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Newcastle upon Tyne / £73000 - £84000 annum

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Salary

SALARY:

£73000 - £84000

Location

LOCATION

Newcastle upon Tyne

Job Type
JOB TYPE

Permanent

DATA PLATFORM ENGINEER

£73,000 - £84,000

NEWCASTLE (HYBRID - 2 DAYS PER WEEK)

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.

THE COMPANY

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.

THE ROLE

  • 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

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

SALARY AND BENEFITS

  • £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

HOW TO APPLY

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


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