Associate Data Operations Engineer (London or Weymouth)

We’re the feel\-good fashion brand making style accessible and fun for over 55 years, on our website, mobile app and over 300 stores in the UK.

By living our values \- we play to win, customer obsessed, we are one and it starts with me \- we deliver That New Look Feeling for our customers and each other.

THE ROLE:

New Look is operating a modern Enterprise Data Platform stack — including a Databricks\-based lakehouse architecture, Amperity for Customer Data Platform (CDP) enrichment, Power BI for enterprise analytics with InfoRiver writeback extension and SAP Business Objects for self\-service reporting.

This is a senior role focused on the overall management, security, and performance of the Enterprise Data Platform stack including Azure Databricks platform, reporting services and supporting infrastructure. Key responsibilities include leading a team, managing users and access, ensuring security and compliance, and automating administrative tasks while collaborating with data teams to meet business needs. The role requires a strong understanding of data engineering concepts, access control, security best practices like data encryption and secret management, and the ability to monitor and troubleshoot the platform.

WHAT YOU’LL BE DOING:

• Management and maintenance: Overseeing the daily operations of data platforms, including setting up new development tools and infrastructure.


• Security: Implementing and managing security measures to protect data from unauthorized access and to ensure it remains consistent and compliant with policies.


• Performance and optimization: Monitoring platform components for performance, availability, and cost, and implementing automation to improve efficiency and scalability.


• Backup and recovery: Developing and managing backup and recovery solutions to protect against data loss or corruption.


• Technical support: Providing support to development teams to help deploy and manage services and applications on the platform.


• Collaboration: Working with other IT professionals, developers, and system administrators to optimize performance and meet business needs.

• Expertise in Databricks, Spark, and cloud data architecture preferably on Azure (4\+ years).


• Strong coding ability in Python and SQL.


• Experience in orchestration with Azure Data Factory and Databricks Workflows.


• Understanding of Lakehouse and modern data engineering and data warehousing principles.


• Understanding of data modelling, ETL/ELT, and testing frameworks.


• Familiarity with CI/CD, version control, and DevOps practices.


• Strong problem\-solving and debugging skills.


• Knowledge of security, data governance, and cost optimisation practices.


• A degree in IT or related business topic (desirable)

• 40% staff discount plus friends \& family discounts throughout the year


• Access to our reward platform for external discount and offers


• Private pension scheme


• Profit related bonus scheme


• Option to join our Healthcare Private Medical Scheme


• Virtual GP access for you and your children – it allows you to speak to a doctor at a time and date that suits you


• All employees are covered by our life assurance policy from day one


• Unlock extra leave with our buy more holiday scheme.


• Celebrate YOU! Enjoy an extra paid day off on your birthday each year


• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave, and shared parental leave (eligible after 2 years service)


• Spread the cost of your commute with interest\-free season ticket loans


• Do your bit for the environment and save money with our Cycle2Work scheme


• We're proud to partner with the Retail Trust and Fashion \& Textile Children's Trust

We care about you and the planet and believe fashion should be a force for positive change. We celebrate inclusion and diversity in everything we do. We’re proud of our inclusive culture and our talented team members who embrace our shared purpose, behaviours and values.

We prioritise development, offering training to support your progression, so you can be your absolute best and achieve your goals.

We pride ourselves on being a flexible employer, our colleagues work a range of patterns. If you have a specific pattern in mind, we're keen to discuss this with you in line with the output needed for the role.

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