We’re seeking a Data Platform Engineer to design and build a modern enterprise data platform using Microsoft Fabric. You’ll play a key role in architecting a secure, scalable and high-performance cloud environment that enables advanced analytics and data-driven decision making. This is a hybrid role with 1 day a week in the Milton Keynes office.

You will -

• Design and deliver a cloud-native data platform in Microsoft Fabric.
• Build and optimise data pipelines, lakehouse/warehouse solutions and semantic models.
• Implement Platform as Code (terraform) and CI/CD practices.
• Ensure security, governance, monitoring and performance optimisation.
• Lead incident resolution and continuous platform improvement.

Essential Skills

• Proven experience building enterprise cloud data platforms.
• Strong hands-on expertise in Microsoft Fabric and Microsoft SQL Server.
• Experience with Agile delivery and modern data architecture principles.
• Ability to support and integrate Legacy and modern technologies.

An exciting opportunity to shape and deliver a strategic Microsoft Fabric data platform from the ground up.

We are seeking a Data Platform Lead to join our Group Technology team in Milton Keynes. You will play a leading role in delivering the formal requirements associated with the Connells Group Data Platform, including design, capacity, management and configuration management responsibilities. As the Data Platform Lead, you will be managing a team of technical specialists across Connells data estate on a day-to-day basis, liaising with 3rd party providers, mentoring and developing the teams core skills and expertise whilst maturing the overall processes and procedures in relation to the service. The role also supports the business objectives and strategy through the delivery of secure, supportable and scalable on-premises, cloud and hybrid data platforms.

Key Responsibilities:

• Line management of a number of direct reports within the team. Resource management across the team, ensuring that the relevant workload associated to the team (Design, Project delivery, Operational and Change) are delivered as agreed.
• Act as the Subject Matter expertise around the Data Platform capability.
• Maintain the Data Platform for all Connells users, managing critical downtime and risk of disruption.
• To lead on ensuring an appropriate and robust response to applicable incidents, and to ensure root cause analysis and resolution occurs. In addition, ensuring an applicable out-of-hours support model in place as required for 24x7x365 operational running.

Team Roles and Responsibilities:

• Owns the Data Platform designs and supplier relationship
• Incident and Change
• Support projects where appropriate
• Undertake proactive monitoring and react to escalations from other IT teams
• Ensures Patches and Upgrades are implemented in line with operational limits

Experience and Skills Required:

Essential:

• Demonstrable Experience in similar relevant technical managerial roles
• Strong experience of incident resolution, requests, changes and problem-solving activities delivered to agreed SLAs.
• Experience of implementing Cloud Technologies
• Experience of Microsoft Fabric and SQL Server
• Extensive experience of implementing, managing and supporting data platforms in a demanding environment
• Experience of JIRA and Confluence
• Understanding of FinOps; PaaS; Alerting and Monitoring

Desirable:

• Experience of managing teams of over 5+ people in a complex, challenging environment setting and managing against SLAs and business objectives.
• Experience of GitHub, Git Actions, Terraform, Zero Trust architectures and PaaS.
• Preferably educated to graduate level with a bachelors degree in business, computer science or a related field

Connells Group UKis an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, transgender status, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity.

Dont meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people of colour are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Connells Group we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace. So, if youre excited about this role but your experience doesnt fit perfectly with every aspect of the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other opportunities.

We are looking for an experienced Data Product Owner to join our Group Technology team inMilton Keynes. You will play a leading role in delivering change to the Connells Group Data Platforms. You will be helping to steer direction of the Group Data Platform with the Data Delivery Manager and Data Director. As a Data Product Owner, you will be creating and prioritising the workload for five separate teams via their Team Leads. The role supports the business objectives and strategy through the delivery of secure, supportable and scalable on-premises, cloud and hybrid data and reporting platforms.

