Job Description
Dyson is a global technology enterprise. We solve the problems others choose to ignore, with surprising new inventions that defy convention and simply work better. We’re growing fast and our ambition is huge – more categories, more locations, and more people.We start with an engineering mindset and different thinking, then continuously refine our ideas, unwilling to compromise until we’ve found a better way.Our Data team provides modern solutions to deliver business value that help to remove complexity and drive efficiency and profitable growth as our business changes and grows.The RoleYou think and dream all things data and automation, enjoy working as part of an energetic and focused team that solves problems that have a direct line of sight to business value. You are consumed with innovating through data to represent business value. You have a sense of ownership and enjoy hands-on technical work. Your values are important to us in the way you live and work.The broad scope of responsibility requires solid understanding of both business and technology strategy and principled approach to broad digital transformation challenges/opportunities including strong leadership and people skills.As the Head of Data Platform Engineering and Operations, you will be responsible for the successful engineering practice to ensure that our data platform is 1) state-of-the-art Data Ops, 2) domain aware, 3) end to end integrated via modern data integration concepts, and 4) ensure all analytics are perform on our platform. Beyond this, you will be responsible for the operation of the data platform as well as our data platform transformation program. This is a pivotal role for Dyson to accelerate the delivery of data at speed and scale so that we can innovate with the science of data.You will be managing a team of technical experts of data platform engineers and automation engineers to ensure sustainable operation of our data platform and its transformation.Key ResponsibilitiesGrow, develop, and manage a team of talented data platform engineers and automation engineers.Lead all data ops engineering, warehousing, and platform related deliverables and strategy.Drive the vision to build a modern data platform at Dyson and lead best practices in data platform engineering and its standard.Responsible for defining with experts in the understanding of the current state and target state data platform architecture and strategy based on our four principles of a modern data platform at Dyson: 1) state-of-the-art Data Ops, 2) domain aware, 3) end to end integrated via modern data integration concepts, and 4) ensure all analytics are perform on our platform.Responsible for the full adoption of the target state architecture of our Dyson Data Platform through strong and collaborative leadership qualities to drive change across the various analytics groups of the company to adopt to the modern operating principles of the data platform. So that we benefit Dyson and our owners’ data experience.
Responsibilities + Skills
Deep and wide background in data technologies spanning both solutions built on traditional RDBMS and non-traditional NoSQL platforms.
Education
Experience
Proven experience with the development of scalable data platforms (even distributed) in a cloud environment and strong understanding and familiarity with data lifecycle management