Data Engineer

Data Engineer

Newcastle upon Tyne

£90,000 - £100,000 + Hybrid Working + Excellent Company Benefits

Excellent opportunity for a senior Data Engineer to join a major national organisation and take ownership of the architecture, development and ongoing evolution of its enterprise data platform.

This is a newly influential role within an organisation investing significantly in data, reporting and technology. You will have the opportunity to design and develop scalable data pipelines, shape the architecture of a Microsoft-based data lake and work directly with senior stakeholders across technology and finance.

Reporting to the Group IT Director, you will build and maintain data solutions across Azure and AWS, bringing together information from multiple systems and ensuring that complex datasets remain accurate, secure and reliable.

You will work closely with developers, infrastructure engineers, data specialists, report writers and senior business users. The position therefore offers a strong mixture of hands-on engineering, technical ownership and stakeholder engagement.

The ideal candidate will have expert SQL skills, extensive MS SQL Server experience and strong knowledge of Databricks and Azure Data Factory. You must also have practical experience delivering data solutions across both Azure and AWS environments.

This is a fantastic opportunity to take a leading role in the development of a large organisation's data capability, with the autonomy to influence architecture, engineering standards and future technology decisions.

The Role:

Designing, developing and maintaining scalable data pipelines

Building data architecture that brings together multiple business systems

Developing and supporting a Microsoft-based enterprise data lake

Designing and maintaining MS SQL databases and related data systems

Building ETL and data transformation solutions using Databricks and Azure Data Factory

Developing cloud-based data solutions across Azure and AWS

Ensuring the quality, integrity and reliability of complex datasets

Working closely with FP&A, technology teams and senior business stakeholders

Collaborating with developers, infrastructure engineers and reporting specialists

Troubleshooting complex data and pipeline issues

Four days per week based in the Newcastle office, with one day working from home

The Person:

Senior-level Data Engineering experience

Expert SQL knowledge

Extensive experience with Microsoft SQL Server

Strong experience with Databricks

Experience building ETL pipelines using Azure Data Factory or similar tools

Hands-on experience working across both Azure and AWS

Programming knowledge using Python, Java, C# or a similar language

Strong understanding of data architecture, data lakes and pipeline development

Confident communicating with both technical and non-technical stakeholders

Experience working with financial systems or FP&A teams would be advantageousRise Technical Recruitment Ltd acts an employment agency for permanent roles and an employment business for temporary roles.

The salary advertised is the bracket available for this position. The actual salary paid will be dependent on your level of experience, qualifications and skill set and will be decided by our client, the employer. Rise are not responsible or liable for any hiring decisions made by the end client.

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