Data Engineer

Data Engineer - Temporary

Initial 3-6 month | Greater London | Hybrid

£400-£500 per day (umbrella)

We are hiring an experienced Data Engineer for a 3-6 month fixed-term contract with a regulated resource-recovery and energy-generation operator in Greater London.

You will maintain and improve the operational data platform that moves plant, asset and business data from on-premises systems into Microsoft Azure and Microsoft Fabric. The work underpins reporting, regulatory submissions and internal BI. Roughly 60% is BAU support and enhancement; 40% is project work including data transformation and digital tracking initiatives.

What you’ll do

• Design, run and optimise pipelines into Azure and Fabric • Support Synapse, Azure Storage, Logic Apps and Fabric warehouse / lakehouse • Integrate on-prem SQL Server and operational systems with the cloud • Ingest plant and asset data (weights, volumes, process measurements, vehicle movements, real-time feeds) • Build and support APIs for internal and external data exchange • Work with IT/network on secure on-prem to cloud connectivity • Manage Fabric / Entra access, security groups and privileged access • Troubleshoot integration and performance issues; keep technical documentation current • Deliver ad hoc reporting requests and support strategic data projects

What you’ll need

• Solid commercial Data Engineer experience in a complex operational environment • Hands-on Azure: Synapse, Storage, Logic Apps, data integration • Strong…