Business Unit: COO, Data Systems
Salary Range: circa £45,000 per annum DOE + red-hot benefits
Location: UK Hybrid – remote working with occasional travel to one of our hubs.

Don’t settle for dull. Live a life more Virgin.

Our team
Data Platforms and Engineering partner with all areas of the bank to deliver data solutions utilising new technologies and strategies that underpin the Bank of the Future.  We’re responsible for developing key strategic data platforms that help support and drive both business and regulatory strategic outcomes.

You’ll support our mission to deliver a robust and unified data landscape that drives real-time insights, enhances compliance, and serves as the backbone for regulatory and operational reporting across Finance, Treasury, and Risk functions.

What you’ll be doing

• Collaborate with data architects to ensure data structures and processes align with architectural principles and meet scalability requirements.
• Set standards for best practices in data processing, security, and governance.
• Engage with stakeholders in Reporting and Insights, Strategic and Advanced Analytics, Finance, Treasury, and Risk, understanding their unique data needs and translating these into efficient, scalable data solutions.
• Help ensure data products meet critical business functions, whether for end-of-day financial reconciliation, risk modelling, or regulatory reporting.
• Support the implementation of data validation, monitoring, and governance processes within the data workflows.
• Help identify and implement process improvements

We need you to have

• Experience in Cloud Data Engineering such as Azure.
• Skills in designing efficient data models, structuring data pipelines, and implementing scalable data architecture.
• Knowledge of building and managing ETL/ELT workflows for data ingestion, transformation, and storage.
• Familiarity with implementing data validation techniques and data quality frameworks.
• Proficiency n SQL and at least one programming language like Python or Scala.
• Understanding of big data processing frameworks and relational and non-relational databases.
• An understanding of frameworks and methodologies for ensuring data integrity, consistency, and validation.

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Red Hot Rewards

• Generous holidays - 38.5 days annual leave (including bank holidays and prorated if part-time)​ plus the option to buy more.
• Up to five extra paid well-being days per year​. 
• 20 weeks paid, gender-neutral family leave (52 weeks in total) for expectant parents and those looking to adopt. 
• Market-leading pension.
• Free private medical cover, income protection and life assurance.
• Flexible benefits include Cycle to Work, wellness and health assessments, and critical illness. 

And there's no waiting around, you'll enjoy these benefits from day one.

Feeling insatiably curious about this role? If we’re lucky to receive a lot of interest, we may close the advert early and would hate you to miss out.

We're all about helping you Live a Life More Virgin, so happy to talk flexible working with you.

Say hello to Virgin Money
We’re making great strides towards achieving our ambition of becoming the UK’s best digital bank.  As a full-service digital bank with a heritage stretching back over 180 years, we’re a workforce to be reckoned with, and we're putting the full power of our experience behind disruptive ideas that reinvent the role a bank plays in people's lives. We're customer-obsessed and work tirelessly to deliver on our purpose, ‘Making You Happier About Money.’ This means we're able to do banking differently, and by innovating and working together we can make a real difference by creating memorable moments and red-hot experiences for our millions of customers. Join us and Live a Life More Virgin that empowers you with choice and flexibility in how you work. 

Be yourself at Virgin Money
Our purpose is to make people happier about money, this means seeing and feeling the world as our customers do by creating a workforce that reflects the rich diversity of our customers and communities.  We’re committed to creating an inclusive culture where colleagues feel safe and inspired to contribute, speak up and be heard.  

As a Disability Confident Leader, we're committed to removing any obstacles to inclusion.  If you need any reasonable adjustments or support making your application, contact our Talent Acquisition team careers@virginmoney.com

It’s important to note that there may be occasions where it’s not possible to interview all candidates declaring a disability who meet the essential criteria for the job. In certain recruitment situations such as receiving a high-volume of applications, we may need to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled and non-disabled applicants. 

Now the legal bit
Living A Life More Virgin allows our colleagues to be based anywhere in the UK (if the role allows it), but we'll need you to confirm you have the right to work in the UK.

If you're successful in securing a role with us, there are some checks you need to complete before starting. These include credit and criminal record checks and three years' worth of satisfactory references. If the role is part of the Senior Manager Regime and Certification Regime, it requires enhanced pre-employment checks – we'll ask for six years of regulatory references, and once in the role, you'll be subject to periodic employment checks.