Vacancy: Lead Data Engineer

The Lead Data Engineer is responsible for the design, build and integrity of the BCS data platform, ensuring the organisation has a trusted and secure foundation for reporting, analytics and insight. The role will own the Data Warehouse implementation, ensuring that data sources are integrated consistently and that data is accessible to colleagues in a compliant and secure manner. The Lead Data Engineer will lead the BI team, driving data-enabled decision making across BCS and ensuring alignment with strategic objectives.

Role responsibilities:

• Own the Data Warehouse architecture and implementation, ensuring high standards of availability, security and scalability.
• Ensure data pipelines are in place to ingest, transform and consolidate data from multiple systems (including Salesforce, Netsuite, digital platforms and membership systems).
• Maintain the integrity, accuracy and completeness of data, applying robust validation and quality assurance practices.
• Work closely with BI Developers and analysts to deliver timely, accurate and meaningful reports and dashboards.
• Ensure data access is secure, controlled and compliant with GDPR, data protection and information security standards.
• Lead the BI team, providing technical direction, mentoring and coaching.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders to translate reporting needs into technical solutions.
• Implement metadata management and data lineage capabilities to support transparency and auditability.
• Establish and maintain data governance practices in collaboration with the Information Security Manager and other key stakeholders.
• Act as the technical authority for data engineering, setting standards for coding, testing and deployment of data solutions.
• Evaluate and adopt new technologies, tools and methods to improve data capabilities.
• Provide expert input into strategic programs requiring integrated data and analytics.
• Support, coach, mentor and manage your team to ensure fair, consistent approach of workloads and development to produce a highly effective team.
• This job description outlines the key responsibilities and expectations of the role but is not exhaustive. It may be reviewed and updated periodically to reflect business priorities and team needs.

BCS is dedicated to providing training and development to help all staff realise their potential, and also offer a generous benefit package.

BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT are committed to promoting equality at every opportunity as an employer. This statement and our policies are designed to ensure our recruitment and employment practices and procedures actively promote equality of opportunity and value diversity.

All applicants must be eligible to work in the UK upon application.

PLEASE NOTE: This vacancy may be removed before any listed closing date once a sufficient amount of applications have been received.

In the event that we receive a high number of applications for this vacancy, we may be unable to provide an individual response to every candidate, therefore if you haven’t heard back from us within 4 weeks of the closing date, please consider your application unsuccessful on this occasion.

No recruitment agencies please.

How to apply: Please apply by submitting your CV to careers@bcs.uk along with a cover note answering the following questions:

(a) Your area(s) of expertise & qualifications;

(b) Your experience and suitability for the role

We look forward to hearing from you!

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