Data Engineering Environment & Release Lead

Data Engineering Environment & Release Lead

Salary: National £55,000 - £65,000

Locations: Norwich/ Bristol/ Perth/ York

We’re looking for a Data Engineering Environment & Release Lead to own and drive how change moves safely and efficiently through our Customer Data Platform. This is a pivotal role focused on environment stability, release governance, and deployment excellence, enabling data engineering teams to deliver at pace in a regulated, enterprise environment.

You’ll act as the single point of accountability for environment strategy and release execution across CDP, shaping standards, improving automation and removing delivery friction.

A bit about the job:

• Own and manage all non-production environments across the Customer Data Platform engineering estate
• Lead and coordinate end‑to‑end releases, including complex, multi‑team deployments
• Define and improve release, deployment and environment standards
• Partner with engineering, platform, security and QE teams to ensure production readiness and risk control
• Drive automation, consistency and resilience across environments and releases
   

Skills and experience we’re looking for:

• Strong experience in environment and release management for data, platform or engineering systems
• Hands‑on knowledge of CI/CD, deployment pipelines and infrastructure‑as‑code
• Experience working in cloud‑based data platforms (AWS preferred)
• Comfortable operating in a complex, regulated environment where risk management is a key driver of decision making
• Confident influencing and supporting multiple engineering teams

What you’ll get for this role:

Our purpose - with you today, for a better tomorrow – is a promise we make to our colleagues too.  And one of the ways we live up to that promise is by investing in you.  We have so much to offer when it comes to being an Aviva colleague.

• Starting salary £55,000 - £65,000 for National based (depending on location, skills, experience, and qualifications)
• Bonus opportunity 10% of annual salary - Actual amount depends on your performance and Aviva’s
• Generous pension scheme - Aviva will contribute up to 14%, depending on what you put in
• 29 days holiday plus bank holidays, and you can choose to buy or sell up to 5 days
• Make your money go further - Up to 40% discount on Aviva products, and other retailer discounts
• Up to £1,200 of free Aviva shares per year through our Matching Share Plan and share in the success of Aviva with our Save As You Earn scheme
• Brilliantly supportive policies including parental and carer’s leave
• Flexible benefits to suit you, including sustainability options such as cycle to work
• Make a difference, be part of our Aviva Communities and use your 3 paid volunteering days to help others
• We take your wellbeing seriously with lots of support and tools

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Aviva is for everyone:

We’re inclusive and welcome everyone – we want applications from all backgrounds and experiences. Excited but not sure you tick every box? Even if you don’t, we would still encourage you to apply. We also consider all forms of flexible working, including part time and job shares.

We flex locations, hours and working patterns to suit our customers, business, and you. Most of our people are smart working – spending around 50% of their time in our offices every week - combining the benefits of flexibility, with time together with colleagues.

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We’d love it if you could submit your application online. If you require an alternative method of applying, please give Harjot Kaur a call on 07353138456 or send an email to harjot.kaur@aviva.com