Data Platform Engineer (Lead II - Data Engineering)

UST
Leeds, UK
27 days ago
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Role details

Contract type
Temporary contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Working hours
Regular working hours
Job source

Tech stack

Computing Platforms Microsoft Azure Information Engineering Data Infrastructure DevOps Power BI Cloud Services Microsoft Power Automate Data Management Terraform Databricks

Job description

  • Lead the architecture, design, and implementation of Azure and Databricks-based data platforms.
  • Provide technical leadership, mentoring, and guidance to engineering teams.
  • Collaborate with business and technical stakeholders to define platform roadmaps and best practices.
  • Ensure platform scalability, reliability, security, and operational excellence.
  • Drive adoption of Infrastructure as Code and DevOps best practices using Terraform and Azure services.
  • Support strategic decision-making by aligning platform capabilities with business objectives.

Requirements

  • Strong hands-on experience with Databricks development and platform architecture.
  • Good understanding of Azure infrastructure, networking, and Terraform.
  • Proven experience in solution architecture, technical design, and stakeholder management.
  • Experience leading technical teams and driving delivery across multiple workstreams.
  • Excellent communication skills with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
  • Self-motivated, proactive, and able to operate with minimal supervision
  • Exposure to Power BI and Power Automate.
  • Experience working within Agile delivery environments.

Key Requirements

  • Strong technical leadership and stakeholder engagement capabilities.
  • Ability to manage workload independently and drive initiatives proactively.
  • Experience designing and supporting enterprise-scale cloud data platforms.

About the company

UST is a global digital transformation solutions provider. For more than 20 years, UST has worked side by side with the world’s best companies to make a real impact through transformation. Powered by technology, inspired by people and led by purpose, UST partners with their clients from design to operation. With deep domain expertise and a future-proof philosophy, UST embeds innovation and agility into their clients’ organizations. With over 30,000 employees in 30 countries, UST builds for boundless impact-touching billions of lives in the process.

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