Overview
Senior or Consultant - Data Engineering (DBT) position at Intuita. All locations considered with hybrid options in the UK (Liverpool or Newbury offices) and Sibenik, Croatia. Salary range £45,000 – up to £69,000 depending on experience. For Team Lead/Principal Consultant considerations, see the Data Engineering Lead role on our page.
Location and compensation are subject to skills and experience; discuss details with your recruiter.
Role
We are looking for a Data Engineer, ideally on a permanent contract, to join our Data Engineering team. You will work closely with our Engineering team to support the development of high-performing solutions, applying engineering expertise to drive business growth and supported consultancy-led projects. The role combines hands-on technical delivery with consultative stakeholder engagement to achieve quality and strategic objectives.
Responsibilities
- Technical Project Ownership: Direct the technical direction and execution within your remit, ensuring solutions meet business needs in collaboration with Business Analysts.
- Client Engagement: Act as the technical liaison between engineering teams and clients to ensure durable, well-considered solutions.
- Quality Assurance & Best Practice: Establish and enforce data engineering standards, reusable frameworks, and pipeline quality and performance.
- Continuous Improvement: Stay current with technology changes and share learning with the wider engineering team.
- On-Site Engagement: Periodically visit client sites to strengthen partnerships and demonstrate commitment to collaboration.
Requirements
- Hands-on experience in a business transformation setting (enterprise level or large-scale delivery).
- Proven data engineering and architecture experience with scalable cloud solutions (Azure, GCP, or AWS).
- Data modelling using Kimball, 3NF or Dimensional methodologies.
- Analytics Engineering with bigQuery (GCP), data modelling in DBT; DBT expertise and telecoms/mobile industry experience are advantageous.
- Knowledge of orchestration tools and CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps or GitHub).
- Experience designing efficient pipelines using core cloud components (Azure Data Factory, BigQuery, Airflow, Google Cloud Composer, PySpark, etc.).
- Medallion-based data modelling with curated dimensional models for analytics.
- Familiarity with Unity Catalog and core Databricks features for metadata management.
- Understanding of cloud economics and cost optimization strategies.
- Experience with infrastructure as code (e.g., Terraform) to automate and manage cloud infrastructure.
- Certifications in relevant technologies (e.g., Solutions Architect, Data Engineer) from Azure, GCP, AWS, or Databricks.
- Ability to work as part of a diverse data engineering team and mentor others.
- Experience working in an Agile delivery environment and collaborating with cross-functional teams.
Nice to Have
- Prior consultancy experience and ability to navigate client engagements.
- Industry knowledge in financial services, telecoms, ecommerce, or retail.
- Experience building Power BI semantic models for downstream visualization.
- Knowledge of data management tools like Azure Purview or Collibra (data cataloguing, lineage, quality).
What we offer
Intuita emphasises accountability, quality and integrity, with a culture that values collaboration and teamwork while maintaining a fun environment. Benefits and support include flexible/remote working, UK offices for optional in-person collaboration, comprehensive health and wellbeing support, training and certifications, and a distinctive consultant-friendly environment that rewards great work.
How to apply
We encourage you to apply and we will review applications in due course. If you need support with your application, please contact
