Oakwell Hampton

About the Company

With vast recruitment experience, we know what we are doing when it comes to your staffing and career needs.

With in depth knowledge of the UK, European & the United States recruitment markets, we offer Retained, Exclusive & Contingent Recruitment Solutions across the IT & Digital spectrum.

What's different about Oakwell Hampton?

We've recently secured a place in the Recruiter Top 100 - https://www.linkedin.com/redir/invalid-link-page?url=https%3A%2F%2Fshorturl%2eat%2FfovF3

We're a headline sponsor of the Manchester Tech Festival - https://www.manchestertechfestival.co.uk/mtf2024/

We've recently launched Inclusive Code, our DE&I Podcast - https://www.linkedin.com/redir/invalid-link-page?url=https%3A%2F%2Fshorturl%2eat%2FbdhA1

Our most recent Employee Engagement Score was a World Class 80.4 - https://www.engagementmultiplier.com/en-gb/

Our Company values #trust #best #togetherness form the basis of everything we do. Our Mission is to support exceptional people with life-changing decisions every day.

Times & Sunday Times Best Place to Work - 2024

Across our 8-year history we've also won national awards such as "Best Agency to work for", "Best Candidate Experience", "Best SME Agency" & "Most Inspiring Newcomer".

If you want to find out more, get in touch at www.oakwellhampton.com

Listed Jobs

Company Name

Oakwell Hampton

Job Title

Head of Data Engineering

Job Description

**Job Title** Head of Data Engineering **Role Summary** Senior fractional leader responsible for shaping, building, and scaling a cloud‑native data platform on Google Cloud Platform (GCP). The role drives data strategy, architecture, and engineering best practices in a fast‑moving startup environment, while mentoring future hires. **Expectations** - Own end‑to‑end data engineering function and roadmap. - Deliver scalable, cost‑efficient, and secure data pipelines and storage solutions. - Ensure high data quality, governance, and availability for analytics and ML use cases. - Provide technical direction and close collaboration with founders, product, and analytics teams. **Key Responsibilities** - Define and execute the data engineering strategy aligned with business goals. - Design, develop, and manage batch and streaming pipelines using GCP services (BigQuery, Cloud Storage, Dataflow/Beam, Pub/Sub, Cloud Composer). - Build a modern data warehouse/lakehouse architecture and maintain reliability, performance, and cost efficiency. - Establish standards for data quality, modelling, security, and governance. - Enable self‑service analytics and data accessibility across the organization. - Prepare the platform for advanced analytics and machine learning workloads. - Lead technical mentorship and support future data engineering hires. - Collaborate with cross‑functional stakeholders to translate business requirements into technical solutions. **Required Skills** - Extensive senior data engineering experience with leadership responsibilities. - Deep hands‑on expertise in GCP (BigQuery, Dataflow/Beam, Pub/Sub, Cloud Composer, Cloud Storage). - Advanced SQL and Python programming. - Proven design and operation of modern data warehouse or lakehouse architectures. - Strong communication skills with both technical and non‑technical audiences. - Ability to thrive in startup or scale‑up settings with evolving requirements. - Familiarity with CI/CD, Terraform, Airflow, or similar automation tools is a plus. - Experience with real‑time/event‑driven data pipelines or ML/AI data platforms on GCP is desirable. **Required Education & Certifications** - Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical field. - GCP Professional Data Engineer certification preferred.

Ghent, Belgium

Hybrid

07-01-2026

Company Name

Oakwell Hampton

Job Title

Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

Job Description

Job Title: Cloud Infrastructure Engineer Role Summary: Design, implement, and maintain scalable, secure cloud platforms on AWS and Azure. Lead IaC development, CI/CD optimisation, and performance monitoring. Collaborate across DevOps, security, and application teams to ensure resilient, cost‑effective infrastructure aligned with best practices. Expectations: Deliver robust cloud solutions, continuously improve infrastructure efficiency and reliability, provide expert third‑line support, and adhere to governance and security standards. Key Responsibilities: - Design, deploy, and manage AWS and Azure environments. - Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) pipelines. - Optimize CI/CD pipelines and cloud‑native services. - Monitor system performance, availability, and security; implement improvements. - Troubleshoot infrastructure issues and provide third‑line support. - Collaborate with stakeholders to align solutions with business requirements. - Contribute to cloud governance, security policies, and best‑practice frameworks. Required Skills: - Proven experience as a Cloud Infrastructure or Cloud Engineer. - Hands‑on expertise with AWS and Azure platforms. - Proficiency in IaC and automation tools (e.g., Terraform, CloudFormation). - Strong knowledge of networking, security, and identity management in cloud environments. - Experience with Linux and/or Windows operating systems. - Solid problem‑solving and collaborative communication skills. - Familiarity with containerisation technologies (Docker, Kubernetes) preferred. Required Education & Certifications: None specified.

London, United kingdom

Hybrid

19-01-2026

Company Name

Oakwell Hampton

Job Title

Senior Manager

Job Description

**Job Title** Senior Manager – Technology & Data Transformation (Financial Services) **Role Summary** Lead strategic technology and data transformation programmes that modernise core functions across risk, compliance, finance, and operations. Drive digital initiatives using cloud platforms, automation, and AI‑enabled solutions while translating complex business challenges into structured, actionable roadmaps and iterative delivery loops. **Expectations** - Deliver measurable outcomes that align with senior stakeholder goals. - Exhibit strong commercial awareness, identifying and shaping new business opportunities. - Mentor and develop internal consulting talent, contributing to the evolution of transformation frameworks. - Provide articulate, stakeholder‑focused communication and maintain rigorous project governance. **Key Responsibilities** - Manage end‑to‑end technology and data transformation programmes for financial services clients. - Translate business challenges into structured roadmaps and actionable workstreams. - Partner with business leaders, data teams and engineering to design and implement modern cloud‑based, AI‑driven solutions. - Apply product‑thinking principles: define MVPs, develop product roadmaps, and deliver in incremental iterations. - Oversee the deployment of data platforms, workflow tools, and intelligent automation solutions. - Mentor consultants, build internal capabilities, and contribute to knowledge‑sharing initiatives. - Engage in business development activities, nurturing relationships and supporting proposal development. **Required Skills** - 10–15 years of experience in financial services, consulting, or transformation roles. - Proven track record delivering change across risk, compliance, finance or operational functions. - Strong structured problem‑solving and stakeholder communication skills. - Experience in fast‑paced, delivery‑focused or product‑driven environments. - Commercial awareness with ability to identify and shape new opportunities. - Preferred: Experience with AWS, Azure, or GCP cloud platforms; delivery of data platforms, automation, or digital tooling; understanding of AI/ML applications. - Exposure to product‑led delivery approaches or startup environments is a plus. **Required Education & Certifications** - Minimum bachelor’s degree; MBA, ACA, or equivalent qualification preferred. - Relevant certifications in cloud (e.g., AWS Certified Solutions Architect, Azure Solutions Architect), data, or AI technologies are advantageous.

London, United kingdom

On site

Senior

16-02-2026