Data Platform Engineer in Newcastle

Hybrid in Newcastle·Added 20 days ago (last checked 23 Oct)

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Harnham

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Our summary

Salary: £73,000 - £84,000 a year
About £4,410 - £4,940 a month after tax.
Work mode: Hybrid, Newcastle
Contract: Permanent

Skills

Harnham is hiring for this role in several places. This vacancy is in Newcastle.

Pay & benefits

What you'll get

£73,000 - £84,000 base salary
Comprehensive benefits package
Hybrid working model (2 days per week in Newcastle office)
Exposure to cutting-edge Data, Cloud and AI initiatives
Opportunity to influence enterprise-wide platform strategy
Collaborative and highly technical engineering environment

The role

This is an exciting opportunity to join a globally recognised professional services organisation that is investing heavily in Data, Cloud and AI capabilities. You'll play a key role in shaping and owning a modern enterprise data platform, working alongside highly skilled engineers and architects while influencing technical decisions across the business.

Own and oversee a cloud-based enterprise data platform built on Azure technologies
Act as the technical lead for platform-related decisions, scalability and performance improvements
Work closely with Infrastructure, Security, Architecture and Engineering teams
Ensure platform reliability, governance, monitoring and operational excellence
Troubleshoot complex platform, networking, storage and integration issues
Drive best practice across CI/CD, automation and Infrastructure-as-Code
Support Data Engineers by removing technical barriers and improving platform capabilities
Contribute to platform modernisation, AI enablement and continuous improvement initiatives

DATA PLATFORM ENGINEER

£73,000 - £84,000

YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

Strong experience in Data Engineering, Platform Engineering, Cloud Engineering or a similar field
Excellent Azure experience within enterprise-scale environments
Experience supporting and optimising cloud-based data platforms
Strong understanding of Azure Data Factory, Databricks and modern data architecture principles
Experience with CI/CD, Azure DevOps, Git and Infrastructure-as-Code tools such as Terraform
Strong knowledge of Python and platform automation
Experience making technical and architectural decisions
Excellent stakeholder management and problem-solving skills
Experience within regulated environments would be beneficial

Hiring process

Please register your interest by sending your CV through to Harry Lack the 'Apply' link.

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In their own words

About the company & team

Our client is a global professional services firm with thousands of employees operating across multiple international regions. They are continuing to invest significantly in technology, analytics and AI, creating a sophisticated data environment that supports business-critical decision making and innovation. This role sits within a growing technology function and offers the opportunity to work on a strategic platform at the centre of the organisation's future data roadmap.

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