Azure Data Platform Engineer for Scalable AI and Analytics

Harnham; Newcastle upon Tyne; Hybrid; GBP 73,000 - 84,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits

Job summary

Harnham Newcastle is seeking a hands-on Data Platform Engineer to own the health, scalability and performance of a modern Azure-based data platform, while remaining actively involved in delivery. The role combines technical ownership with platform strategy in a growing data and AI environment, with two days per week in the Newcastle office.

You will collaborate with Data Engineering, Data Science, AI and Product teams to shape data-driven products and enable future AI initiatives across the

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with Azure-based data platforms.
• Experience with CI/CD, IaC, and observability.
• Strong communication with stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Own health, scalability, and performance of the data platform.
• Collaborate with infra, networking, architecture, security teams.
• Drive platform improvements, monitoring, and automation.
• Support release management and IaC frameworks.
• Ensure platform reliability and governance.

Skills

Azure experience

CI/CD practices

Python scripting

Stakeholder comms

Observability

Security & governance

Tools

Azure Data Factory (ADF)

Microsoft Fabric

Azure Databricks

Terraform

Git

Job description

Harnham Newcastle is seeking a hands-on Data Platform Engineer to own the health, scalability and performance of a modern Azure-based data platform, while remaining actively involved in delivery. The role combines technical ownership with platform strategy in a growing data and AI environment, with two days per week in the Newcastle office.

You will collaborate with Data Engineering, Data Science, AI and Product teams to shape data-driven products and enable future AI initiatives across the