud data migrations (ideally to Azure). * Background working with SQL Server in a regulated environment. * Proven success managing large, distributed engineering teams (including offshore). THE BENEFITS: You will receive a salary, dependent on experience. Salary is up to £120,000 On top of the salary there are some fantastic extra benefits. 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