Principal Data Engineer

Up to £100,000

20% Bonus

Remote, Hybrid or Office - It's your choice

We are currently recruiting an experienced Principal Data Engineer to engage with capability leads, product owners, and data engineers to design, build, and run high-performing data solutions within an Azure data platform.  This role represents the Pinnacle of Data Engineering, bringing expertise in data leadership, strategy, technology, solutions, collaboration and thought leadership!

This role will:

• Be responsible for creating or guiding the low-level design of data solutions, taking high level solution architecture artefacts and translating them into workable designs and work packages.
• Develop high complexity, secure, governed, high quality, efficient data pipelines from a variety of on and off premise, internal and external data sources.
• Lead from the front, engage with all manners of stakeholders, coach mentor and train others and be the peak of technical knowledge and expertise with the freedom to innovate and push boundaries.

Skills Required:

• 10 years+ experience within Data Engineering. 
• Comfortable and interested to operate at all levels, hands on and strategic.
• Experience of carrying out data engineering design and build activities using agile working practices.
• Data Factory/Synapse Workspace – for building data pipelines or synapse analytics pipelines
• Expert in Databricks solutions, Data Lake Gen2, Synapse Warehouse/Analytics, Azure Active Directory, CICD pipelines, Data Architecture, Azure Cloud.  Knowledge and experience of Metadata would be ideal.
• Financial Services or Insurance experience highly preferred due to high volumes of data.

This is a fairly rare and exceptional opportunity for a true Data Engineering expert who is at the top of their game!

Reach out for a chat.

Senior Data Engineer

Salary £72,000 - £77,000
Annual Bonus to 15%
Fully Remote or Hybrid

TCM Partners are working with a growing Financial Services business who are looking to grow their Data Engineering team! You will work as part of a team of 20 Engineers, as a Senior Data Engineer.

The role does not have direct management responsibilities, however you will be required to provide support, coaching and mentoring to data engineers & associate engineers, helping them develop and grow.

The business are working on a number of exciting end to end Azure based projects so it is a great time to join!

Experience required

• 5+ years working as an Azure Data Engineer with some experience working as a Senior within a team (mentoring, reviewing code etc..)
• Must have strong - Azure DataBricks, Synapse, Pypark, SQL, DataFactory skills.
• Extensive experience of the full data lifecycle and able to work in Agile.
• MetaData framework skills would be highly beneficial, but not required.

If you have the above experience it would be great to hear from you!

AI Governance Consultant - £55,000 - £60,000 + benefits - Remote

We are looking for a passionate Data and Artificial Intelligence expert who is looking for an exciting new challenge.

The AI Governance Consultant will be passionate about emerging technologies, data integrity, and ethical AI, ensuring that a data and AI strategy is responsible, compliant, and risk-free. If you thrive at the intersection of technology, governance, and ethics, this is your opportunity to play a key role in shaping AI and data governance frameworks that balance innovation with responsibility.

Core skills we’re looking for to succeed in the role:

• Experience in data governance, AI governance and governance frameworks.
• Strong understanding of AI ethics, and risk management.
• Ability to assess risks related to data integrity, bias, security, and compliance.
• Experience of data governance tools, AI/ML lifecycle management, and ethical AI principles.
• A strategic thinker who can translate governance principles into actionable policies.
• Passion for AI’s potential—paired with a commitment to ensuring it’s used responsibly and safely.

If you're ready to shape the future of AI and data governance, ensuring technology is used as a force for good, we’d love to hear from you.

Experience & knowledge

• Experience in conducting enterprise-wide maturity assessments.
• Experience of developing data and/or AI governance roadmaps, with an evidenced background of effective adoption into business processes.
• Good understanding of all aspects of data governance, including Data Classification, Data Security, Retention, Access Control, and monitoring.
• Experience of taking complex information and translating into easily digestible information for less technical colleagues.
• Experience of supporting cultural change in the way AI is used and governed in businesses.
• Some understanding of Data Quality and Metadata Management capabilities would be advantageous.
• Experience of General Insurance practices and processes would be advantageous.

If you're passionate about AI and how it can be used ethically within an organisation, this would be a great challenge for you.

Technical Information Security Manager to own all aspects of Risk, Compliance, Oversight and Controls of Information security.  

The role is working for one of the UK's most success, ambitious, innovative and technology focused Insurers in the UK.  The organisation specialises in Personal Lines Insurance.

This technically focused role includes delivering our Information Security services (such as consultancy, assurance reviews and risk management) and providing governance and oversight across the business to effectively manage Information Security and Cyber risk.

What’s involved:

• You’ll play a key part in the implementation and maintenance of established control frameworks such as ISO27001 and PCI-DSS and other relevant security frameworks, including the creation of policies standards and other documentation.
• Lead the governance, oversight and assurance on technical security controls and technical design on both new and existing solutions in FCG’s network and application portfolio.
• Act as an Information Security consultant to the rest of the business and represent Information Security in key forums, e.g. Project teams, Technical Design Authority, Agile Scrum teams, to ensure that technical security standards are met and adhered to.
• Work with stakeholders to ensure that technical security patterns, standards and sub standards are developed and maintained.
• Lead and further develop and mature our extensive Pen testing & other testing programmes.
• Undertake assurance reviews and assessments, including 3rd Parties, new technical solutions and processes and produce relevant recommendations and reporting.
• Understand the business and information risk context, proactively work with teams to develop architectures and countermeasures which mitigate risks to an acceptable level.

Experience & knowledge

• Extensive Information & IT Cyber Security experience.
• Experience of maturing extensive Pen test & other testing programmes.
• Proficiency in technical security controls and frameworks, including experience and proficiency in cloud security.
• Experience and expertise in Azure environment security, vulnerability management and associated processes.
• Detailed knowledge of Information Security frameworks and standards, in particular PCI DSS, ISO27001 and other cyber frameworks
• Experience of managing Information Security in an Agile Change Environment