Senior Data Engineer - Azure & Public Sector

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

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible hybrid working arrangements

Local Government Pension Scheme

Job summary

Lancashire County Council is seeking an exceptional Principal Data Engineer to lead the design and delivery of modern data solutions that improve services for residents. This key leadership role focuses on driving innovation through data within our digital services transformation.

The role offers hybrid working, a competitive salary, and generous Local Government Pension Scheme benefits. You will mentor engineers, design scalable pipelines, and own end-to-end data solutions while collaborating

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in data engineering and cloud platforms (Azure preferred).
• Strong experience with ETL/ELT pipelines and data lakes.
• 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

Leadership

Azure

ETL/ELT

Data lakes

SQL

Data modelling

APIs

Mentoring

Job description

Lancashire County Council is seeking an exceptional Principal Data Engineer to lead the design and delivery of modern data solutions that improve services for residents. This key leadership role focuses on driving innovation through data within our digital services transformation.

The role offers hybrid working, a competitive salary, and generous Local Government Pension Scheme benefits. You will mentor engineers, design scalable pipelines, and own end-to-end data solutions while collaborating