- Company Name
- The Football Association
- Job Title
- Data Integration Technical Lead (FTC)
- Job Description
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**Job title**: Data Integration Technical Lead (FTC)
**Role Summary**
Lead the data integration engineering team within a Microsoft‑based technology stack, overseeing end‑to‑end development, architecture, and delivery of FA applications. Act as architect, delivery manager, mentor, and quality champion to ensure technical excellence and alignment with business objectives.
**Expactations**
* Deliver high‑quality, scalable data integration solutions on time and within scope.
* Maintain architectural integrity, coding standards, and quality processes.
* Foster a high‑performing, psychologically safe, and continuously improving team.
**Key Responsibilities**
* Collaborate with solution, application architects, and data engineers to design and deliver integrated solutions.
* Onboard new team members, manage staff changes, and monitor team health and growth.
* Set, uphold, and champion engineering norms, including coding standards and best practices.
* Contribute to architecture decisions; guide quality, scalability, and maintainability.
* Support agile ceremonies, retrospectives, and continuous improvement.
* Implement CI/CD pipelines, Kubernetes deployments, and DevOps practices.
* Define and track KPIs, monitor production services, and proactively detect issues.
* Provide mentorship, coaching, and constructive feedback to accelerate development.
* Break down product owner requirements into tasks, estimate effort, and communicate progress.
* Ensure quality is built into the lifecycle: TDD, BDD, paired programming, automated testing.
* Stay current with emerging technologies and engage developer communities.
**Required Skills**
* Strong development background in C# (.NET Core), ASP.NET, JavaScript, T‑SQL.
* MS SQL Server expertise: relational design, CDC, change tracking.
* Experience with Azure Service Bus, Azure Data Factory, and message‑based integration.
* Proficient in Dependency Injection, IoC, ORM frameworks (Entity Framework, Dapper).
* Build & consume micro‑services using REST APIs; real‑time/batch sync of multiple applications.
* Lead technical teams, manage delivery, and provide technical oversight.
* Agile mindset with TDD, BDD, CI/CD, and DevOps proficiency.
**Required Education & Certifications**
* Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field.
* Professional certifications in Azure, .NET, or data integration (e.g., Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect, Microsoft Certified: DevOps Engineer Expert, or equivalent) are preferred.