Senior Azure Data Engineer

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6 days ago
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Job Title: Senior Azure Data Engineer (Managed Services)


Location: Leeds (Hybrid – Travel to Client Sites Required)


Employment Type: Full-Time


Salary: £57,000 – £64,000 per annum + Comprehensive Benefits


Overview

Our client, a growing digital consultancy, is seeking a Senior Azure Data Engineer to join their Managed Services team.


This is a client-facing, senior-level role focused on supporting and enhancing production data platforms within the Microsoft ecosystem. You will act as a trusted technical expert, ensuring data environments are secure, scalable, and high-performing while delivering meaningful value to clients.


Working within multidisciplinary teams, you will provide both hands‑on engineering expertise and technical leadership, supporting platform reliability, performance optimisation, and continuous improvement across multiple client environments.


Candidates must be within reasonable travelling distance of Leeds (or another regional office) and open to occasional client‑site travel.


Responsibilities

  • Support and enhance data solutions built on Microsoft Fabric, Azure Data Factory, SQL Server, and SSIS
  • Monitor, troubleshoot, and proactively resolve data pipeline and platform issues
  • Manage multiple client environments ensuring stability and performance
  • Lead performance tuning, query optimisation, and platform reliability improvements
  • Implement best practices for data optimisation and operational excellence

CI/CD & DevOps for Data

  • Design and implement CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps
  • Champion modern development practices including automated testing and TDD
  • Support environment management, parameterisation, and deployment automation

Stakeholder Engagement & Consultancy

  • Collaborate with internal teams and client stakeholders to gather requirements and provide technical updates
  • Translate complex data challenges into clear, actionable solutions
  • Build strong client relationships based on trust and reliability
  • Mentor junior data engineers and share best practices
  • Promote continuous improvement across development, testing, and deployment practices
  • Contribute to high standards within Agile delivery environments

Requirements

  • Proven experience supporting production data pipelines and platforms
  • Strong T‑SQL and SQL Server expertise, including performance tuning and query optimisation
  • Hands‑on experience with Microsoft Fabric and Azure Data Factory (pipeline orchestration, linked services, parameterisation, environment management)
  • Experience using SSIS for ETL and legacy integrations
  • Experience working in Agile (Scrum/Kanban) and TDD environments
  • Strong communication skills for both technical and non‑technical stakeholders
  • Experience managing multiple client environments in a consultancy or managed services context
  • Knowledge of data governance, data quality, and metadata management
  • Experience with Infrastructure‑as‑Code (Bicep, Terraform, ARM templates)
  • Familiarity with Power BI, Synapse Analytics, or broader Microsoft data services
  • Experience using Python for automation or data transformation
  • Exposure to ITSM tools (e.g., ServiceNow or similar)
  • Experience with Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, or other observability tooling

Personal Attributes

  • Proactive, detail‑oriented, and solutions‑focused
  • Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills
  • Comfortable working across multiple client engagements
  • Collaborative team player with mentoring capability
  • Committed to continuous learning and technical excellence

Our client offers a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package, including:



  • Contributory pension scheme (6% employer contribution with 2% employee contribution)
  • 25 days annual leave plus UK public holidays
  • Life assurance and critical illness cover
  • Salary sacrifice electric vehicle scheme
  • Season ticket loans
  • Financial and wellbeing sessions
  • Flexible benefits options including:
  • Private health cover
  • Additional pension contributions
  • Additional holiday purchase (up to 2 days)
  • Charity contributions

Relocation support may be available for eligible candidates.


Application Process

If you are a Senior Azure Data Engineer seeking a consultancy role where you can combine hands‑on engineering with client engagement and platform leadership, we encourage you to apply.


Please submit your CV for consideration. Shortlisted candidates will be contacted for further discussion.


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