Job Description
Data Engineer
6 month Contract
Hybrid - 1 day per week in office (Wiltshire)
We are currently working in partnership with a housing association who are recruiting for an IT Data Engineer on a contract basis. The role focuses on designing, building and delivering solutions across the Microsoft cloud stack, with a strong emphasis on Microsoft Fabric and Azure data platform.
Experience required
- Hands‑on experience delivering end‑to‑end data solutions across Microsoft Fabric and Azure, including OneLake, Lakehouse or Warehouse, Dataflows Gen2, Pipelines, Synapse and SQL
- Experience designing and building lakehouse and pipeline solutions from ingestion through to consumption
- ETL and ELT design experience, including data modelling using lakehouse patterns and star or snowflake schemas
- Experience migrating or integrating legacy data sources such as Dataverse and SQL into modern analytics architectures
Skills, knowledge and expertise required
- Strong practical capability across Microsoft Fabric and Azure data services, including Dataflows Gen2, Fabric Pipelines, Data Factory, Synapse and SQL
- Advanced SQL skills, including complex joins, query optimisation and performance tuning
- Strong Python or PySpark skills for data transformation and automation
- Strong ETL and ELT design capability with experience building batch pipelines