We offer a hybrid working arrangement with 2 days per week in our office in Milton Keynes.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the Group Data Platform product strategy and roadmap, aligning with business objectives to improve our group data ROI
• Analyse data and engage with customers to gather feedback, validate ideas, and ensure product alignment with customer needs and business objectives
• Owns the product backlog & prioritisation process, in partnership with Data Director and Data Delivery Manager
• Gather and document epics, features and user stories and prioritize the backlog based on user feedback, business value, and resource availability in partnership with Data Delivery Manager
• Develop and maintain an outcome-based product roadmap and actively contribute to business cases for resourcing and tools
• Lead and inspire a cross-functional team of engineering, design, and stakeholders throughout the product development lifecycle
• Establish key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure product success. Test, learn and iterate fast to prove the viability of the service as quickly and as cheaply as possible
• Facilitate product demos and user acceptance testing activities
• Support various agile ceremonies, such as backlog refinement, sprint planning, retrospectives?
• Works with other Group Technology teams to ensure project and team dependencies are highlighted and met.
• Works with the Data Director to highlight and manage Risks and Issues

Experience and Skills Required:

• Proven experience working as a product owner or similar role
• Experience of JIRA and Confluence
• Strong understanding of product management practices?
• Understanding of Cloud Development, Data Modelling, PowerBI, AI and Machine Learning modelling
• Experience of SQL server, Azure and Microsoft Fabric
• Customer-focused mindset with a passion for delivering high-quality solutions
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Demonstrated ability to communicate complex technical information in a condensed manner to various stakeholders verbally and in writing
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work collaboratively in a cross-functional team environment
• Demonstrated facilitation and influencing skills to drive decision making among stakeholders with diverse perspectives and priorities
• Ability to lead a team and encourage the team to meet and exceed goals and targets
• Able to take pragmatic decisions to move forward with an eye for short/medium/long term outcomes

Additional Information

Please note that we are unfortunately unable to provide visa sponsorship for this position. Applicants must have the right to work in the UK.

Connells Group UKis an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, transgender status, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity.

Role: Data Engineer (Automation)

Location: Milton Keynes (Hybrid 3 Days In-Office Weekly)

Salary: £45,000 - £55,000

Network IT are supporting a large, enterprise-scale organisation as they continue to evolve and modernise their Data Analytics and Automation Platform ; were looking for an experienced Data Engineer to design, build, and optimise secure, automated data pipelines that enable scalable analytics, business intelligence, and data-driven decision-making across multiple business units.

This is a highly technical role with strong exposure to cloud and on-prem data platforms , automation, and emerging AI-driven capabilities, and is specifically suited to candidates with strong, hands-on data engineering experience , particularly in building, operating, and optimising complex data pipelines, data models, and integration workflows at scale.

Role Overview and Responsibilities

As a Data & Automation Engineer , you will be responsible for the end-to-end delivery, operation, and continuous improvement of enterprise data pipelines and analytics platforms. Youll work closely with architects, application managers, and international teams to ensure data solutions are reliable, scalable, and aligned with data governance standards.

Key responsibilities include:

Designing, developing, and maintaining automated end-to-end data pipelines across cloud and on-premise source systems.

Delivering reliable data ingestion, transformation, and delivery processes using technologies such as Azure Data Factory, Databricks, SSIS, and SQL .

Reducing manual interventions through automation and standardisation , including data preparation, feature engineering, and training-data pipelines.

Preparing data models and datasets (DWH / Lakehouse) to support business intelligence, analytics, and operational reporting.

Monitoring and supporting live data pipelines, resolving issues in line with ITIL best practices , and implementing proactive alerting and self-healing mechanisms.

Identifying and implementing performance optimisations across data pipelines, queries, and reporting workloads.

Supporting data governance processes , including data archiving, masking, encryption, and versioning, with opportunities to integrate AI-driven automation.

Contributing to CI/CD processes for data pipelines, ensuring releases are tested, compliant, and deployed with minimal operational impact.

Collaborating with cross-functional and international teams to support aligned, scalable data operations.

Supporting the ongoing evolution and execution of the organisations data strategy .

Essential Skills and Experience

To be successful in this role, you will bring:

Strong commercial experience delivering end-to-end data engineering and automation solutions in complex environments.

Advanced SQL skills, including performance tuning and optimisation across large datasets.

Knowledge of Python or R for data processing or analytics.

Hands-on experience with data integration and ingestion tools such as Azure Data Factory and Databricks .

Proven experience in data modelling , data warehousing, and relational database platforms (e.g. MS SQL Server).

Experience designing cloud-native and/or on-prem data solutions .

Exposure to automation and AI-enabled data processes , with awareness of LLM use cases within data workflows.

Experience working in Agile delivery environments (Scrum, Kanban, DevOps).

Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to translate complex data into meaningful insights.

