Summary
Strategic data engineering leader with 8+ years' experience building, scaling and governing AWS-based data platforms across healthcare, fintech, energy and education. Proven ability to define and execute platform strategy, lead cross-functional engineering teams, and translate complex organisational needs into resilient, commercially impactful infrastructure.
Currently serving as Acting Head of Data at PEP Health, providing senior leadership across the data function while owning the strategic direction, team development and delivery of the organisation's data platform.
Key Achievements
Reduced infrastructure cost by 75% through a full AWS platform redesign at PEP Health.
Delivered $50k annual savings via orchestration re-architecture and performance optimisation at Engie.
Achieved 70% cost reduction consolidating 300+ databases into a unified multi-tenant BI platform at Civica.
Established engineering standards, deployment frameworks and team capability across multiple greenfield data functions.
Designed and delivered AI and data modelling training programmes, enabling executive self-service analytics.
Hired, mentored and elevated engineering capability, building high-performing data teams from scratch.
Core Expertise
Leadership & Strategy
Platform strategy · Roadmap ownership · Engineering governance · Hiring & mentorship · Executive stakeholder management · Cost optimisation
Cloud & Architecture
AWS (Glue, Lambda, Step Functions, Redshift, S3, IAM) · Snowflake · DBT · CloudFormation · CDK · Terraform · CI/CD
Data Architecture
Data Vault · Dimensional & star schema · Canonical & multi-tenant modelling · Greenfield design · Legacy modernisation
Experience
PEP HealthJan 2025 – Present
Senior Data Engineer, Platform Lead (Acting Head of Data) · Remote
Designed replacement architecture cutting infrastructure costs by 75% while improving performance and operational simplicity.
Led business process analysis workshops to define canonical Data Vault and dimensional models aligned to real operational workflows.
Defined IaC, CI/CD, testing and documentation standards, establishing a sustainable engineering foundation.
Drove data literacy: SQL upskilling for data scientists, QuickSight self-service for C-suite, data modelling workshops for engineers.
Mentored engineers through structured development plans and regular 1:1 coaching.
The National CollegeFeb 2024 – Jan 2025
Data Engineer, Greenfield Platform Owner · Sheffield (Hybrid)
Designed AWS ingestion framework and Snowflake warehouse architecture, consolidating all company data into a unified platform.
Hired and onboarded engineers, establishing team capability and engineering standards from scratch.
Managed competing stakeholder priorities across all levels to keep delivery on track.
EngieSept 2022 – Feb 2024
Data Engineer · Leeds (Hybrid)
Re-orchestrated codebase to enable greater parallelism, reducing failure risk and delivering ~$50k in annual cost savings.
Conducted architectural reviews to surface and resolve systemic cost and performance inefficiencies.
Mentored engineers on AWS and Python; led cross-departmental AI fundamentals training.
NBrownSept 2021 – Sept 2022
Data Platform Engineer
Large-scale enterprise platform modernisation within a complex legacy ecosystem.
CivicaApr 2020 – Sept 2021
BI Data Analyst / Data Engineer
Greenfield multi-tenant BI platform consolidating 300+ databases into a unified Redshift star-schema warehouse. 70% cost reduction.
U Holdings LtdEarlier career
Lead Data Analyst · Fintech
First data role. Self-taught Python, SQL, ML fundamentals and data warehousing.
Continuous Professional Development
Lean Six SigmaQualification
ML, Python, Mathematics, Microsoft Analytics Stack450+ hours · Udemy