Senior Technical Lead - Data

A leading higher education institution is seeking a Senior Technical Lead to play a critical role in shaping and delivering its enterprise-wide data platform strategy. This is a senior technical leadership position with responsibility for defining architecture, engineering standards, and delivering modern, scalable data solutions that support teaching, research, and institutional operations.

The organisation operates at significant scale, supporting a large and diverse community of students, academics, and professional services staff across a complex digital environment. With continued investment in cloud technologies, AI capabilities, and data platforms, this role is central to enabling data-driven decision-making, enhancing the student and staff experience, and supporting innovation across the institution.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide senior technical leadership in designing, building, and scaling enterprise data platforms
• Define and enforce engineering standards, best practices, and architectural patterns
• Lead the development of cloud-based data solutions, including data lakehouse architectures and integration pipelines
• Translate business and strategic requirements into scalable technical solutions
• Oversee end-to-end delivery of data platform components (ingestion, transformation, storage, governance, analytics)
• Guide and mentor engineers, fostering a high-performing and collaborative technical culture
• Ensure data platforms are secure, scalable, reliable, and aligned with governance frameworks
• Drive innovation in AI-enabled data engineering and automation

Ideal Candidate Profile

• Fabric and Purview (desirable)
• Proven experience designing and delivering enterprise-scale data platforms
• Strong expertise in cloud data engineering, ETL/ELT pipelines, and distributed systems
• Deep knowledge of data modelling, governance, data quality, and architecture frameworks
• Experience with modern data architectures (batch, streaming, real-time processing)
• Strong leadership capabilities with experience mentoring and guiding engineering teams
• Ability to influence stakeholders across technical and non-technical audiences
• Salary up to £85,000
• 33 days holiday plus bank holidays plus option to buy more
• Hybrid working model: Approximately one day a week in the office
• Strong focus on professional development and career progression
• Season ticket loans, discounts and much more