Contact Deerfoot Recruitment Solutions Limited
Deerfoot Recruitment Solutions Limited
Contract Data Engineer
St Albans, Hertfordshire
Contact Deerfoot Recruitment Solutions Limited
- Hours
- Full Time
- Posted
- 8 hours ago
- Salary
- £400 - 500 - Day
- Recruiter
- Deerfoot Recruitment Solutions Limited
- Closes
- 13 Jan 2027
- Course
- No
- Recruiter Type
- Direct Employer
Description
Contract Data Engineer
Remote (Occasional travel to Letchworth)
3 Month Contract + Possible Extensions
£400 - £500 per day
This Contract Data Engineer role joins a well-established UK group, with several businesses under one roof, partway through building its Azure data platform.
You'll work alongside a small team of data engineers and own work end to end: talking to stakeholders, designing models, building and testing pipelines in Python and PySpark, and supporting BI. It's remote, and the platform is growing from one business to the whole group, so there's real work to get stuck into from day one.
What You'll Be Doing
Gathering requirements with data, product and senior stakeholders, and helping them with data-related technical issues
Designing conceptual, logical and physical data models as the platform expands
Building metadata-driven pipelines across Azure Synapse, Data Factory and PostgreSQL using Python and PySpark
Migrating data from legacy reporting solutions onto the platform while protecting data integrity
Releasing code through Azure DevOps and Git, and keeping documentation and data mapping up to date
Monitoring and tuning data loads, supporting BI users, and joining an out-of-hours rota for business-critical issuesWhat You'll Bring
Hands-on experience as a Data Engineer, building and maintaining data pipelines
Strong Python and PySpark skills
Experience with Azure data services such as Synapse, Databricks or Data Factory
Good SQL and data modelling skills
Confidence working with stakeholders to turn business needs into data solutionsDesirable: Microsoft Fabric, Tableau administration, Power BI, master data management (MDM), CI/CD with Azure DevOps
Apply today with your CV for this Contract Data Engineer role and we'll be in touch.
This role may suit candidates who have held roles including: Azure Data Engineer, Contract Data Engineer, Analytics Engineer, ETL Developer, Data Platform Engineer, BI Developer
Deerfoot Recruitment Solutions Ltd is a leading independent tech recruitment consultancy in the UK. For every CV sent to clients, we donate £1 to The Born Free Foundation. We are a Climate Action Workforce in partnership with Ecologi. If this role isn't right for you, explore our referral reward program with payouts at interview and placement milestones. xjnqpsq Visit our website for details. Deerfoot Recruitment Solutions Ltd acts as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy
Ad ID: 5419346454
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