💼 Full-Time Position

Lead Data Engineering / Platform Ops

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RAKBANK
📍 dubai, dubai, United-Arab-Emirates
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Location
dubai, United-Arab-Emirates
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Posted
June 12, 2026
Type
Full-Time
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Full-Time Opportunity: This is a permanent, full-time position with a competitive package and real career growth potential.

Job Description

We are looking for a Lead Data Engineering / Platform Ops professional to own and operate RAKBANK’s enterprise data platform.

You will lead the engineering of scalable data pipelines and ensure the platform delivers reliable, secure, and high-performance data to power analytics, AI, and regulatory reporting across the bank.

What You’ll Do
  • Design and operate batch & real-time data pipelines (ADF, Kafka/CDC)
  • Build and manage the Databricks lakehouse platform (bronze → gold layers)
  • Own DataOps practices including CI/CD, monitoring, and incident management
  • Implement data governance (Unity Catalog) — security, lineage, access controls
  • Develop dbt transformation models aligned to business data needs
  • Manage real-time streaming (Kafka / Confluent) for operational use cases
  • Drive platform reliability, SLAs, and performance optimization
  • Own data platform cost optimization (FinOps)
  • Col...