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Lead Data Engineer

Peaple Talent

Sunderland

On-site

GBP 50,000 - 90,000

Full time

11 days ago

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Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Lead Data Engineer to join their dynamic team in Sunderland. This role offers the opportunity to work with cutting-edge Azure technologies and lead small teams while being hands-on with data applications. You will engage with clients, utilizing your strong communication skills to deliver exceptional consultancy services. The position comes with a competitive salary, a supportive work environment, and a variety of perks aimed at fostering professional growth and well-being. If you are passionate about data engineering and thrive in collaborative settings, this is an exciting opportunity to make a significant impact.

Benefits

25 days holiday + 8 bank holidays

Life Insurance & Income protection

Enhanced Maternity Pay & Paternity Pay

Cycle to work scheme

Tech Scheme with discounts

Free unlimited Udemy account

Qualifications

Experience in managing teams while being hands-on.
Strong database fundamentals and performance optimization.

Responsibilities

Architect and build data applications using Azure.
Develop ETL pipelines for data integration and transformations.

Skills

Lead Data Engineering

Azure Cloud Services

SQL/TSQL

Data Warehouse

Data Lake

Python Programming

ETL Pipeline Development

Data Modelling

Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

Data Governance

Tools

Azure Data Factory

Azure Synapse Analytics

Azure Databricks

Power BI

Terraform

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Peaple Talent has partnered with a global digital engineering consultancy who are recruiting for a Lead Data Engineer on a permanent basis based out of their Sunderland office. You will have a great understanding of technology consultancy services along with fantastic communication and stakeholder engagement skills as this role will be client facing.

Skills and experience:

Proven experience as a Lead Data Engineer with a focus on Azure cloud services.
Experience of managing small teams whilst also being hands-on.
Strong database fundamentals including SQL/TSQL, performance and schema design.
Experience architecting and building data applications using Azure, specifically a Data Warehouse and/or Data Lake.

Technologies:

Azure Data Factory, Azure Synapse Analytics, Azure Data Lake, Azure Databricks and Power BI. Experience with creating low-level designs for data platform implementations.
ETL pipeline development for the integration with data sources and data transformations including the creation of supplementary documentation.
Proficiency in working with APIs and integrating them into data pipelines.
Strong programming skills in Python.
Experience of data wrangling such as cleansing, quality enforcement and curation e.g. using Azure Synapse notebooks, Databricks, etc.
Experience of data modelling to describe the data landscape, entities and relationships.
Experience with data migration from legacy systems to the cloud.
Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) particularly with Terraform.
Proficient in the development of Power BI dashboards.
Strong focus on documentation and diagramming (e.g. ERDs).
Strong communication and teamwork skills to collaborate with cross-functional teams effectively.

It would be great if you have:

Good knowledge of data governance, data quality, security, metadata cataloguing and Master Data Management.
Machine Learning and AI development experience
Up to 10% bonus (based on company and personal performance).
25 days holiday + 8 bank holidays, with the option to carry forward or 'cash-in' 5 days each year
Life Insurance & Income protection
Enhanced Maternity Pay & Paternity Pay
Cycle to work scheme
A Tech Scheme which lets you choose from over 5000 tech products at up to a 12% discount
Free unlimited Udemy account for every employee to support their continuous learning and improvement

Seniority level

Seniority level
Mid-Senior level

Employment type

Employment type
Full-time

Job function

Job function
Information Technology
Industries
IT Services and IT Consulting

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