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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 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

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