Job Description

Data Engineer

6 month Contract

Hybrid - 1 day per week in office (Wiltshire)

We are currently working in partnership with a housing association who are recruiting for an IT Data Engineer on a contract basis. The role focuses on designing, building and delivering solutions across the Microsoft cloud stack, with a strong emphasis on Microsoft Fabric and Azure data platform.

Experience required:

Hands-on experience delivering end-to-end data solutions across Microsoft Fabric and Azure, including OneLake, Lakehouse or Warehouse, Dataflows Gen2, Pipelines, Synapse and SQL

Experience designing and building lakehouse and pipeline solutions from ingestion through to consumption

ETL and ELT design experience, including data modelling using lakehouse patterns and star or snowflake schemas

Experience migrating or integrating legacy data sources such as Dataverse and SQL into modern analytics architectures

Skills, knowledge and expertise required:

Strong practical capability across Microsoft Fabric and Azure data services, including Dataflows Gen2, Fabric Pipelines, Data Factory, Synapse and SQL

Advanced SQL skills, including complex joins, query optimisation and performance tuning

Strong Python or PySpark skills for data transformation and automation

Strong ETL and ELT design capability with experience building batch pipelines

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