Senior Data Engineer

Description:

Our client is seeking a skilled and motivated Senior Data Engineer to play a key role in the creation of a brand-new data platform within the Microsoft Azure and Fabric ecosystem.

As a Senior Data Engineer, you'll work closely with both technical and business stakeholders, leveraging your expertise to design, develop, and optimise a high-performance data platform. This platform will be built to scale, incorporating the latest advancements in data intelligence while supporting strategic business objectives.

Experience Needed:

✅ Extensive hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure data tools (Azure Data Factory, Azure Synapse, Azure DevOps & Azure SQL).

✅ Commercial Project experience with Microsoft Fabrics

✅ Dimensional modelling expertise for analytics use cases.

✅ Strong ETL/ELT development skills.

✅ Python scripting experience for data automation.

✅ Experience with CI/CD methodologies for data platforms.

Key Responsibilities:

🔹 Build & Develop – Design and maintain a robust Azure-based Data Platform, ensuring performance, scalability, and availability.

🔹 Data Pipelines – Connect APIs, databases, and data streams to the platform, implementing ETL/ELT processes.

🔹 Data Integrity – Embed quality measures, monitoring, and alerting mechanisms.

🔹 CI/CD & Automation – Create deployment pipelines and automate workflows.

🔹 Collaboration – Work with stakeholders across Global IT, Data, and Reporting teams to translate business requirements into technical solutions.

🔹 Futureproofing – Drive the evolution of the data platform, ensuring adaptability for new data sources, analytical models, and emerging technologies.