Data Engineer

Senior Data Engineer - Azure -  Sunderland

Avanti Recruitment is currently partnered with a very successful company, that has already become a new leader in their field with plans to leap-frog ahead of their competitors.

They are looking for someone to join them as the first Senior Data Engineer to play a pivotal role shaping the future of their data!

As the first Senior Data Engineer (Azure) you will play a key part in designing, implementing, and managing cloud-based data solutions. You'll be responsible for developing the data architecture, handling merger-related data migrations, ensuring data quality, and enabling advanced analytics to drive business decisions.

As a key member of the team, you'll spearhead the data architecture and migration efforts. This involves taking ownership of data migration processes during mergers and acquisitions, designing scalable and efficient cloud-based data architectures, and ensuring systems can effectively handle data ingestion, storage, processing, and analysis.

Required Qualifications:

• Extensive cloud data engineering experience (5+ years), particularly with Azure
• Proficiency in Azure services: SQL, Data Factory, Databricks, Synapse Analytics
• Strong SQL skills, including query optimization and database design
• Proven track record in data warehousing, ETL processes, and data modelling
• Azure certifications in Database Administration or Data Engineering

Nice to have:

• Experience with Python/PySpark and MySQL on Azure
• Additional Azure certifications (e.g., Fabric Analytics Engineer)
• Knowledge of data visualization platforms (Tableau/PowerBi)

This is an exciting opportunity to join and lead an exciting project, they are paying up to £70,000 (DOE) plus a range of benefits including a company pension, 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, buy more holiday option, your birthday off, death in service, enhanced family friendly policies. This is office based 4 days a week, 1 day of your choice working from home.