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# Data Engineer

- **Company:** Dufrain
- **Location:** Edinburgh, UK
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Agile Methodology, Microsoft Azure, Continuous Integration, Data as a Services, Information Engineering, Data Governance, Extract Transform Load (ETL), Data Migration, Data Systems, Data Warehousing, Python (Programming Language), Microsoft SQL Server, Standard Sql, SQL Server Integration Services, Data Streaming, Azure Data Factory, Snowflake, Apache Spark, Git, Microsoft Fabric, Data Lakes, Data Management, Azure Synapse Analytics, Stream Analytics, Data Pipelines, Databricks, Microservices
- **Published:** August 30, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.collegerecruiter.com/job/2815463752-data-engineer

## About the Role

* Strong experience designing and delivering data solutions on Azure
 * Excellent working knowledge of Python, Apache Spark, and SQL
 * Broad data engineering skillset; with preference in either Microsoft Fabric, Databricks or Snowflake
 * Proven delivery of multiple solutions using Data Governance, Data Migration, Data Modeling, ETL/ELT, Data Lakes, Data Warehousing, Master Data Management and BI
 * Solid understanding of engineering delivery processes: Agile & DevOps, Git, APIs, containers, microservices, and data pipelines, * Experience with one or more of Databricks, Snowflake, Azure Data Factory, Azure Synapse, or Microsoft SQL/SSIS
 * Hands-on experience building data pipeline(s) using Azure Data Factory, Pipelines, Notebooks, and Dataflows Gen2
 * Good working knowledge of Lakehouse components: Delta Lake, Unity Catalog/One Lake, ML Flow, Databricks Asset Bundles, Fabric CICD, Real Time Analytics/Structured Streaming, etc

Desirable Certifications

 * Microsoft DP-600 or DP-700

You Will Have

 * The drive to meet tight deadlines and maintain high standards of delivery
 * Confidence participating effectively in meetings with senior stakeholders
 * A collaborative mindset-supporting, encouraging, and sharing knowledge across the team
 * Self-starter habits; you work well under pressure with limited supervision
 * A track record of accurate output and ownership of elements of project delivery
 * Flexibility to work as part of an integrated team or independently as needed
 * Awareness of relevant industry standards, regulations, and current developments

You can expect guaranteed investment to your personal development. We have a working culture that rewards high performance and nurtures talent, while providing exciting opportunities and challenges to generate positive change for our clients.

Applicants must have the right to work in the UK and not require sponsorship now or in the future. Visa sponsorship is not available.

## Description

* Develop good working relationships with clients on a project including interpersonal skills with both business and technical focused colleagues.
 * Experience working as a data engineer to develop performant end-to-end solutions in a collaborative team environment.
 * Delivering high-quality pieces of work, proven ability to elevate problems to client / senior team members where necessary and propose possible solutions.
 * Support building the Consulting practice through contribution to ongoing initiatives. This can include contributing to knowledge-sharing activities, and data services.


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