Excellent communication skills and the ability to work effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Desirable Experience

Experience coordinating or supporting AI / ML initiatives within data platforms.

Experience working within large, regulated, or international organisations.

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Were looking for a skilled Azure Data Engineer with hands-on experience in Microsoft Fabric to join our growing data team. If youre passionate about building scalable, modern data platforms in Microsoft Azure, wed love to hear from you.

What Youll Do

• Design, build, and maintain scalable data pipelines using Azure services
• Develop and optimize solutions in Microsoft Fabric (Data Factory, Lakehouse, Warehousing)
• Implement ETL/ELT processes using tools such as Azure Data Factory
• Work with large datasets in Azure Synapse Analytics and Azure Data Lake Storage
• Collaborate with analysts and stakeholders to deliver high-quality, reliable data solutions
• Ensure data governance, security, and performance best practices

What Were Looking For

• Strong experience with Azure data services
• Proven experience with Microsoft Fabric
• Proficiency in SQL and Python
• Experience designing data models and working with large-scale datasets
• Understanding of CI/CD and DevOps practices

Excellent problem-solving and communication skills

Based at client locations, working remotely, or based in our Godalming or Milton Keynes offices.

Salary up to £75,000, plus excellent company benefits.

About Us

Triad Group Plc is an award-winning digital, data, and solutions consultancy with over 35 years’ experience primarily serving the UK public sector and central government. We deliver high-quality solutions that make a real difference to users, citizens and consumers.

At Triad, collaboration thrives, knowledge is shared, and every voice matters. Our close-knit, supportive culture ensures you’re valued from day one. Whether working with cutting-edge tech or shaping strategy for national-scale projects, you’ll be trusted, challenged, and empowered to grow.

We nurture learning through communities of practice and encourage creativity, autonomy, and innovation. If you’re passionate about solving meaningful problems with smart and passionate people, Triad could be the place for you.

Glassdoor score of 4.7
96% of our staff would recommend Triad to a friend
100% CEO approval

See for yourself some of the work that makes us all so proud:

Helping law enforcement with secure intelligence systems that keep the UK safe
Supporting the UK’s national meteorological service in leveraging supercomputers for next-level weather forecasting
Assisting the British government department that is responsible for the safety of consumer products, with systems to track unsafe products
Powering systems that help the government monitor and reduce greenhouse gas emissions from commercial transport

Role Summary

As a Data Architect, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the data strategy and architecture of the organisation. You’ll work across various business domains, providing expert guidance to ensure data solutions align with enterprise standards and support strategic goals. This role involves close collaboration with technical architects, agile teams, and stakeholders to deliver robust, scalable, and compliant data architectures.

Key Responsibilities:

Collaborate with chief data architects to interpret organisational data needs and translate them into practical solutions.
Provide oversight and guidance to data architects in the design and production of data artefacts.
Design and maintain logical and physical data models, metadata systems, and data dictionaries.
Ensure adherence to organisational data architecture standards across teams.
Support agile delivery teams using Scrum methodology, contributing to iterative and collaborative development.
Partner with technical architects to align system architecture with data architecture best practices.
Foster knowledge sharing and maintain high standards within the data architecture community.Skills and Experience:

Proven experience working across diverse business domains in a data architecture capacity.
Strong “can-do” attitude with a proactive and solution-oriented mindset.
Solid experience with agile delivery practices, particularly Scrum.
Ability to design data models and metadata systems that support business objectives.
Competence in developing and managing data dictionaries.
Experience providing technical oversight and ensuring compliance with architectural standards.
Collaborative approach to working with both data and technical architecture teams.
Nice to have
Experience working in the UK Public Sector, with familiarity in applying the Service Manual and Service Standard.
Active contributor to data communities of practice or professional networks.

Qualifications & Certifications

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.

Triad’s Commitment to You

As a growing and ambitious company, Triad prioritises your development and well-being:

Continuous Training & Development: Access to top-rated Udemy Business courses.

Work Environment: Collaborative, creative, and free from discrimination.

Benefits:

25 days of annual leave, plus bank holidays.
Matched pension contributions (5%).
Private healthcare with Bupa
Gym membership support or Lakeshore Fitness access.
Perkbox membership.
Cycle-to-work scheme.

What Our Colleagues Have to Say

Please see for yourself on Glass Door and our “Day in the Life” videos at the bottom of our Careers Page.

