Lead Architect Data Platform

JOB DETAILS

JOB BAND: E
CONTRACT TYPE: Permanent Full-time
DEPARTMENT: BBC Product Group
LOCATION: London Glasgow Salford Newcastle Cardiff
PROPOSED SALARY RANGE: 95000 - 110000 depending on relevant skills knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.

Were happy to discuss flexible working. If youd like to please indicate your preference in the application though theres no obligation to do so now. Flexible working will be part of the discussion at offer stage.

PURPOSE OF THE ROLE

The BBC is reimagining the data platform that powers industry reporting north-star metrics marketing personalisation business insight digital application development and content commissioning. As part of this the BBC is moving towards aself-service data platformthat supports analytical machine learning and near-real time use cases at scale.

We are looking for aLead Architectto shape this next-generation platform. You will be responsible for developing reusable capabilities that enable data teams to ingest data through ELT/ETL pipelines transform it across our data lake and warehouse and make it available for production workloads. The platform must support theentire data lifecycle from early exploration to operational production while ensuring governance security and repeatability.

Our core environment isAWS with Redshift at the centre and we are consolidating towards aunified environment. Governance data catalogue integration and scalable pipelines are essential to this vision.

WHY JOIN THE TEAM

This is a critical role that will see youembedded in cross-functional teamsoperating within the Product Operating Model working with engineers product managers data scientists delivery managers and security specialists. You will also collaborate closely with architects across the BBC to ensure coherence and alignment with wider enterprise architecture.

We want the BBC to be as renowned for the quality of its engineering as it is for the quality of its content. This role offers the opportunity to work in a collaborative environment on systems of national scale and impact shaping the future of data at the BBC.

YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND IMPACT

• Partner with Product and Engineering from discovery through delivery to ensure solutions are feasible sustainable and aligned with BBCs data strategy.
• Co-own architectural decisions embedding oversight into cross-functional teams and documenting choices through ADRs.
• Provide architectural leadership across the BBC ecosystem ensuring technical coherence managing dependencies and minimising complexity.
• Champion patterns best practices and evolutionary design approaches to deliver secure robust and repeatable solutions.
• Mentor and coach engineering teams raising technical delivery standards and communicating architecture clearly to all stakeholders.

YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

ESSENTIAL CRITERIA:

• Proven architecture experience designinghigh-volume near-real time data platformswith strong focus on resilience reliability and security.
• Expertise inAWS (particularly Redshift) ELT/ETL pipelines and the full end-to-end data lifecycle from exploration to production.
• Experience embeddingdata governance metadata management and catalogue toolinginto platform solutions.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams to deliver on architectural strategy.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence translate technical detail and shape a compelling strategic vision.

DESIRED BUT NOT REQUIRED:

• Experience enablingself-service analytical platformsand supporting use cases such as personalisation machine learning and advanced analytics.
• Knowledge of big data technologies and their practical application for technical and data professionals.
• Experience inagile software delivery at scale with a perspective on what good looks like in data engineering.
• Knowledge of cloud-native and microservice architectures across multiple domains (web mobile data).
• Experience evaluating and advocating for emerging technologies to deliver business value.
  

If you can bring some of these skills and experience along with transferable strengths wed love to hear from you and encourage you to apply.

Before your start date you may need to disclose any unspent convictions or police charges in line with our Contracts of Employment policy. This allows us to discuss any support you may need and assess any risks. Failure to disclose may result in the withdrawal of your offer.