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Data Technology Engineer (UK)
NextWave Consulting Ltd · London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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1d ago
location
London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
languages
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tools
grafana, hive, s3
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grafanahives3trino
> description
<div><strong>Location:</strong> UK</div><div><br></div><div><strong>Department:</strong> Data Technology / Platform Engineering</div><div><br></div><div><strong>Role Summary</strong></div><div>We are looking for a <strong>Data Technology Engineer</strong> to design, build, and run <strong>secure, multi‑tenant data platform capabilities</strong>. This role focuses on <strong>platform services, integration, orchestration, security, and observability</strong>, enabling teams to reliably access, integrate, and operate data pipelines at scale.</div><div>This is a <strong>modern cloud‑native platform role</strong>—ideal for engineers who enjoy working across <strong>Kubernetes, APIs, data orchestration, and developer experience</strong>, while partnering closely with security and risk stakeholders.</div><div><br></div><div><strong>What You’ll Do</strong></div><ul style="margin-top:0in;" type="disc"><li>Design and evolve <strong>multi‑tenant platform architecture</strong></li><li>Build <strong>secure access patterns</strong> for data services and APIs</li><li>Deliver <strong>integration and API management</strong> capabilities (Kong or similar)</li><li>Enable <strong>data virtualisation</strong> via Trino or query federation tools</li><li>Operate <strong>Airflow as a platform service</strong> with production standards</li><li>Implement <strong>end‑to‑end observability</strong> aligned to SLOs</li><li>Improve CI/CD, artefact promotion, and developer experience</li><li>Collaborate with security, risk, and engineering teams</li></ul><div><strong>Key Skills & Experience</strong></div><ul style="margin-top:0in;" type="disc"><li>Strong experience in <strong>Kubernetes or cloud‑native platform engineering</strong></li><li>Exposure to <strong>multi‑tenant platform architectures</strong></li><li>API management or integration tooling (Kong, Apigee, gateways)</li><li><strong>Airflow in production environments</strong></li><li>Observability tooling (Prometheus, Grafana, tracing)</li><li>Data access technologies (<strong>Trino</strong>, federation, or query engines)</li><li>Solid engineering fundamentals: version control, CI/CD, IaC concepts</li></ul><div><strong>Nice to Have</strong></div><ul style="margin-top:0in;" type="disc"><li>Security, audit, or policy‑as‑code exposure</li><li>Container image management (Harbor or similar)</li><li>Data storage experience (S3, Hive, RDBMS)</li><li>Experience building internal developer platforms</li></ul>