Our Selection Process

After applying for the role, our in-house talent team will contact you to discuss Triad and the position. If shortlisted, you will be invited for:

A Technical online test - circa 30 minutes
A Technical interview session with our senior team members
An interview with our CTO, including a career review and cultural fit assessment.We aim to complete interviews and progress candidates to offer stage within 2-3 weeks of the initial conversation.

Other information

If this role is of interest to you or you would like further information, please contact Ben Fowler and submit your application now!

Triad is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all suitably qualified people regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion, or belief.

We are proud that our recruitment process has been recognised as inclusive and accessible to disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for any role. We are a signatory on the Tech Talent Charter that aims to bring industries and organisations together to drive greater inclusion and diversity in technology roles, in addition, as a Disability Confident Leader

Our client has a permanent vacancy for a Senior Systems Analyst to be responsible for the overall management, optimisation, and efficient running of business systems. You will work closely with business stakeholders in Operations, Finance, Sales, B2B Commerce, and Warehousing to understand business requirements, improve system capabilities, and develop scalable and robust solutions.

Key Responsibilities

Business Analysis & Process Improvement

• Engage with business stakeholders to understand operational needs, map processes, and identify opportunities for improvement.

• Lead requirements gathering workshops and convert requirements into functional and technical requirements.

• Define current workflow and future workflow as well as identifying bottlenecks and recommending solutions.

• Support change initiatives by assessing business impact, defining success metrics, and ensuring smooth transition to new processes.

• Manage supplier relationships to ensure that they provide quality support and deliver fixes on time and according to business priorities.

Systems Analysis & Support

• Provide advanced 2nd/3rd line support and subject matter expertise to the business applications, including the ERP and integrated applications.
• Carry out root cause analysis for system issues and coordinate with internal teams and vendors to implement permanent corrective actions.
• Ensure systems remain performant, scalable, and aligned with business growth objectives.
• Configuration management, system checks on master data integrity and optimization of system usage across various departments.

Project Delivery

• Contribute to full project lifecycles from discovery and design through testing, deployment, and adoption by users.

• Taking ownership of project deliverables, ensuring quality documentation and timely completion.

Testing & Quality Assurance

• Develop test scenarios, test scripts, and perform UAT and regression testing on changes and upgrades to the system.
• Validate data flows, integrations, and business rules to ensure reliable operation of end-to-end processes.

Reporting & Data Insight

• Operational and analytical reporting Create, maintain, and enhance reports to support decision making.
• Interact with stakeholders to define reporting needs.

Training & User Guidance

• Train and guide the end users on the new features and processes and best practices.
• Develop training documents, knowledge articles, and process documentation.

Required Skills & Experience

• Strong experience in business or systems analysis within an ERP centric environment.
• Hands on experience with enterprise resource planning systems
• Relational database experience e.g. writing queries, and performance tuning.
• Systems integration, API s and data flows between enterprise platforms.
• Communication and stakeholder engagement skills with a customer driven approach.
• The ability to document requirements, processes and technical specifications correctly and efficiently.

Desirable Skills & Experience

• Sage X3 ERP Experience.
• Understanding of Finance, B2B ecommerce, warehouse, supply chain or product distribution.
• Experience with Crystal Reports, Sage Enterprise Intelligence or similar reporting tools.
• Knowledge and experience of working with web services, API integrations, or system automation.
• Familiarity with Magento, Shopify, or other B2B ecommerce platforms.
• Microsoft SQL Experience.

Due to the large number of responses we receive it is not always possible to respond to every application straight away. Should your skills and experience be a match for this role, or any other vacancy we may have, we will normally contact you within 72 hours of receiving your application. If you wish to apply for further roles please do so.

Were seeking a Data Platform Engineer to design and build a modern enterprise data platform using Microsoft Fabric. Youll play a key role in architecting a secure, scalable and high-performance cloud environment that enables advanced analytics and data-driven decision making. This is a hybrid role with 1 day a week in the Milton Keynes office.

You will -

• Design and deliver a cloud-native data platform in Microsoft Fabric.
• Build and optimise data pipelines, lakehouse/warehouse solutions and semantic models.
• Implement Platform as Code (terraform) and CI/CD practices.
• Ensure security, governance, monitoring and performance optimisation.
• Lead incident resolution and continuous platform improvement.

