6 months ago
Remote, United KingdomStaff+
Responsibilities
- Act as a trusted technical advisor and build relationships with senior client stakeholders, delivery leads, and engineering teams.
- Translate complex technical concepts into business value and delivery outcomes.
- Design and implement enterprise-scale Databricks solutions and modern cloud-native data platforms.
- Provide architectural leadership, define engineering standards, and drive platform optimization, resilience, and performance improvements.
- Lead technical delivery across multiple client engagements, supporting project planning, technical governance, and delivery execution.
- Mentor engineering teams, lead technical problem-solving and incident resolution, and promote automation and DevOps principles.
Requirements
- Proven experience as a Principal Data Engineer, Lead Data Engineer, or Data Architect in enterprise environments.
- Strong consultancy and client-facing experience across multiple customer engagements.
- Deep expertise in Databricks, including architecture, optimization, and leading delivery teams.
- Strong experience designing and delivering cloud-native data platforms in Azure and/or AWS environments.
- Advanced experience with PySpark, SparkSQL, and large-scale distributed data processing.
- Strong understanding of modern data architecture, ETL/ELT frameworks, data modeling, data governance, security, and platform reliability.
- Excellent SQL, communication, stakeholder management, and consulting skills, with experience working with large-scale datasets.
Benefits
- Contract opportunity working on complex, high-impact client programs and enterprise-scale Data & AI transformation initiatives.
- Flexible remote-first working model aligned to client requirements.
- Access to AWS and Databricks partner training and certifications.
- Collaborative culture focused on technical excellence and innovation.
- Opportunity to influence engineering standards, delivery capability, and client success.
About Nasstar
Nasstar provides managed IT and cloud services, including cloud migration, infrastructure operations, networking, security, and data platform enablement for enterprise and mid-market clients. It delivers consulting and ongoing managed services across Microsoft Azure and AWS, with expertise in automation, governance, and CI/CD. Founded in 1998 and headquartered in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, it is part of GCI Com after previously being listed on the London Stock Exchange.