Platform Lead - Starburst

Platform Lead

Platform Lead – Starburst

Contract: Contract - 6 months minimum

We are looking for a hands-on Platform Lead to take ownership of a production Starburst Enterprise platform, ensuring its reliability, performance and continuous improvement.

You will remain technically hands-on while also leading and supporting a small team of 2–3 engineers.

Key Responsibilities

• Own the day-to-day operation and reliability of the Starburst platform
• Lead incident resolution, root-cause analysis and production support
• Manage upgrades, releases, patching and operational changes
• Support and improve Kubernetes-based platform infrastructure
• Automate platform tasks using Python, SQL and YAML
• Work with external vendors on technical issues, defects and upgrades
• Mentor engineers and improve documentation, processes and team standards
• Support monitoring, resilience, performance and continuous improvement

Essential Experience

• Strong experience with Starburst Enterprise, Trino or Presto
• Experience in a Platform Lead, Technical Lead or Senior Platform Engineer role
• Kubernetes, Helm, Docker and YAML
• AWS and RDS
• CI/CD and GitHub Actions
• Python and SQL
• Production support, incident management and troubleshooting
• Experience leading or mentoring a small technical team
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills

Desirable Experience

• Immuta, Apache Ranger or Collibra
• Snowflake, PostgreSQL, Redshift, Hive or Iceberg
• dbt, AWS Glue, Lambda or Power BI
• Data virtualisation, data mesh or governed data platforms
• Experience in pharma, biotech, healthcare or another regulated environment
• FinOps, disaster recovery, scalability or platform resilience