Senior Data Engineer

Senior Data Engineer – Microsoft Fabric / Azure

£60,000 | 2-Year Fixed-Term Contract | North East | Hybrid

Deekay Recruitment is working with a large, established organisation in the North East to recruit an experienced Senior Data Engineer to join its Data & Technology function.

This is a hands-on senior position with responsibility for designing, building and improving the organisation's data infrastructure. You'll work across modern Microsoft data technologies, developing scalable data pipelines, data models and warehouse/lakehouse solutions that provide reliable, high-quality data for analytics and reporting.

Key responsibilities include:

* Design and build scalable ETL/ELT data pipelines from multiple data sources.

* Develop and maintain data models, schemas, data warehouses and lakehouse solutions.

* Work within a modern Microsoft/Azure data environment, including Microsoft Fabric.

* Develop datasets and models to support Power BI and analytics.

* Improve data quality, reliability, automation and performance.

* Contribute to data architecture and technical design decisions.

* Work closely with technical and non-technical stakeholders to understand data requirements.

* Provide technical guidance and support to other members of the team.

* Ensure appropriate data governance, security and GDPR standards are maintained.

We're particularly interested in candidates with experience across:

* Microsoft Fabric and/or the wider Azure data ecosystem

* SQL

* Azure Data Factory / Synapse / Databricks

* ETL/ELT and data pipeline development

* Data warehousing and Lakehouse architectures

* Dimensional/data modelling

* Python/PySpark

* Power BI data models

* Data quality and governance

This role would suit an established Senior Data Engineer, Lead Data Engineer or experienced Azure Data Engineer who enjoys remaining hands-on while taking greater ownership of technical direction and solution design.

Location: North East – hybrid working with office attendance required across Newcastle and County Durham.

Salary: £60,000
Contract: 2-year fixed-term contract

If you're interested in discussing the opportunity, please apply with an up-to-date CV or contact George at Deekay Recruitment for further information
Only candidates based in UK and eligible to work in UK are allowed