Senior Data Engineer (Azure/Medallion Architecture) - 12 months - Warwick(Hybrid)

Senior Data Engineer (Azure/Medallion Architecture) - 12 months - Warwick(Hybrid)

Contracting role based in Warwick (Hybrid, 3 days in office) for a 6-month engagement within the Cloud practice. You will provide architectural direction and hands-on technical leadership on the Interconnectors Data Platform (ICDP) - a cloud-based data warehouse enabling critical commercial, financial modelling, and operational decision-making - as the platform modernises toward a Medallion Architecture and Azure-native ingestion patterns.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the design and implementation of scalable data architectures including Bronze/Silver/Gold Medallion layered models, driving the platform's architectural roadmap in line with modern engineering best practices
• Lead the migration from Legacy ETL tooling (eg Matillion) into modern Azure-based pipelines including Azure Functions and Azure Data Factory, building performant SQL-based transformations and reusable data models
• Develop robust, secure, and observable data ingestion and transformation pipelines, ensuring CI/CD, automated testing, version control, and full observability are Embedded throughout
• Implement data validation, reconciliation, profiling, and auditability across platform layers, working with business stakeholders to ensure outputs meet analytical and operational needs

What You Will Ideally Bring:

• Strong, hands-on Python experience building production-grade data pipelines, transformations, and orchestration - essential
• Expert-level analytical SQL including query optimisation and data modelling
• Solid Azure cloud experience - Azure Functions, Azure Data Factory, Azure Storage, Key Vault, and cloud security fundamentals
• Deep understanding of data warehousing principles, dimensional modelling, and scalable enterprise data design
• Strong grounding in Git, CI/CD, automated testing, and modern engineering practices
• Experience with API and SFTP ingestion patterns and resilient pipeline design
• Exposure to Medallion/Lakehouse patterns or Databricks-style ecosystems - preferred

Contract Details:

• Duration: 6 months
• Rate: £430 per day
• Location: Warwick (Hybrid - 3 days on-site)
• Start Date: ASAP