Data Tech Lead (6 month Contract)

We are recruiting for a Contract Data Tech Lead for a 6 month contract to start ASAP.

Day rate up to £450.

Candidates must be able to commute to Stratford once a week.

Who We Are:
AND Digital are a tech company focused on accelerating digital delivery and dedicated to closing the digital skills gap. We’ve been helping organisations build better digital products and stronger digital teams since 2014.

We believe our work should always make a remarkable impact for our clients. We do this through our regional offices (or ‘Clubs’) building strong relationships with our partners, so that they are always prioritised by a team within close proximity. 

This unique model has driven success for our clients and ourselves, evidenced by our remarkable organic growth since 2014. Today we number more than 1,300 people with Clubs all over the UK, Europe and the USA with plans for global expansion in the next couple of years.

Join us - and help us fulfil our mission to close the world’s digital skills gap.

The Role: 

• Be a technical lead for key initiatives, act as a technical authority and knowledge source for the wider team, providing mentorship to help others grow their technical capabilities.
• Work in collaboration with Product and Project Managers, Architects, etc to identify requirements.
• Transition high level designs design to delivery, by working closely with solution architects and supporting key transition activities.
• Provide significant contribution to test strategies and plans as determined by the project or initiative.
• Serve as the primary technical contact for scientific teams, translating research workflows and data requirements into scalable technical solutions.
• Design and implement complex cloud solutions for scientific workloads, staying current with research-focused services.
• Apply SRE and DevOps best practices, implementing automation and CI/CD pipelines to reduce toil and improve reliability.
• Experienced with AWS and hybrid cloud architecture.
• Experienced with Infrastructure as Code, Python, R, CI/CD and Linux.
• Experience of cloud-native architecture and clouds services, various SQL and noSQL databases, as well as messaging queues.

Equal Opportunities Statement

We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome applications from all qualified candidates. We actively encourage applications from women, ethnic minorities, and individuals with disabilities. We consider all flexible working arrangements, subject to the requirements of the role. Where reasonable adjustments are needed, we will strive to make changes to accommodate them.