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Senior Azure Data Engineer

Leeds Full-Time 48000 - 72000 £ / year (est.) No home office possible

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At a Glance

Tasks: Join our team as a Senior Azure Data Engineer, tackling real-world data challenges daily.
Company: Hippo is a digital services partner focused on empathy and impactful solutions.
Benefits: Enjoy flexible work options, 25 days holiday, and a range of corporate perks.
Why this job: Be part of a diverse team that values innovation and continuous improvement.
Qualifications: Proven experience in data engineering with strong skills in Azure and SQL.
Other info: We support relocation with up to £8k and encourage applications from all backgrounds.

The predicted salary is between 48000 - 72000 £ per year.

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About The Role

Hippo is looking for a talented and proactive Senior Azure Data Engineer to join our growing Managed Services team. In this client-facing role, you’ll work across a variety of data platforms and cloud-based solutions to ensure our clients’ data environments are robust, scalable, and high performing. You will be a trusted technical expert, solving real world data challenges, enhancing platform reliability, and helping clients get real value from their data.

As a Senior Azure Data Engineer at Hippo, you\’ll be a key contributor within a multi-disciplinary team, working on digital solutions that deliver real value to users. You’ll collaborate with internal teams and clients to provide technical leadership and hands-on engineering, guiding platform development and operational excellence.

Please note, we are looking for candidates who are looking for growth at this level (senior), therefore the advertised salary band is the lower end of our full banding for this level of position, allowing for progression in the role.

Requirements Of The Role

Support and enhance data solutions built on Microsoft Fabric, SQL, Azure Data Factory, and SSIS.
Monitor, troubleshoot, and proactively resolve data pipeline issues across multiple client environments.
Design and implement robust CI/CD practices for data workflows and deployments.
Lead on performance tuning, data optimisation, and platform reliability improvements.
Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to gather requirements, deliver updates, and translate complex data issues into clear actions.
Maintain strong client relationships with a focus on reliability, trust, and value delivery.
Share best practices and mentor junior data engineers within the team.
Champion continuous improvement in development practices, testing, and deployment.

About The Candidate

Proven experience as a Data Engineer supporting production data pipelines and platforms.
Strong knowledge of T-SQL and SQL Server with experience in performance tuning and query optimisation.
Hands-on experience with Azure Data Factory, including pipeline orchestration, linked services, and parameterisation.
Hands-on experience with Microsoft Fabric and Azure Data Factory, including pipeline orchestration, linked services, environment management and parameterisation.
Experience with SSIS for ETL processes and legacy data integration tasks.
Experience in a range of architecture approaches and building scalable, resilient systems.
Expertise in designing and implementing CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Azure DevOps
Proven ability to work within Agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban) and a Test-Driven Development (TDD) environment.
Strong communication skills, capable of engaging both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Experience in managing multiple client environments, ensuring stability, scalability, and performance optimisation.

Desirable Skills

Understanding of data governance, data quality, and metadata management practices.
Experience with Infrastructure as Code (e.g. Bicep, Terraform, or ARM templates).
Familiarity with Power BI, Synapse Analytics, or other components of the Microsoft data ecosystem.
Experience with scripting or programming languages such as Python for automation or data transformation.
Exposure to IT Service Management (ITSM) tools like HaloPSA, ServiceNow, or similar.
Experience working in a consultancy environment or supporting multiple concurrent client engagements.
Knowledge of monitoring and alerting tools like Azure Monitor and Log Analytics.

About The Company

As well as a competitive salary which we’re transparent about from the outset, you can also expect a range of benefits:

Contributory pension scheme (Hippo 6% with employee contributions of 2%)
25 days holiday plus UK public holidays
Perkbox access for a wide range of discounts
Critical illness cover
Life assurance and death in service cover
Volunteer days
Cycle-to-work scheme for the avid cyclists
Salary sacrifice electric vehicles scheme
Season ticket loans
Financial and general wellbeing sessions
Flexible benefits scheme with options of:

private health cover
private dental cover
additional company pension contributions
additional holidays (up to an extra 2 days)
wellbeing contribution
charity contributions
tree planting

Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging at Hippo

At Hippo, we’re dedicated to creating a diverse, equitable and inclusive workplace that works for everyone. We understand that having a diverse team unlocks our capacity for innovation, creativity and problem solving. Only by building a community of diverse perspectives, cultures and socio-economic backgrounds can we create an environment where all can contribute and thrive.

We actively encourage applications from underrepresented groups including women, ethnic minorities, LGBTQ+, neurodivergent and people with disabilities. We are committed to providing an inclusive and accessible recruitment process that reflects our workplace culture. We are a registered Disability Confident Employer, Mindful Employer, Endometriosis Friendly Employer and a member of the Armed Forces Covenant. Hippo continually strives to remove barriers, provide accommodations and offer reasonable adjustments to ensure equity throughout our practices.

Hi, we’re Hippo.

At Hippo, we design with empathy and build for impact. We do this by combining data-informed evidence, human-centred design and software engineering. We\’re a digital services partner who is genuinely invested in helping our clients thrive as modern organisations. Our delivery methodology is truly agile, from concept to reality, supporting innovation and continuous improvement to achieve your desired outcomes.

We firmly believe that technology should serve humanity, not the other way around. We take a human-centred approach to everything we do because we understand that complex problems require a service design approach. This means understanding how users behave and ensuring our solutions work for them in the real world.

Our combination of data, design, and engineering delivers bespoke digital services that make a positive and meaningful impact on organisations and society. We\’re confident in our abilities, authentic in our approach, and passionate about what we do. If you\’re looking for a digital services partner that can deliver real results, let us help you build for the future and make a lasting impact.

Hippo locations

We are headquartered in Leeds and located across the UK in Glasgow, Manchester, Birmingham, London and Bristol. We\’re on the lookout for top talent nationwide, so don\’t let location hold you back from applying. We welcome candidates from all over the UK who possess the flexibility to work from any of our locations. Plus, we offer a generous relocation support package of up to £8k to help make your move a smooth one. It\’s worth noting that, given the dynamic nature of our business, you may be required to work on-site at client locations or from your own home.

Seniority level

Seniority level

Mid-Senior level

Employment type

Employment type

Full-time

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Consulting and Information Technology
Industries

Design Services, IT Services and IT Consulting, and Business Consulting and Services

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