Lead Data Engineer
Title: Lead Data Engineer
Location: Warwick, UK
Duration: 06 Months Possible extension
Work Type: Hybrid
Pay: £350 to £460 per day Umbrella (inside IR35)
Background
- Client is is maturing and embedding its existing Data & Insights platform, which is on the Azure stack. We have a combination of strategic Databricks and legacy Synapse engineering.
- We have an existing programme team which requires a skilled individual to lead the engineering resource. This person will need to embed our Databricks architecture, ensure correct configuration and documentation, whilst also overseeing the ingestion of new data sources.
- It is a live platform, and the role may also need to provide technical guidance to support engineers to ensure any production issues are understood and resolved efficiently.
- This is a UK based role. The team predominantly work across the UK (with some off-shore team members). Occasional onsite meeting attendance.
Responsibilities
- Design and delivery of modern Azure and Databricks Data platform aligning to agreed technical designs and best practice.
- Responsible for data engineering across all layers of our data platform. There is currently a mix of legacy synapse and strategic Databricks.
- Responsible for leading work on related DevOps - branch supervision, merging
- In depth Databricks DBA
- Responsible for promotion of data pipelines and associated notebooks through the various environments (development, fof, production)
- Responsible for the correct configuration and documentation of Databricks
- Enhancing existing monitoring & control framework
- Provide technical leadership & coaching for a small group of Data Engineers
Required skills:
- Extensive “ hands on” Databricks & Synapse experience
- Extensive Azure Dev Ops experience
- Ideally SQL and PySpark in a Databricks environment
- Experience of using Databricks in a federated cloud environment
- Leadership of small engineering teams
- Configuration management and documentation
- Certified Data Bricks Professional Engineer