Azure Data Platform Engineer

Prestigious opportunity for a Data Platform Engineer within a pioneering technology team based in Manchester. Following a period of significant growth, investment and a cloud transformation, we are inviting you to join our success story!

As our Azure Data Platform Engineer, you will be responsible for:-

• Designing, building, and maintaining scalable data solutions on Microsoft Azure.
• Designing and implementing scalable data pipelines using Azure Data Factory, Databricks, Synapse Analytics, and other Azure services.
• Leading technical workstreams and supporting project delivery.
• Acting as the subject-matter expert for cloud-based data engineering.
• Ensure data governance, security, and compliance standards are met.
• Monitoring and troubleshooting data platform performance and issues.
• Automate data ingestion, transformation, and integration processes.
• Document technical solutions and maintain best practices.

If you possess a combination of some of the following skills, then LETS TALK!

• Proven experience with Azure data services (SQL, Data Factory, Data Lake, Synapse, Databricks, Azure SQL and Cosmos DB).
• Strong proficiency in designing and operating scalable data solutions and pipelines.
• Platform engineering - Terraform
• Familiar with Cloud security, performance optimisation and monitoring tools (Azure Monitor, Log Analytics).
• Experience in IT service management environments (ITIL).
• Cross-functional project delivery.
• Experience with ETL/ELT processes and data modelling.
• Understanding of data governance, security, and compliance frameworks.
• Stakeholder Management.

What you'll get in return
In return, you will be rewarded with ongoing career development and training, an exceptional pension scheme and 30 days holiday.

What you need to do now

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