Embark on a transformational journey as the Data (Platform) Engineering Lead within the Data Foundations Programme for BUK. In this role, you will play a vital part in building and shaping the go-to platform capabilities that will lay a strong foundation for the Data Engineering community to build data pipelines with ease.

To be successful in this role you should have:

Experience with AWS, Snowflake, DBT, Databricks, Alation, Python, Spark.

Leadership Skills.

Experience with Data & Platform Architecture.

Some other highly desired skills may include:

Experience with real-time data processing and stream processing frameworks.

Knowledge of data modelling and data warehousing concepts.

Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to think strategically.

 

You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for this role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen strategic thinking and digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills.

 

This role can be based out of either Northampton or Knutsford.

Purpose of the role
To build and maintain the systems that collect, store, process, and analyse data, such as data pipelines, data warehouses and data lakes to ensure that all data is accurate, accessible, and secure. 

Accountabilities

Build and maintenance of data architectures pipelines that enable the transfer and processing of durable, complete and consistent data.

Design and implementation of data warehoused and data lakes that manage the appropriate data volumes and velocity and adhere to the required security measures.

Development of processing and analysis algorithms fit for the intended data complexity and volumes.

Collaboration with data scientist to build and deploy machine learning models.

Vice President Expectations

Advise key stakeholders, including functional leadership teams and senior management on functional and cross functional areas of impact and alignment.

Manage and mitigate risks through assessment, in support of the control and governance agenda.

Demonstrate leadership and accountability for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work your team does.

Demonstrate comprehensive understanding of the organisation functions to contribute to achieving the goals of the business.

Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategies.

Create solutions based on sophisticated analytical thought comparing and selecting complex alternatives. In-depth analysis with interpretative thinking will be required to define problems and develop innovative solutions.

Adopt and include the outcomes of extensive research in problem solving processes.

Seek out, build and maintain trusting relationships and partnerships with internal and external stakeholders in order to accomplish key business objectives, using influencing and negotiating skills to achieve outcomes.

All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship – our moral compass, helping us do what we believe is right. They will also be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Mindset – to Empower, Challenge and Drive – the operating manual for how we behave