Platform Engineer

Anticipated Contract End Date/Length: December 18 2026 potential to extend
Work setup: Hybrid (23 days per week in office)
Clearance required: BPSS eligibility

Our client in the Information Technology and Services industry is looking for a Platform Engineer to partner with the Data Engineering CoE Lead in establishing and scaling a Data Engineering Centre of Excellence. The role will drive engineering standards platform governance technology strategy and engineering excellence across the organization.

What you wil do:

• Define and establish the Data Engineering CoE including its charter operating model and roadmap.
• Evaluate and lead PoCs for data engineering frameworks tools and emerging technologies.
• Define adoption roadmaps for approved frameworks and best practices.
• Establish enforce and measure engineering standards governance and quality metrics.
• Develop reference architectures reusable patterns and engineering guardrails.
• Drive engineering excellence through KPIs maturity assessments and continuous improvement.
• Align Customer Data Platform (CDP) and Enterprise Data Platform (EDP) teams under a common engineering vision while maintaining operational independence.
• Establish clear governance and a roadmap for the Data Engineering CoE.
• Standardize engineering frameworks practices and architecture patterns.
• Measure the effectiveness of Data Engineers across the CoE and vendor partners.
• Drive alignment between CDP and EDP under a unified data engineering strategy.

Qualifications :

• Bring strong experience in data engineering and engineering Centre of Excellence environments.
• Possess experience establishing engineering standards governance frameworks and operating models.
• Bring experience evaluating data engineering frameworks tools and emerging technologies through PoCs.
• Possess knowledge of reference architectures reusable engineering patterns and engineering guardrails.
• Bring experience defining adoption roadmaps for engineering frameworks and best practices.
• Possess experience establishing and measuring engineering KPIs quality metrics and maturity assessments.
• Bring experience working across Customer Data Platform (CDP) and Enterprise Data Platform (EDP) environments.
• Possess strong understanding of data engineering strategy platform governance and technology strategy.
• Bring experience working with vendor partners and measuring engineering effectiveness.
• Be eligible to complete BPSS checks.

Additional Information :

Candidates must be legally authorized to live and work in the country where the position is based without requiring employer sponsorship.

HelloKindred is committed to fair transparent and inclusive hiring practices. We assess candidates based on skills experience and role-related requirements.

We appreciate your interest in this opportunity. While we review every application carefully only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

HelloKindred is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome applicants of all backgrounds and do not discriminate on the basis of race colour religion sex gender identity or expression sexual orientation age national origin disability veteran status or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Contract