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# Senior Data Engineer (contract)

- **Company:** Microsoft
- **Location:** Atherstone, UK
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** £72,800.0 - £79,820.0
- **Contract:** Temporary contract
- **Skills:** Code Review, Continuous Integration, Data Integrity, Python (Programming Language), Performance Tuning, Power BI, Cloud Services, Migration Manager, SQL Databases, Tableau (Software), Azure Data Factory, Apache Spark, Git, Data Management, Databricks
- **Published:** June 17, 2026
- **Apply:** https://uk.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=80fd501f0ab5caf6

## About the Role

Do you have experience in Unity?, * Strong production experience in SQL, Python, and Spark.

 * Deep hands-on Azure Databricks and Azure Data Factory delivery experience.
 * Proven track record delivering migration or modernization initiatives in live data platforms.
 * Strong experience with platform observability, incident response, and data reliability engineering.
 * Experience delivering measurable cost optimization in cloud data platforms.
 * Strong Git and code review practices; excellent cross-team communication.

Preferred Qualifications:

 * Unity Catalog migration experience.
 * Game telemetry or high-volume event data background.
 * Familiarity with Power BI or Tableau consumption patterns.

## Description

Lead technical delivery across data platform modernization, with ownership of migration strategy execution, orchestration redesign direction, and cost optimization outcomes across Azure Databricks and ADF workloads., * Own technical design and phased execution plan for Unity Catalog migration across priority data domains.

 * Define target orchestration patterns and guide migration of legacy workflows to the agreed model.
 * Drive cost and performance optimization across Spark jobs, clusters, storage, and scheduling patterns.
 * Set engineering standards for data quality, observability, CI/CD, testing, and production readiness.
 * Review architecture and critical pull requests; mentor less experienced engineers.
 * Partner with analytics, product, and platform teams to sequence delivery with minimal operational risk.


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