Lead DataOps Engineer – Big Data Platform
Location: London (Hybrid – 3 days per week in office)
Salary: £80,000 – £90,000 + bonus
About the Role
Gravitas is partnering with a leading organisation to recruit a strategic and hands-on Operations Lead Engineer. This role is critical to ensuring the resilience, performance, and cost-effectiveness of an Azure-based data platform. You’ll combine operational leadership with incident response, SLA management, cost optimisation (FinOps), and deployment oversight.
As the single point of contact for operational issues, you’ll drive rapid resolution during outages, lead stakeholder communications, and shape processes that keep the platform running smoothly and efficiently.
Key Responsibilities
- Maintain day-to-day stability and performance of the Azure data platform (Synapse, Databricks, ADF, Power BI).
- Act as the primary contact for incidents and outages — driving resolution, root cause analysis, and clear communication.
- Define and enforce SLAs for critical pipelines, datasets, and reporting assets.
- Lead FinOps forums to improve cost transparency and efficiency.
- Oversee CI/CD pipelines and deployments for safe, compliant delivery.
- Champion monitoring, observability, and automation to reduce manual intervention.
- Develop operational runbooks, escalation protocols, and incident playbooks.
- Collaborate with data engineering and analytics teams to align operational strategy with business goals.
Skills & Experience
- Proven operational leadership for large-scale data platforms.
- Expertise in incident management, SLA enforcement, and stakeholder communication.
- Hands-on experience with Azure Synapse, Databricks, ADF, Power BI.
- Familiarity with CI/CD and automation.
- Strong FinOps mindset and cost management experience.
- Knowledge of monitoring and observability frameworks.
- Calm under pressure with strong problem-solving skills.
Why This Role?
This is a high-visibility position at the heart of a major data ecosystem. You’ll influence the operational backbone of an enterprise-scale Azure platform, lead initiatives that improve reliability and cost transparency, and enable adoption of AI and advanced analytics.
Interested? Apply today through Gravitas and help shape a robust, future-ready data platform.
