Head of Data Platform

About UsBGTS is a software and technology solutions company with over 1,800 professionals and 25+ years of experience. Through engineering expertise and industry insight, our international offices deliver tailored solutions, enabling clients worldwide to achieve their business goals with flexibility, speed, and impactful results.We are looking for a Head of Data Platform to lead a multi-stage platform modernisation programme delivered with an external partner, then runs and grows the platform the team inherits.

Responsibilities

Own the Git repository structure and branching standard for all pipelines, transformations and report definitions.Maintain the data catalog, business glossary, and end-to-end data lineage. Implement automated data quality monitoring and lead formal access control reviews.Lead the Microsoft Fabric readiness assessment and own the migration roadmap, including capacity and licensing planning.Manage partner scope, change control, stage sign-offs and effort against agreed caps.Own the platform budget, including Azure and Fabric subscriptions and licences.

Requirements

10+ years in data engineering or data platforms, including 4+ years leading a platform or data engineering team.Strong background in data architecture and enterprise reporting, able to build on an existing architecture rather than replace it.Proven record of bringing platform discipline to a data function: version control, environments, CI/CD, release and rollback, runbooks and rehearsed recovery.Hands-on experience establishing metadata management: catalog, business glossary, lineage, data quality and access reviews.Microsoft Azure data stack: Azure Data Factory, Synapse or Databricks, Data Lake Storage, Azure DevOps or GitHub.Microsoft Fabric: hands-on knowledge or a migration completed or planned; capacity and licensing models.DataOps / DevOps: Git branching strategies, CI/CD for pipelines and Power BI, environment promotion, release and rollback."bgts INT"