Azure Data Engineer | London | £450 - £550 per day | ADF | Databricks | ADLS | Hybrid
We are partnering with a leading client seeking an Azure Data Engineer to join their team on an initial 6-month contract. This hybrid role requires 2 days per week onsite, offering the opportunity to design, build, and maintain cutting-edge data platforms.
Data Engineering & Architecture:
* Design, build, and maintain scalable data pipelines and ETL/ELT processes using Azure services.
* Develop and optimize data lake and data warehouse solutions (eg, Azure Data Lake Storage, Azure Synapse Analytics).
* Implement best practices in data modelling, partitioning, and performance optimization.
* Support Real Time and batch data processing workloads.
Data Quality, Governance & Security
* Implement data validation, monitoring, and quality frameworks to ensure clean and trustworthy data.
* Work with the data governance team to ensure compliance with standards, policies, and privacy regulations.
* Maintain metadata, lineage, and documentation for all data solutions.
Required Qualifications:
* 3-5+ years of experience as a Data Engineer or similar role.
* Strong experience with Azure data services (ADF, Databricks, ADLS, Synapse, Event Hub, etc.).
* Proficiency in SQL and experience with Python/PySpark.
* Hands-on experience building ETL/ELT pipelines in cloud environments.
* Solid understanding of data modelling, warehousing concepts, and distributed data systems.
* Experience with version control (Git) and CI/CD for data pipelines.
We have interview slots booked over the next couple of weeks so please get in contact with me via alex.howman@opusrs.com or or follow me on LinkedIn for a formal chat on Alex Howman @ Opus Recruitment Solutions
Azure Data Engineer | London | £450 - £550 per day | ADF | Databricks | ADLS | Hybrid