Azure Data Engineer - Contract - £525 per day Inside IR35 - 6 months - UK (Remote/Hybrid)

My client are looking for an Azure data Engineer for a 6 month contract working on a major transformation project where a core source system is being upgraded (including changes to data structures), and as a result, existing data pipelines require re-engineering.

While ingestion is largely complete, there is significant work remaining across transformation layers and downstream reporting, analytics, and data feeds.

They are looking for a solid, hands-on Azure Data Engineer to come in and help stabilise, enhance, and deliver robust data pipelines in a modern Azure environment., * Update and refactor existing data pipelines to align with new source system structures

• Build and optimise ETL/ELT pipelines for transforming and curating data for downstream use
• Work across data ingestion, transformation, and serving layers (bronze/silver/gold or equivalent)
• Collaborate with analysts and business stakeholders to support reporting and analytics requirements
• Ensure data quality, integrity, and consistency across pipelines
• Troubleshoot and resolve data issues across the platform
• Contribute to data modelling and schema design for analytics use cases
• Support deployment, monitoring, and performance tuning of pipelines
• Work within an Agile delivery environment, contributing to stand-ups and sprint activities

• Strong experience as an Azure Data Engineer in enterprise environments
• Proven experience with:

• Azure Data Factory (ADF) - pipeline development & orchestration
• Azure Data Lake (ADLS Gen2) - storage & structuring
• Azure SQL/Synapse Analytics - data warehousing & querying

• Strong SQL skills (complex transformations, optimisation)
• Experience building and maintaining ETL/ELT pipelines
• Solid understanding of data modelling principles (star schema, dimensional modelling)
• Experience handling schema changes and upstream system impacts
• Familiarity with CI/CD for data pipelines (eg, Azure DevOps)
• Good stakeholder communication skills

Nice to Have

• Experience with PySpark/Databricks
• Exposure to Power BI or downstream reporting tools
• Experience in regulated environments (eg, healthcare, insurance, financial services)
• Understanding of data governance and data quality frameworks