Overview
The role is to ensure IMEO's core databases are strategically designed, well-governed, and reliably operated to integrate diverse methane data streams into a trusted, secure, and scalable foundation.
Tasks Summary
- Defines direction, standards, decisions, and architecture of the database.
- Defines full data cycle from ingestion to analytics.
- Charts a database roadmap that aligns with programme goals.
- Oversees data-related implementation.
- Maintains governance, documentation, and data quality discipline.
- Ensures performance, interoperability, and sustainability of the system.
- Manages database strategy & roadmapping.
- Provides architecture consulting & database schema guidelines.
- Establishes and maintains data dictionary, metadata standards, access levels, role definitions.
- Oversees technical documentation.
- Optimises queries and intervenes in critical performance issues.
- Makes security and access control decisions.
- Coordinates with DevOps and AI engineering teams.
- Leads data strategy calls.
- Liaises with data analysts from each workstream.
- Creates a lightweight data hygiene routine.
Experience Requirements
- At least 10 years of experience in the field of data analysis or software engineering.
- Leading or working with a team of analysts, engineering and setting technical direction and establishing data analysis best practices.
- Recent professional experience with large data sets, distributed computing and systems that deal with big data and advanced analytics carried out on the cloud.
- Experience with emissions data, satellite data and sectoral understanding.
- Demonstrated experience working closely with business stakeholders, data analysts, development, dev ops and AI teams is a plus.
- Scientific programming systems experience preferred.
Qualification Requirements
• Advanced university degree (Master's degree or equivalent minimum) in computer science, statistics, data science, or a related field.