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Lead Data Engineer

Tenth Revolution Group
Glasgow
5 days ago
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Lead Data Engineer - Manchester - Hybrid - £75k - £85k


This is an excellent opportunity for a highly experienced data engineer to join a growing tech consultancy and contribute to the leadership of their data engineering practice. If you are an experienced and capable data engineer with a history of using Microsoft products and working in consultancy, this is the role for you!


Salary & Benefits

  • Competitive salary of £75k - £85k
  • Performance related bonus of up to 10%
  • 27 days annual holiday, plus public holidays and your birthday off
  • Hybrid working model (2 days in office, 3 from home)
  • Pension contribution
  • Great opportunities for career progression
  • And many more


Role & Responsibilities

  • Design and deliver solutions using MS Fabric, ADF, ADL, Synapse, Databricks, SQL, and Python.
  • Work closely with a variety of clients to gather requirements and deliver solutions.
  • Be willing to engage and assist in pre-sales activities, bids, proposals etc.
  • Use key techniques such as Governance, Architecture, Data Modelling, ETL / ELT, Data Lakes, Data Warehousing, Master Data, and BI.
  • Consistently utilise key processes in the engineering delivery cycle including Agile and DevOps, Git, APIs, Containers, Microservices and Data Pipelines.
  • Assist in building out, developing, and training the data engineering function.

What do I need to apply

  • Strong MS data engineering expertise (Fabric, ADF, ADL, Synapse, SQL)
  • Expert use of Databricks
  • Strong Python experience
  • Consultancy experience
  • Leadership experience


My client are looking to book in first stage interviews for next week and slots are already filling up fast. I have limited slots for 1st stage interviews next week so if you’re interest, get in touch ASAP with a copy of your most recent and up to date CV and email me at or you can call me on .


Please Note: This is a permanent role for UK residents only. This role does not offer Sponsorship. You must have the right to work in the UK with no restrictions. Some of our roles may be subject to successful background checks including a DBS and Credit Check.


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