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# Data Engineer - Permanent

- **Company:** Eden Smith Limited
- **Location:** Worthing, United Kingdom
- **Salary:** £65,000
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Microsoft Azure, Bash Shell, Computer Programming, Data as a Services, Data Architecture, Data Integration, Data Transformation, Data Stores, Data Systems, Data Warehousing, Python (Programming Language), Key Management, Machine Learning, Performance Tuning, Windows PowerShell, Standard Sql, Systems Integration, Data Processing, Azure Data Factory, Data Lakes, Data Analytics, Non-relational Database, Data Pipelines, Databricks
- **Published:** November 13, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerboard.com/gb/en/find-jobs-in-United-Kingdom/-BFC5B59BAC39C34D12/

## About the Role

We're interested in engineers who enjoy solving complex data challenges and want to contribute to something bigger than individual development projects.

You'll ideally bring:

 * Strong hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure data services, particularly Azure Databricks and Azure Data Factory.
 * Experience designing and building data pipelines, ELT processes and data integrations.
 * Strong SQL and programming experience, ideally including Python, PowerShell, Bash or Scala.
 * An understanding of relational and non-relational databases, data warehousing and data modelling.
 * Experience with data quality, governance, monitoring and performance optimisation.
 * An understanding of how data architecture and engineering decisions translate into business outcomes.
 * The ability to work collaboratively with technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Experience with Delta Lake, Unity Catalog, Microsoft Purview and Azure Key Vault would be particularly beneficial.

## Description

We're looking for three Data Engineers to join a growing Data & Analytics function within a major UK Utilities business.

This is an exciting opportunity to become part of a significant, high-visibility data transformation programme, helping reshape how data is managed, governed and used across the organisation.

Rather than simply maintaining existing systems, you'll be working at the heart of a transformation, designing and building modern data solutions that support business intelligence, advanced analytics, machine learning and operational decision-making.

You'll have the opportunity to influence engineering standards, improve data quality and build scalable solutions that will make a tangible difference.

What you'll be doing

 * Designing, building and optimising data pipelines, data stores and integrations across Microsoft Azure.
 * Developing ELT pipelines to ingest, transform and manage data from multiple enterprise sources into a modern Delta Lake environment.
 * Working with Azure Data Factory, Databricks Workflows and other Azure services to automate and orchestrate data processing.
 * Developing scalable data models and storage solutions to support a variety of business and analytical requirements.
 * Improving data quality, governance, security and compliance across the enterprise.
 * Implementing monitoring, error handling and performance optimisation to ensure reliable, efficient data pipelines.
 * Working closely with Data Scientists, BI Engineers, Developers and business stakeholders to deliver solutions that support wider organisational objectives.