Data Engineer

Essential Employment; Newbury; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A recruitment agency is seeking a Data Engineer in Newbury to design, develop, and maintain ETL/ELT pipelines using SSIS. The role involves managing SQL Server environments and delivering documentation for processes and data flows. Ideal candidates will have robust skills in data integration and SQL Server management. This full-time, temporary position offers a rate of £271.57 per day, and interested applicants should email their CV quoting the reference number.

Qualifications

• Experience in developing and maintaining ETL/ELT pipelines using SSIS.
• Proficient in managing Microsoft SQL Server environments.
• Strong skills in data integration and quality governance.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain ETL/ELT pipelines.
• Manage and optimise SQL Server environments.
• Produce high-quality technical documentation.

Skills

ETL/ELT pipeline development

Microsoft SQL Server management

Data integration solutions

Technical documentation

Tools

SSIS

SQL Server Agent

Job description

Data Engineer needed in Newbury Paying £271.57 per day ref 5289648

Full time hours on a temporarybasis

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain ETL/ELT pipelines using SSIS in production environments.
• Engineer high‑quality data integration solutions following best‑practice patterns including incremental loads, CDC, SCD, data quality rules, idempotency, and error handling.
• Manage and optimise Microsoft SQL Server environments (2016), ensuring high performance, reliability, and scalability.
• Build and maintain dimensional models, relational schemas, and analytical data structures (Kimball approach preferred).
• Support the full project management life cycle, including requirements gathering, technical design, documentation, testing, deployment, and post‑release support.
• Deliver application support, maintenance, and root‑cause analysis across critical data and reporting systems.
• Implement and enhance data governance practices, including metadata definition, cataloguing, lineage tracking, and quality frameworks.
• Develop and schedule workflows using SQL Server Agent, SSISDB deployment pipelines, SSIS logging, and/or orchestration tools.
• Produce high‑quality technical documentation for processes, data flows, and solution components.

If you are interested in the role, please email your CV [e-mail] the reference number.

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