Lead Azure Data Engineer — Platform Ownership & Impact

Harnham; West of England; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Harnham is seeking a Lead Data Engineer to own and shape a modern Azure data platform, combining hands-on engineering with architectural leadership. You will influence data strategy and deliver a scalable data environment that supports analytics, reporting, and operational applications.

In this role you will build ETL/ELT pipelines, implement data quality frameworks, and establish governance and deployment standards while guiding the growth of the data engineering function.

Qualifications

• Strong commercial experience building and supporting production data platforms.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, build, and enhancement of a modern Azure data platform.

Skills

Azure Data Factory

Azure SQL

ETL/ELT pipelines

data quality frameworks

layered data architecture

CI/CD

Infrastructure as Code

Azure data technologies

dbt or similar tooling

communication with stakeholders

Tools

Azure DevOps

Git

dbt

Job description

Harnham is seeking a Lead Data Engineer to own and shape a modern Azure data platform, combining hands-on engineering with architectural leadership. You will influence data strategy and deliver a scalable data environment that supports analytics, reporting, and operational applications.

In this role you will build ETL/ELT pipelines, implement data quality frameworks, and establish governance and deployment standards while guiding the growth of the data engineering function.