SC cleared - Azure Data Engineer in Northampton

Duration: initial contract until end of March 26, with possible extension

Daily rate : £495 inside IR35

Location: Remote

Clearance: active SC

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and optimize data pipelines using Microsoft Fabric and Azure services (eg, Azure Data Factory, Azure Synapse Analytics, Azure Databricks).
• Build and maintain scalable, high-performance data architectures to support analytics, reporting, and machine learning workloads.
• Implement data ingestion, ETL/ELT processes, and data warehousing solutions.
• Collaborate with data scientists, analysts, and stakeholders to understand data requirements and deliver solutions.
• Ensure data quality, security, and compliance with organizational and regulatory standards.
• Monitor and troubleshoot data pipelines, optimizing for performance and cost-efficiency.

Experience:

• Strong hands-on experience with Microsoft Fabric.
• Proficient in Python for data engineering (eg, Pandas, PySpark, asyncio, automation scripts).
• Strong SQL skills (T-SQL or similar) for transforming and modeling data.
• Experience building scalable ETL/ELT pipelines using cloud technologies.
• Good understanding of data modeling (star/snowflake), data warehousing, and modern data lakehouse principles.
• Familiarity with version control (Git) and CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments