Technical Lead / Delivery Manager Full Time

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Cambridge University Press & Assessment

Play a pivotal role in shaping the technological landscape of our organisation.

The Technical Lead is a hands-on position that involves collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver enterprise-level solutions. You’ll be responsible for planning, designing, building, securing, and monitoring innovative data products.

We are Cambridge University Press & Assessment, a world-leading academic publisher and assessment organisation and a proud part of the University of Cambridge.

About the role

The job holder is required to define and drive quality, consistency, and excellence in all aspects of Data Engineer within the EDP, Data Movement Integration Team and SAS team with change control process and collaborative work.

• Mentor a team of developers/engineers, fostering a collaborative and high-performance work environment.
• Provide technical expertise in the design, development, and implementation of complex software solutions.
• Takes responsibility for ensuring that the deliverables of the D&I Data Squads are managed in accordance with Cambridge Technologies standards, process, and documentation.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand project requirements and contribute to the overall technical strategy.
• Manage issues, risks, and dependencies, and ensure these are communicated and acknowledged effectively.
• Ensure the use of best practices, coding standards, and proper documentation in all technical deliverables
• To translate business problems and opportunities into data engineering solutions
• Continually develops data engineering knowledge and skills so that they remain current in a fast-changing field.
• Identifies and manages risks and issues proactively with and on behalf of the team.

About you

If you’re a tech-savvy leader who thrives on solving complex challenges, this role is for you.

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• Proven experience in dev ops, software development, data engineering, or a similar role.
• Demonstrate data management and coding skills.
• Experience building complex data solutions, data integration processes and tools, data quality / testing data solutions and bug fixing.
• Excellent experience in AWS services, Big Data solutions and at least one of the following (Data integration, Serverless, Storage and database management, SAS application management).
• Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to lead technical discussions.
• Familiarity with agile methodologies and working in cross-functional squads.

If you would like to know more about this opportunity and what will make you successful, please see the full job description attached to the bottom of this vacancy on our careers site.

Rewards and benefits

We will support you to be at your best in work and to live well outside of it. In addition to competitive salaries, we offer a world-class, flexible rewards package, featuring family-friendly and planet-friendly benefits including:

• 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Private medical and Permanent Health Insurance
• Discretionary annual bonus
• Group personal pension scheme
• Life assurance up to 4 x annual salary
• Green travel schemes

We are a hybrid working organisation, and we offer a range of flexible working options from day one. We expect most hybrid-working colleagues to spend 40-60% of their time at their dedicated office or location. We will also consider other work arrangements if you wish to work more flexibly or require adjustments due to a disability.

Ready to pursue your potential? Apply now.

We review applications on an ongoing basis, with a closing date for all applications being 15 March 2024 and interviews are scheduled to take place from 18 March 2024.

Please note that successful applicants will be subject to satisfactory background checks including DBS due to working in a regulated industry.

Why join us

Joining us is your opportunity to pursue potential. You’ll belong to a collaborative team that’s exploring new and better ways to serve students, teachers and researchers across the globe – for the benefit of individuals, society and the world. Sharing our mission will inspire your own growth, development and progress, in an environment which embraces difference, change and aspiration.

Cambridge University Press & Assessment is committed to being a place where anyone can enjoy a successful career, where everyone has a voice, and where we learn continuously to improve together. Ensuring that everyone feels they belong is essential to who we are, and to the contribution we make to society and our planet.

We believe better outcomes come through diversity of thought, background and approach. We welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and communities, actively seeking to employ people from a wide range of different communities.