Senior Azure Data Engineer

Newcastle upon Tyne
1 year ago
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I'm looking for an experienced Data Engineer to join a well-established organisation in Newcastle (hybrid-working), who truly recognise the value of leveraging their data to better understand their customers and to drive business growth.

In this role you'll join a team of Data Engineers, responsible for the ongoing development of their cutting-edge Azure Data Platform - working across the end-to-end data lifecycle from architecting data ingestion solutions into their Data Lake, designing robust ETL solutions to integrate various data sources, designing data models for analytics capabilities, through to deploying Logic Apps and Function apps for process automation.

As a Senior in the team, you will guide and mentor more Junior colleagues, and will advocate for best-practice and process improvement wherever possible.

This is a brilliant opportunity for an experienced Data Engineering professional to join an organisation who are truly investing in their data - with a real appetite to leverage the latest ML and AI capabilities, there couldn't be better time to join the team.

Requirements

Prior experience leading and managing Data Engineering teams
Strong SQL and data modelling experience
Experience designing ETL processes
Strong understanding of Data Warehousing principles
Experience with some Azure technologies such as: Azure Databricks, Azure Data Lake, Azure Data Factory, Azure Logic Apps, Azure Function Apps
Excellent communication and requirements gathering skillsBenefits

Salary up to £65,000 depending on experience
Bonus scheme
Profit sharing scheme
25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
Private medical insurance
Contributory pension scheme
And more!

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.

Nigel Frank are the go-to recruiter for Power BI and Azure Data Platform roles in the UK, offering more opportunities across the country than any other. We're the proud sponsor and supporter of SQLBits, and the London Power BI User Group. To find out more and speak confidentially about your job search or hiring needs, please contact me directly at

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