Principal Data Engineer: Cloud Data Platforms Lead

Lancashire County Council; Lancashire; Hybrid; GBP 51,000 - 56,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible and hybrid working

LGPS pension

Job summary

Lancashire County Council is seeking a Principal Data Engineer to lead the design and delivery of modern data solutions that improve services for residents across Lancashire.

This key leadership role sits at the heart of our Digital Services transformation, driving innovation through data and shaping cloud data architecture with Azure.

You will mentor teams, own end-to-end data pipelines, and collaborate with architects, analysts and service teams in a hybrid, 37-hour week role.

Qualifications

• Extensive data engineering experience with cloud platforms (Azure preferred).
• Strong ETL/ELT pipelines and data lakes expertise.
• Advanced SQL and data modelling skills.
• Experience building APIs and integration services.
• Proven leadership and mentoring capability.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a team of data and integration engineers.
• Design and deliver scalable data platforms and pipelines.
• Own end-to-end data engineering solutions.
• Drive modern cloud data architecture using Azure technologies.
• Collaborate with architects, analysts and service teams.
• Champion best practice in data engineering and governance.

Skills

Data engineering leadership

Azure cloud

ETL/ELT pipelines

SQL & data modelling

APIs & integration

Mentoring & leadership

Job description

Lancashire County Council is seeking a Principal Data Engineer to lead the design and delivery of modern data solutions that improve services for residents across Lancashire.

This key leadership role sits at the heart of our Digital Services transformation, driving innovation through data and shaping cloud data architecture with Azure.

You will mentor teams, own end-to-end data pipelines, and collaborate with architects, analysts and service teams in a hybrid, 37-hour week role.