Associate Director – Data Platform & Operations

My client is seeking a senior leader to drive the strategy, delivery, and operations of a hybrid enterprise data platform powering AI, BI, and analytics.

• Lead architecture & operations across Azure, Kubernetes/OpenShift & on-prem storage
• Drive CI/CD, IaC (Terraform/Ansible) & platform automation
• Oversee big data ecosystem (Spark, Kafka, Delta Lake, SingleStore)
• Implement observability (monitoring, logging, lineage, alerts)
• Own platform reliability, scalability & cost optimisation (FinOps)
• Enable self‑service for Data, AI & BI teams
• Manage delivery, dependencies & production readiness
• Mentor teams and embed DevOps/DataOps best practices

• Azure
• Kubernetes/OpenShift
• Spark
• Kafka
• Delta Lake
• Parquet
• SingleStore
• VAST
• Azure DevOps

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