Data Platform Lead
| Posting date: | 23 February 2026 |
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| Salary: | £55,000.0 to £65,000.0 per year |
| Additional salary information: | + benefits |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 02 March 2026 |
| Location: | Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, MK9 1HL |
| Company: | Hays Specialist Recruitment |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 4773214_1771839729 |
Summary
Your new company
You will be working for a large, well-known organisation who are a powerhouse within their industry.
Your new role
You will manage a team of technical specialists, ensure platform stability and performance, and drive continuous improvement across their data services.
Key responsibilities:
- Lead, mentor and manage a team of data platform specialists.
- Oversee resource planning and delivery across design, projects, operations and change.
- Act as an SME for the Data Platform and own platform design and supplier relationships.
- Maintain platform availability, capacity and configuration, managing risk and downtime.
- Lead incident and problem management, ensuring root cause analysis and timely resolution.
- Support operations with appropriate out of hours cover.
- Ensure proactive monitoring, patching, upgrades and adherence to change processes.
- Provide technical support to projects and cross‑functional teams.
What you'll need to succeed
- Proven experience in technical leadership or management roles.
- Strong background in incident, request, change and problem management to SLA.
- Experience implementing cloud technologies using Azure.
- Hands on experience with Microsoft Fabric and SQL Server is essential.
- Extensive experience managing and supporting complex data platforms.
- Familiarity with JIRA and Confluence.
What you'll get in return
A permanent role that's paying up to £65,000pa with additional benefits that also has hybrid working on offer.
What you need to do now
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