Senior Data Engineer

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Job Title:

Senior Data Engineer

Location:

Solihull - Hybrid

Contract:

3 months with possible extension.

Rate: £550 - £650 inside umbrella

Purpose

Design, build and assure scalable, secure data products and pipelines across Azure, AWS and Databricks. Lead data integration design, technical decisions and best practices, while mentoring engineers and enabling high-quality analytics, BI and data science outcomes.

Reporting & Collaboration

Reports to Lead Data Engineer with oversight from Head of Data Operations & Engineering
Works across Data Science, Analytics, Architecture, Cyber, Product and Delivery teams
Acts as a senior technical lead, guiding engineers and influencing cross-team decisions

Key Responsibilities

Lead design and delivery of scalable batch & streaming data pipelines and products
Define and assure enterprise-aligned data integration architectures
Optimise cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, Databricks) for performance and cost
Build and own ETL/ELT pipelines using PySpark, SQL and orchestration frameworks
Automate and modernise legacy data processes with reusable patterns
Design robust data models (Delta Lake, schema evolution, metadata, lineage)
Ensure data security, governance, and compliance (access control, encryption, lifecycle)
Provide technical leadership, mentoring and design reviews
Collaborate with stakeholders to translate complex technical decisions clearly
Support strategic roadmap, tooling and continuous improvement initiatives

Core Skills & Expertise

Data Engineering

Advanced PySpark and SQL, performance tuning and best practice coding
Data modelling (conceptual, logical, physical) and integration design
Data quality, testing frameworks and automated validation
Strong data analysis, profiling and insight delivery

Cloud & Platforms

Azure:
Data Factory, Synapse, Databricks, ADLS Gen2, Event Hub, Purview
AWS: S3, Glue, Athena, Kinesis, Lambda, EMR, Lake Formation
Databricks:
Delta Lake, Unity Catalog, Structured Streaming, MLflow
SQL Server stack (SSIS, SSRS)
Engineering Practices

CI/CD for data platforms and Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform/Bicep)
Git, monitoring and alerting tools
Data governance, lineage and observability frameworks
Leading technical design assurance and reviews

Qualifications & Experience

Degree (or equivalent) in Computer Science or related field
Experience in enterprise-scale data engineering
Relevant certifications (Azure, AWS, Databricks) desirable

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