Azure Data Platform Engineer - Hybrid, Databricks Focus

Xpertise Recruitment; Milton Keynes; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 61,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Excellent benefits package

AI and analytics initiatives exposure

Modern cloud technologies exposure

Salary up to £55,000

Job summary

Xpertise Recruitment is assisting a forward-thinking organisation in Milton Keynes with the recruitment of a Data Platform Engineer to build and enhance an Azure-based data platform for trusted reporting, analytics and future AI initiatives.

You will design, build and operate scalable data pipelines using Azure and Databricks, ingest data from multiple systems and implement robust ETL/ELT processes. This hybrid role offers exposure to modern cloud data tech.

Qualifications

• Commercial experience building cloud based data platforms.
• Strong Databricks experience.
• Strong SQL and Python development skills.
• Exposure to Scala would be highly advantageous.
• Experience with Azure Data Factory, Synapse Analytics or similar cloud data services.
• Understanding of data governance, security and data quality principles.
• Experience working with Git, CI/CD pipelines and Infrastructure as Code.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and support scalable data pipelines using Azure and Databricks.
• Ingest and transform data from multiple operational systems.
• Develop robust ETL/ELT solutions that support reporting and analytics.
• Implement data quality, validation and reconciliation processes.
• Improve platform performance, reliability and cost efficiency.
• Support metadata management, data lineage and governance initiatives.
• Utilise Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD and DevOps best practices.
• Create clear technical documentation, monitoring and operational runbooks.

Skills

Databricks

SQL

Python

Scala

Tools

Azure Data Factory

Synapse Analytics

Git

CI/CD

Infrastructure as Code

Job description

Xpertise Recruitment is assisting a forward-thinking organisation in Milton Keynes with the recruitment of a Data Platform Engineer to build and enhance an Azure-based data platform for trusted reporting, analytics and future AI initiatives.

You will design, build and operate scalable data pipelines using Azure and Databricks, ingest data from multiple systems and implement robust ETL/ELT processes. This hybrid role offers exposure to modern cloud data tech.