Data Platform Technical Lead

On behalf of DWP, we are looking for a Data Platform Technical Lead for a 12 Month (Inside IR35) contract based Hybrid in either Manchester, Newcastle, Leeds or Birmingham office 3 days per week . The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is responsible for welfare, pensions, and child maintenance policy. As the UK’s biggest public service department, it administers the State Pension and a range of working age, disability and ill health benefits to around 20 million claimants and customers.

As such, we operate on a scale that is almost unmatched anywhere in Europe and most people in Britain come into contact with us at some point in their lives. Working with DWP, you will be helping us to drive our priorities to: Help people to move into work and support those already in work to progress, with the aim of increasing overall workforce participation Help people to plan and save for later life, while providing a safety net for those who need it now Provide effective, efficient, and innovative services to the millions of claimants who rely on us every day, including the most vulnerable in society Improve experience of our services while maximising value for money for the taxpayer.

As a Data Platform Technical Lead , your main responsibilities will be: Take ownership of Data Lens and lead it from architecture and requirements through to a working service. Build and prove core data-platform patterns, while coordinating the engineering, data science, security, privacy and governance expertise required to deliver the wider service.

Be hands-on , comfortable building prototypes, pipelines and platform components. Be able to coordinate across multiple teams and disciplines, particularly source-system engineering teams, platform engineering, data science, security, privacy and governance. Essential: Have proven experience with AWS data and cloud services, particularly technologies such as S3, Glue, Athena, IAM, KMS, Sage.

Maker, Lambda, Event. Bridge and Cloud. Watch. Able to take a high-level design and work out what needs to happen next Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not Overseas. Disability Confident As a Disability Confident employer, DWP encourage applications from disabled and neurodivergent candidates .

Applications from candidates who identify as having a disability and meet the essential criteria for the role will be prioritised for review. Where application volumes are high, additional role-specific and desirable criteria may be applied as part of the shortlisting process which may include holding active security clearance.

Armed Forces Covenant As a signatory of the Armed Forces Covenant, DWP welcome applications from veterans, service leavers, reservists and military spouses or partners. Applications from eligible candidates who meet the essential criteria for the role will be prioritised for review. Where application volumes are high, additional role-specific and desirable criteria may be applied as part of the shortlisting process which may include holding active security clearance.

In applying for this role, you acknowledge the following "this role falls in scope of the Off Payroll Working in the Public Sector legislation. Any rates of payment quoted will reflect the gross rate per day for the assignment and will be subject to appropriate taxes and statutory costs. As such the payment to the intermediary and your income resulting from this contract will be different".