Contract Data Engineer (Azure) - Agile IT Team
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- England,London,City of London
- Full Time, Contract
- £375 - £425 per day
Job Description:
Azure Data Engineer (Contract – Day Rate) - Mid-Level | Azure | Data Lakehouse | ETL
Location: Central London
Day Rate: £375 - 425 per day (Outside IR35)
Working Patterns: Hybrid, London
Interviews: 2 stage process
Opus are supporting a global insurance organisation seeking an Azure Data Engineering contractor to join its core IT function on a day-rate basis. This role is part of a wider data platform capability build and offers the opportunity to bring a fresh, pragmatic perspective into an established Azure environment.The team is currently top-heavy and are deliberately looking to strengthen the mid-level layer - someone highly technical, hands-on, and confident shaping how data is ingested, optimised and structured across Azure.
The Role:*Join a central IT delivery team, reporting into the agile delivery team.
*Act as a replacement within the existing data engineering function
*Focus on incoming data design, Azure optimisation, and ETL best practice
*Work closely with senior engineers while contributing independent technical thought and challenge
Key Responsibilities:*Design, build and maintain ETL pipelines in Azure for structured and semi-structured data
*Optimise data ingestion patterns feeding into a Data Lakehouse architecture
*Improve efficiency, performance and scalability across Azure services
*Support platform-level decisions around how Azure is handled from a data perspective
*Collaborate within Agile delivery cycles (Scrum / Kanban environments)
Required Experience:*Strong hands-on Azure data engineering experience (mid-level, but technically confident)
*Proven use of Azure for ETL (e.g. Azure Synapse, Data Factory, or similar tooling)
*Data Lakehouse experience is a must-have
*Solid SQL and data modelling fundamentals
*Experience working within an enterprise IT team (Lloyd’s & London (Re)insurance, or Financial Services experience is preffered, but not essential)
*Comfortable challenging existing approaches and offering fresh technical perspectives
Nice to Have*Exposure to Databricks, PySpark or Python-based data processing
*Experience optimising legacy or sub-optimal Azure implementations
*Familiarity with Agile delivery frameworks
Please reach out to Adam Akhtar at Opus Recruitment for futher information -
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Location: Central London
Day Rate: £375 - 425 per day (Outside IR35)
Working Patterns: Hybrid, London
Interviews: 2 stage process
Opus are supporting a global insurance organisation seeking an Azure Data Engineering contractor to join its core IT function on a day-rate basis. This role is part of a wider data platform capability build and offers the opportunity to bring a fresh, pragmatic perspective into an established Azure environment.The team is currently top-heavy and are deliberately looking to strengthen the mid-level layer - someone highly technical, hands-on, and confident shaping how data is ingested, optimised and structured across Azure.
The Role:*Join a central IT delivery team, reporting into the agile delivery team.
*Act as a replacement within the existing data engineering function
*Focus on incoming data design, Azure optimisation, and ETL best practice
*Work closely with senior engineers while contributing independent technical thought and challenge
Key Responsibilities:*Design, build and maintain ETL pipelines in Azure for structured and semi-structured data
*Optimise data ingestion patterns feeding into a Data Lakehouse architecture
*Improve efficiency, performance and scalability across Azure services
*Support platform-level decisions around how Azure is handled from a data perspective
*Collaborate within Agile delivery cycles (Scrum / Kanban environments)
Required Experience:*Strong hands-on Azure data engineering experience (mid-level, but technically confident)
*Proven use of Azure for ETL (e.g. Azure Synapse, Data Factory, or similar tooling)
*Data Lakehouse experience is a must-have
*Solid SQL and data modelling fundamentals
*Experience working within an enterprise IT team (Lloyd’s & London (Re)insurance, or Financial Services experience is preffered, but not essential)
*Comfortable challenging existing approaches and offering fresh technical perspectives
Nice to Have*Exposure to Databricks, PySpark or Python-based data processing
*Experience optimising legacy or sub-optimal Azure implementations
*Familiarity with Agile delivery frameworks
Please reach out to Adam Akhtar at Opus Recruitment for futher information -
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Job number 3604627
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