Lead Data Engineer - Azure Synapse
Lead Data Engineer (Azure Synapse) - Watford - £550-£600/day - Outside IR35
Global organisation in Watford is seeking a hands-on Lead Data Engineer to review and modernise their data engineering practice. You'll consolidate pipelines, implement best practices, and lead a small team - while remaining actively involved in delivery.
3-month contract with a strong chance of extension.
What you'll do:
Apply now or contact Andy Weir at Cathcart Technology.
Global organisation in Watford is seeking a hands-on Lead Data Engineer to review and modernise their data engineering practice. You'll consolidate pipelines, implement best practices, and lead a small team - while remaining actively involved in delivery.
3-month contract with a strong chance of extension.
What you'll do:
- Build and optimise Azure Synapse pipelines and integrations
- Apply Lakehouse / ADLS Gen2 patterns and medallion architecture
- Lead and mentor engineers while delivering hands-on
- Ensure secure, scalable, production-ready engineering
- Coding across SQL, Python, CI/CD, DevOps
- Experience in data engineering, including strong expertise in Azure Synapse
- Experience stabilising/modernising live platforms
- Strong SQL, Python, performance tuning, and security focus
- Exposure to multiple source systems (Finance, CRM, ERP)
Apply now or contact Andy Weir at Cathcart Technology.
Cathcart Technology is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.