Associate Director – Data Platform & Operations

Salt • Bachelor's Degree • 6 months ago

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≈ $80k – $174k per year (Estimated)

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In office (Dubai)

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Architect · 8+ years exp

Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Sep 29, 2026. First seen by Alion on Mar 24, 2026. Salt scores C on the Alion truth index.

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Founded in 2009, Salt is a global digital talent, recruitment, and workforce consultancy specializing in technology, creative, marketing, and sales staffing. Headquartered in London, United Kingdom - with an international network of offices spanning North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and Latin America - the agency serves fast-scaling startups, mid-market companies, and multinational enterprises. Through its permanent and contract recruitment models, recruitment process outsourcing (RPO), nearshore/offshore talent delivery (Salt: Labs), and strategic HR advisory services, it enables organizations to build, scale, and manage high-performing teams across AI, technology, and digital transformation initiatives.

welovesalt.com • HQ: London, United Kingdom • Recruiting & Staffing • Human Resources • Professional Services • 201-500 employees • Est. 2009

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Associate Director - Data Platform & Operations

Ref: JO-2603-359885

Environment:
In-office
Contract Type:
Permanent
Starts:
2026-06-01

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. This role blends technical leadership + hands-on execution, ensuring platforms are scalable, secure, and self-service enabled.

Key Responsibilities:

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

Platform Stack

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

Leadership & Impact:

Partner with CTO, CDO & AI leadership on platform strategy
Own roadmap delivery, performance metrics & cost reporting
Lead and grow platform, DevOps & operations teams
Drive modernisation & cloud-native adoption

Requirements:

8+ years in platform engineering / DevOps / data infrastructure
4+ years in leadership roles
Strong hands-on experience with Kubernetes, CI/CD & IaC
Expertise in big data platforms (Spark, Kafka, Delta Lake)
Experience in hybrid cloud & on-prem environments
Strong understanding of observability, self-service platforms & performance tuning

Education & Certifications

Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
Preferred: Kubernetes (CKA/CKAD), Azure DevOps, or cloud certifications

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