Key Responsibilities This role is in the Sky Data [Customer / Product / Viewing / Regulatory] family. Act as a technical authority and subject matter expert for the teams in your area Provide technical leadership and mentoring to ensure that quality is high and consistent across all individuals and teams Lead and represent the team on a portfolio of work Provide technical support and assistance to the Head of Department and Data Engineering Team Lead Ensure the correct tools and technologies are being used and that their use is both effective and in-line with broader department practices Focus on the domain and prioritise tasks that ensure the domain meets its objectives and goals Drive and enhance an agile approach to development and delivery Continuously implement, promote, and improve our ways of working, defining best practice, frameworks and processes Be a first class engineer and expert in the domain, capable of deep diving into implementation details of components and features across the technology stacks Be at the forefront of significant technology initiatives from inception to successful deployment Manage solution architects and work closely with Data Engineering, other architecture teams and wider technology communities Look ahead and drive adoption of advanced features and new capabilities Create and build frameworks to support CI/CD pipelines and future capability Work in partnership with Sky Data Architecture to simplify and modernise our data landscape, and take the lead at Directorate level to embed our reference architecture in UK Data Provide leadership to help rationalise our Data Architecture and maximise efficiency; this will include driving the decommissioning of legacy systems and the convergence of analytical, reporting and lab marts and layers Work within the broader department to influence the technical agenda and drive engineering excellence. Act as a champion and ambassador to foster Sky-wide collaboration and accessibility to data. Provide excellent people and technical leadership for Solution Architects, and drive collaboration across all Departments and Engineering teams Key Skills: Proven experience in development of data products as per requirements Expert and demonstrable technical background in data tools and process Proven experience working with large, complex datasets in a cloud environment such as BigQuery An extensive data analysis & interpretation background in evaluation of data gathered from various sources, helping key partners understand and maximise the potential of Sky’s data Exceptional communication & social skills, and have a demonstrable ability to influence technical decisions in a fast-paced commercial environment Self-motivator with energy and drive for continuous improvement and a focus on delivering results Proven ability to influence technical decisions in a fast-moving commercial environment A minimum of 8 years data engineering experience Excellent GCP/Python and/or Node JS 8 knowledge Experience defining and implementing standards & quality assurance CI/CD experience (ideally with Jenkins) Experience of transforming teams in ways of working to latest methodologies In addition, there will be position-specific requirements depending on the Directorate; a high level view is below Customer Directorate Exposure to, and understanding of, customer data Product Directorate Exposure to, and understanding of, product data Viewing, Content & Regulatory Directorate: Viewing Exposure to, and understanding of, viewing data Viewing, Content & Regulatory Directorate: Regulatory A deep understanding of Sky Data models across Customer, Viewing, and Network domains Subject matter expert in the data of source systems such as CRM, Billing & Contact Technology Experience of collaborating with stakeholders to deliver highly complicated Data Products