Senior Data Engineering Lead

Candidate Description

With over 14 years navigating consulting and enterprise environments, this Senior Data Engineering professional excels in delivering end-to-end analytics solutions on a Leading Cloud Platform. They bring deep expertise across CRM integrations, lakehouse architectures, and BI platforms, complemented by solid exposure to industries such as consulting, financial services, and telecommunications. A strong analytical mindset, combined with effective stakeholder engagement, underpins their ability to translate complex requirements into scalable cloud data platforms.

Their technical acumen is demonstrated through proficiency in cloud platforms, analytics services, data factory, Databricks, and Power BI. Adept at designing medallion-based lakehouses, orchestrating metadata-driven ETL frameworks and implementing CI/CD with cloud DevOps, they have spearheaded green-field platforms for a Professional Services Firm, a Major Bank, a Telecommunications Company and a Financial Services Group. Key achievements include compressing data storage by up to eight-fold, retiring costly legacy components, and automating critical remediation processes, all while ensuring robust governance and AI readiness.

Beyond hands-on engineering, they provide strategic leadership—mentoring teams, conducting cloud-led enablement workshops and guiding roadmap planning for modern data platforms. This adaptability across diverse domains, coupled with a passion for innovation and continuous improvement, positions them as a valuable asset capable of driving digital transformation and unlocking data-driven insights for forward-thinking organisations.