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£100000 - £125000 per annum + benefits
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HEAD OF DATA

£100,000 - £125,000

LONDON

An exciting opportunity to work on a greenfield project including migrating to Azure and creating a Data Science-ready platform.

THE COMPANY:

The company are a sports betting/gaming business looking to build out a central data hub in London. They are one of the fastest growing companies in Africa at the moment and are rapidly expanding into new markets. They are looking for a Head of Data to lead the build out of their Enterprise Data Platform and lead a team of Data Engineers and DataOps specialists, with further growth potential.

THE ROLE:

As the Head of Data, your responsibilities will include:

  • Building out the Enterprise Data Platform in Azure
  • Introduce broader architecture and be responsible for data lake and how to implement streaming data around the organisation
  • Enabling self-serve analytics across the business and building/maintaining a clear roadmap of data platform deliverables
  • Managing the team of Data Engineers and Data Operations Specialists as well as being responsible for its expansion
  • Covering data architecture, engineering and governance

YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

The successful Head of Data will have the following skills and experience:

  • Azure experience
  • Kafka and setting up streaming capabilities
  • SQL and Python
  • Experience working in a greenfield role
  • Start up background would be beneficial
  • Experience with RabbitMQ, Databricks, MongoDB beneficial

HOW TO APPLY:

Please register your interest by sending your CV to Ria Verma via the Apply link on this page.

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