Remote Senior Data Engineer – Public Sector, Azure

Methods Business and Digital Technology; Greater London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Autonomy to grow your skills

Exciting project work

Strong leadership

Supportive environment

Training access

Private medical insurance

Job summary

Methods Analytics (MA) is recruiting for Data Engineers to join our Public Sector Business unit on a permanent basis. The role is mainly remote but requires flexibility to travel to client sites, with offices in London, Sheffield, and Bristol.

Salary: between £60k to £75k. You’ll translate complex data concepts for non-technical audiences, collaborate on innovative projects, and build robust data solutions using Azure, Databricks, Microsoft Fabric, and Power BI to deliver insights and governance

Qualifications

• Proficiency in SQL and Python enabling handling of complex data problems.
• Understanding Data Lakehouse architecture and its implementation.
• Hands-on experience with Spark-based platforms (Azure Synapse, Databricks, Microsoft Fabric) and PySpark/Spark SQL.
• Expertise in building robust ETL and ELT pipelines (mostly Azure) for data flow and transformation.
• Ability to write cost-efficient, high-performance queries.
• Experience in developing Power BI dashboards to drive business decisions.
• Proficiency in dimensional modelling for data warehousing.
• CI/CD mindset and automated builds/tests in development workflows.
• Ability to translate business requirements into technical specs.
• Strong communication and ability to explain complex topics to non-technical audiences.
• Commitment to continuous learning and keeping up with industry trends.

Responsibilities

• Work with cross-functional teams to translate complex data concepts for non-technical audiences.
• Collaborate with a delivery team on projects, turning raw data into insights that drive decisions.
• Build end-to-end data solutions using Azure, Databricks, and Power BI.
• Design and implement ETL/ELT pipelines and ensure data quality across sources.
• Develop data models using dimensional modelling techniques to support reporting.
• Uphold data governance, security, and compliance using Purview, Unity Catalog, Atlas.
• Monitor and optimise data systems for performance and cost-efficiency.
• Create intuitive Power BI dashboards for stakeholders.
• Stay abreast of industry trends and adopt new tools and methodologies.

Skills

SQL & Python

Data lakehouse

Spark

ETL/ELT pipelines

Query optimization

Power BI dashboards

Dimensional modelling

CI/CD

Business requirements translation

Communication

Continuous learning

Tools

Azure Data Factory

Azure Synapse

Databricks

Microsoft Fabric

Power BI

Azure Purview

Unity Catalog

Apache Atlas

Delta Tables

Apache Iceberg

Kafka

Spark Streaming

Job description

Methods Analytics (MA) is recruiting for Data Engineers to join our Public Sector Business unit on a permanent basis. The role is mainly remote but requires flexibility to travel to client sites, with offices in London, Sheffield, and Bristol.

Salary: between £60k to £75k. You’ll translate complex data concepts for non-technical audiences, collaborate on innovative projects, and build robust data solutions using Azure, Databricks, Microsoft Fabric, and Power BI to deliver insights and governance