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# Data Engineer/Architect | 6-Month Contract | Outside IR35 | £550-£650/day | Hybrid

- **Company:** Opus Recruitment Solutions
- **Location:** London, United Kingdom
- **Salary:** £143,000 - £169,000
- **Contract:** Temporary contract
- **Skills:** Microsoft Azure, Big Data, Cloud Database, Data Architecture, Information Engineering, Data Infrastructure, Data Integration, Extract Transform Load (ETL), Data Mapping, Data Transformation, Dataspaces, Data Systems, Data Warehousing, Cloud Services, Azure Data Factory, Microsoft Fabric, Azure Synapse Analytics, Data Pipelines, Legacy Systems, Databricks
- **Published:** November 11, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerboard.com/gb/en/find-jobs-in-United-Kingdom/-D0A8167A9F5C9F9B2F/

## About the Role

* Strong Data Architecture and Solution Design experience
 * Extensive experience designing and delivering Data Pipeline Migrations
 * Source-to-Target Mapping and Data Transformation Design
 * Data Integration Architecture across multiple source systems
 * ETL/ELT Design and Modern Data Engineering Principles
 * Azure Data Factory, Synapse, Microsoft Fabric or similar cloud data platforms
 * Experience designing scalable cloud-based data solutions
 * Data Modelling (Conceptual, Logical & Physical)
 * Strong understanding of Data Warehousing and Lakehouse architectures
 * Experience working across both architecture and engineering teams
 * Stakeholder management and ability to communicate with both technical and non-technical audiences
 * Experience producing high and low-level solution designs

This is an excellent opportunity to join a major transformation programme where you'll play a key role in shaping the future data platform and defining the migration approach for a significant portfolio of existing data assets and pipelines.

## Description

I'm currently recruiting for a Data Engineer/Architect to support a large-scale data transformation programme, with a particular focus on designing and migrating data pipelines from Legacy platforms into a modern cloud-based data environment.
This role would suit someone who is hands-on enough to understand how data engineering solutions are delivered, but who also has the architectural capability to define target-state designs, migration approaches, and best practice across the wider programme.
You'll be working closely with technical and business stakeholders to assess the current data landscape, design future-state data solutions, and create scalable migration strategies for a large number of existing data pipelines. A key part of the role will involve translating business and technical requirements into robust, efficient and maintainable data architectures.
The organisation is currently modernising its data platform and moving towards a Microsoft-centric data ecosystem, so experience designing and delivering cloud-based data solutions within Azure environments is highly desirable. Experience with Microsoft Fabric, Azure Data Factory, Synapse, Databricks or similar modern data platforms would be beneficial.