Overview
Senior Azure Data Engineer – Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear
- This is a full time permanent role
- We know that having a work-life balance is important, so we offer our colleagues as much flexibility as possible in line with the needs of their role
- The base location for this role is Newcastle Upon Tyne
Main Responsibilities
- Guide and support your team members, encouraging and supporting a collaborative and productive work environment
- Develop and implement data ingestion solutions on the Azure platform, ensuring scalability, reliability, and performance. Leveraging technologies such as Azure Data Factory, Databricks, Delta Lake, and Python
- Design and maintain robust ETL/ELT processes to integrate data from various sources into Azure data services
- Help to implement DataOps practices to streamline and automate the data lifecycle, ensuring faster delivery and higher quality of data products
- Design and manage CI/CD pipelines for data workflows to facilitate automated testing and deployment
- Ensure data quality, security, and compliance with industry standards and best practices
- Work closely with cross-functional teams, including data scientists, analysts, and business stakeholders, to understand and address their data needs
- Stay current with emerging trends and technologies in the Azure ecosystem, other technologies/methods, and data engineering, helping to drive continuous improvement within the team
Ideal Candidate
You will fit right into this role if you:
- Can demonstrate advanced knowledge of cloud services, preferably focussing on Databricks; ideally working with Azure Data Lake, Azure Data Factory, Azure Logic Apps, Azure Function Apps and Fabric, alongside a skillset incorporating data modelling techniques and business data requirement comprehension, documentation and communication
- Are able to work efficiently in a dynamic environment, with a focus on detail and accuracy and have a keenness to problem solve
- Hold a steadfast commitment to data security and ability to guide others in this area
- Are keen to understand the commercial drivers of the business and can build data solutions to drive growth
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