Data Engineer - Azure Databricks

Location: Leicester

Duration: 6-month fixed term contract

About the role

The successful candidate will be part of the team transforming from a traditional SQL team to a modern hybrid cloud platform bringing together the best data, analytical and reporting tools to deliver new and enhance existing products and support our users.

You will work with Finance, Product, Warehouse, Marketing, the Brand teams, almost everyone to design and build the data solutions need to measure, report and analyze the performance of the business and its operations.

This position is within the BIS Finance Workstream, where our primary responsibility is to complete projects for Next Finance. Our focus lies in technologies such as Azure, Databricks, Power BI, and ADF. We actively explore and adopt new technologies to innovate and enhance our processes.

We are looking for people who want to learn new skills, get hands-on experience with the latest technologies and become very knowledgeable of BIS systems. Successful candidates will join a great team with a real mix of experience, knowledge and skills.

Essential Skills

• DataBricks or similar and Azure Data Factory
• Languages: SQL, Python
• Data Platform: Azure data lake and SQL Server RDBMS
• ETL: SQL Server Integration Services and ADF
• Experienced in effectively working in a collaborative manner in a large, fast paced environment within a multifunctional technical team

Nice to have

• Languages: PySQL, C#, R
• Reporting: PowerBI or similar
• Modelling: SQL Server SSAS Tabular (DAX) / Dimensional Modelling / Data Warehousing
• Development Management: Azure DevOps
• SQL MI / DB
• ETL: Active Batch, API, Event Hub, Kafka
• AI / ML

We’re grateful for your interest in joining our team. Kindly note that only applicants whose experience and qualifications most closely align with the role will be contacted for the next steps. Thank you for your understanding.