Azure Data Platform Engineer — AI-Driven Analytics

NCC Group; Manchester; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible Working

25 days holiday + bank holidays (buy/s

Medicash & Critical Illness Scheme

Pension, Life Assurance & Share Save

Volunteering opportunities

Green Car Scheme

Cycle to Work scheme

Special Time Off for life events

Family Planning support

Job summary

NCC Group in Manchester is seeking a Data Engineer to support the delivery of a scalable data intelligence platform in Azure. You will build and maintain data pipelines, models, and reporting outputs to enable data-driven decision making across the business.

The role involves ETL design, data quality, and collaboration with analysts, leveraging Azure Data Factory, Synapse, and SQL Server to deliver robust analytics.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in a Data Engineer role in tech environments.
• Azure data solutions with native tools and SQL Server.
• Dimensional modeling experience for analytics use cases.
• Knowledge of ETL tools and approaches.
• Hands-on Azure technologies: MS Fabric, Data Factory, Synapse, RDS.
• Experience with Python or PySpark for data tasks.
• CI/CD approaches for Data Platforms.
• MS SQL Server, SSIS, Visual Studio, SSDT experience.
• Degree or equivalent in CS, data science, or related field.

Responsibilities

• Support and maintain the central Data Platform availability and performance.
• Build data pipelines connecting APIs, files, databases, and streams.
• Define and embed data quality measures in pipelines.
• Ensure data integrity, monitoring, and alerting across solutions.
• Create and manage Build and Deployment pipelines.
• Enhance and support the Data warehouse.
• Collaborate with analysts to translate requirements into solutions.
• Contribute to overall design of the Data Platform.

Skills

Azure

SQL Server

Python

PySpark

Dimensional modelling

ETL

Data Warehousing

CI/CD for data platforms

MS Fabric

Data Factory

Azure Synapse

SSIS

Visual Studio/SSDT

Education

Degree in computer science or related field

Tools

MS Fabric

Azure Data Factory

Azure Synapse

RDS (SQL Server)

Job description

NCC Group in Manchester is seeking a Data Engineer to support the delivery of a scalable data intelligence platform in Azure. You will build and maintain data pipelines, models, and reporting outputs to enable data-driven decision making across the business.

The role involves ETL design, data quality, and collaboration with analysts, leveraging Azure Data Factory, Synapse, and SQL Server to deliver robust analytics.