Essential Skills

• Proven experience building enterprise cloud data platforms.
• Strong hands-on expertise in Microsoft Fabric and Microsoft SQL Server.
• Experience with Agile delivery and modern data architecture principles.
• Ability to support and integrate legacy and modern technologies.

An exciting opportunity to shape and deliver a strategic Microsoft Fabric data platform from the ground up.

Role Details

• Role/Job Title: ODI Designer Developer
• Work Location: Milton Keynes
• Hybrid Requirement: 2 3 days in office

The RoleSantander is undergoing major Finance transformation using Oracle ERP. This role requires experienced ODI professionals who can independently work on complex tasks related to ODI.Your Responsibilities

• Develop, test, and deploy ETL processes using Oracle Data Integrator (ODI).
• Collaborate with data architects to design data integration solutions.
• Analyze and translate data requirements into technical specifications.
• Monitor and troubleshoot data integration workflows for issues.
• Optimize ETL processes to ensure high performance and data integrity.
• Document ETL processes and maintain accurate records of data transformations.
• Work with stakeholders to understand data requirements and deliver solutions.
• Participate in code reviews and provide constructive feedback to peers.
• Unix Scipt , Strong PL/SQL

Your ProfileEssential Skills / Knowledge / Experience

• Good Communication skills.
• At least 7-10 years of experience working In ODI.
• Strong knowledge of Oracle ODI with at least 2 recent project experence.

Your new company
You will be working for a large, well-known organisation who are a powerhouse within their industry.
Your new role
You will manage a team of technical specialists, ensure platform stability and performance, and drive continuous improvement across their data services.
Key responsibilities:

• Lead, mentor and manage a team of data platform specialists.
• Oversee resource planning and delivery across design, projects, operations and change.
• Act as an SME for the Data Platform and own platform design and supplier relationships.
• Maintain platform availability, capacity and configuration, managing risk and downtime.
• Lead incident and problem management, ensuring root cause analysis and timely resolution.
• Support operations with appropriate out of hours cover.
• Ensure proactive monitoring, patching, upgrades and adherence to change processes.
• Provide technical support to projects and cross-functional teams.

What you’ll need to succeed

• Proven experience in technical leadership or management roles.
• Strong background in incident, request, change and problem management to SLA.
• Experience implementing cloud technologies using Azure.
• Hands on experience with Microsoft Fabric and SQL Server is essential.
• Extensive experience managing and supporting complex data platforms.
• Familiarity with JIRA and Confluence.

What you’ll get in return
A permanent role that’s paying up to £65,000pa with additional benefits that also has hybrid working on offer.
What you need to do now

If you’re interested in this role, click ‘apply now’ to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.
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Excellent opportunity within a progressive company for a Senior Analyst.

• Gather and analyse business requirements for reporting and data insight needs, ensuring solutions add real value.
• Provide support for users of BI tools, answering queries and resolving issues.
• Ensure effective integration of data across systems, working with subject matter experts.
• Maintain clear documentation for BI solutions and processes.
• Contribute to the maintenance and improvement of the central data platform and BI ecosystem.
• Support the implementation of good data governance practices across the organisation.
• Coordinate or support testing of BI developments and changes.
• Monitor the performance and availability of BI tools and ensure service standards are met.

Opportunities in the Role:

• Shape the future of the organisation’s BI strategy and roadmap.
• Influence and improve data-driven decision-making across all business areas.
• Build strong relationships across departments and external partners.
• Gain broad exposure to business operations and develop both technical and strategic skills.
• Contribute directly to transformation projects through meaningful insight and analysis.

Skills & Experience:

• Strong experience with BI and analytics tools.
• Excellent analytical skills and the ability to interpret complex data needs.
• Advanced Excel skills (eg pivot tables, formulas, data manipulation).
• Proven ability to translate business requirements into BI solutions.
• Good understanding of data warehousing, ETL, and data modelling.
• Strong knowledge of data quality, governance, and management.
• Proficiency with SQL and cloud-based databases.
• Effective communicator for both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Experience documenting BI solutions, including data dictionaries and metadata.
• Hands-on experience with Qlik Sense and NPrinting.
• Understanding of Master Data Management (MDM).
• Exposure to other BI tools (eg Power BI, Tableau).
• Basic Scripting skills (eg Python)
• YOU MUST possess excellent communication skills, be local to Milton Keynes and be eligible to work in the UK