Data Platform Agile Delivery Lead – London – £575 per day (Inside IR35)
Please note – this role requires attendance in the London office as needed. To be eligible you must have the unrestricted right to work in the UK. This organisation is not able to offer sponsorship.
Overview
My client is a global technology consulting partner supporting a major consultancy engagement. They are looking for an experienced Data Platform Agile Delivery Lead to join a high‑profile delivery for a government organisation.
Role Summary
You will lead a 15‑person AWS DevOps Platform team, split across three delivery pods, guiding the successful delivery of a critical data and cloud platform. Acting as both Scrum Master and delivery lead, you will ensure strong agile execution while maintaining oversight of dependencies, risks, and roadmap delivery.
The ideal candidate brings a strong DevOps or cloud engineering background, is comfortable operating at both team and programme level, and can foster accountability, pace, and collaboration across technical and non‑technical stakeholders.
Key Responsibilities
- Delivery Leadership: Own end‑to‑end delivery of the platform roadmap, managing cross‑team dependencies, risks, and stakeholder reporting.
- Agile Facilitation: Lead all agile ceremonies including sprint planning, stand‑ups, retrospectives, and backlog refinement across a large team.
- Impediment Removal: Proactively identify and resolve technical, process, or organisational blockers to protect delivery outcomes.
- DevOps Culture & Process: Support adoption of DevOps best practices including Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD, monitoring, security, and quality standards.
- Stakeholder Management: Work closely with Product Managers, Architects, and Engineering leaders to align priorities and technical direction.
- Metrics & Continuous Improvement: Track and analyse delivery and DevOps metrics (velocity, cycle time, deployment frequency, change failure rate) to drive performance improvements.
- Coaching & Mentorship: Promote agile maturity, self‑organisation, and a culture of accountability within the team.
Required Skills & Experience
- 5+ years of experience as an Agile Delivery Lead, Scrum Master, Agile Coach, or Technical Project Manager.
- Strong understanding of AWS services (e.g., EC2, S3, IAM, EKS, RDS).
- Hands‑on knowledge of Infrastructure as Code (Terraform or CloudFormation) and CI/CD tooling (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI).
- Proven ability to lead and motivate delivery teams in complex, fast‑paced environments.
- Strong experience using Jira or similar agile delivery tools.
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to bridge technical teams and senior stakeholders.
Desirable Skills
- AWS certifications (e.g., AWS Certified DevOps Engineer).
- Agile or project certifications (CSM, CSP, PMP).
- Previous experience as a Software Engineer or DevOps Engineer.
Additional Information
- Contract length: 3 months.
- Location: London, with on‑site attendance required for important meetings and workshops.
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