Robert Half Technology are assisting a telecommunications business to recruit a Senior Data Platform Engineer on a 9-month contract basis. Hybrid working – Hampshire/London based. ASAP start. Role• The Senior Data Platform Engineer will take full ownership of the production data platform, including ingestion, orchestration, infrastructure, and observability. • Design, build, and deliver scalable data pipelines across CRM, ERP, and billing systems. • Lead platform readiness activities ahead of a critical NetSuite cutover, including hypercare support. • Build and maintain integrations across Salesforce / Ability (CRM), NetSuite / Sage X3 (ERP), and Billing / BSS platforms. • Implement and manage Reverse ETL workflows using Hightouch. • Manage supplier data ingestion processes via SFTP and cloud-based services. • Ensure strong platform monitoring, alerting, reliability, and operational readiness. • Operate as a senior individual contributor and own a core engineering workstream end-to-end. • Produce high-quality technical documentation and support BAU handover activities. • Collaborate with internal stakeholders, suppliers, and delivery teams to ensure successful programme delivery.
Profile• The Senior Data Platform Engineer will have 8+ years of Data Engineering experience within complex enterprise environments. • Strong experience with cloud-based data warehouse technologies, ideally BigQuery, although Snowflake and Redshift experience will also be considered. • Hands-on experience with GCP technologies including BigQuery, Dataflow, Composer, and Cloud Functions. • Strong Python development experience alongside modern ELT tooling such as Fivetran. • Experience with infrastructure as code and CI/CD tooling, including Terraform and GitHub Actions. • Strong knowledge of monitoring and observability tooling such as Cloud Monitoring and PagerDuty. • Proven experience integrating CRM, ERP, and Billing/BSS systems. • Experience delivering critical cutover and hypercare phases within large-scale transformation programmes is essential. • Comfortable operating as a senior IC / workstream owner with strong delivery discipline. • Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and documentation skills.
Desirable• Experience within telecommunications, MSP, or managed services environments. • Experience with AI-assisted engineering tooling such as Cursor or Claude.
Company• Leading telecommunications business undergoing a large-scale data transformation programme. • Hybrid working environment with offices across Hampshire and London.
Salary & Benefits The salary range/rates of pay is dependent upon your experience, qualifications, or training….