Data Engineer | £60,000 - £65,000 | UK/Remote |

Opus Recruitment Solutions
Ashton-under-Lyne
11 months ago
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Power BI | Synapse | Azure Data Bricks | ADF | SQL | Data Engineer | Reporting | Data Sets | Fabric |


Are you a Data Engineer who enjoys getting involved with the architecture side of the role? Or maybe you want to join a company and have autonomy? If so I have a role for you.


I am looking for an experienced Data Engineer to join a company that support the automotive industry covering a range of aspects from theft prevention to fleet management. They have grown impressively over the last year and are now looking to invest in people.


They have recently gone through an Azure Migration and are looking for a Data Engineer to join a small team to architect data sets, push them into Power BI and move them export to data lake to fabric link.


They are using a great tech stack which includes –Azure ADF, Data Lakes, Synapse, Power BI, Fabric, Logic Apps, SQL.


You will also be working closely with BI and SQL Developers with building dashboards and reports which will be going out to various customers.


Benefits include –


  • 5% company pension
  • Remote working
  • Salary up to £65,000
  • Private healthcare
  • Learning and Development budget
  • Perkbox
  • Life Assurance
  • Wellbeing options


Even though this is a remote position you need to be a full time UK resident and sponsorship isn’t available.


This a brilliant opportunity for someone looking to grow their career. They have a fantastic tech stack and have brilliant progression routes.


Power BI | Synapse | Azure Data Bricks | ADF | SQL | Data Engineer | Reporting | Data Sets | Fabric |

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