Senior Data Engineer

Harnham
Trowbridge
4 days ago
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🚀 Senior Data Engineer

📍 Trowbridge (Hybrid - 2 Days Onsite) | 🕒 Full Time

A growing, customer-focused food business in the B2C and B2B space is looking for aSenior Data Engineerto lead the development and management of their cloud-based data infrastructure. This is a fantastic opportunity to shape a modern data function at the core of the company's commercial and customer strategy across the UK, Ireland, and North America.

🧩 The Role

You'll be part of a collaborative, forward-thinking Data & Analytics team, responsible for ensuring data is clean, secure, and optimised for advanced analytics, business intelligence, and AI initiatives. This is a hands-on leadership role with the opportunity to manage a data engineering apprentice and own key strategic projects-including a full cloud migration.

🔧 Key Responsibilities

  • Manage and enhance cloud-based data infrastructure (Azure) across multiple international markets

  • Own the development and performance of ETL pipelines, ensuring integrity and consistency

  • Lead the migration of legacy environments into Azure Cloud

  • Maintain and synchronise Dev, Test, and Production environments using DevOps principles

  • Drive improvements in data quality, access controls, and security compliance

  • Support analytics, BI, and predictive modelling teams with infrastructure and documentation

  • Monitor and troubleshoot production issues, implementing preventative solutions

  • Mentor a junior data engineer and serve as a technical lead for data tooling and governance

🧠 What We're Looking For

A technically strong, solution-oriented Data Engineer who thrives in a dynamic, collaborative environment and brings both strategic insight and deep technical delivery capability.

✅ Essential Skills

  • 5+ years' experience in SQL-based production environments (DBA/Data Engineering)

  • Strong SQL/T-SQL skills for dynamic data warehouse processes

  • Expertise in Azure, SSIS, and Databricks

  • Solid understanding of data modelling, integration, and transformation

  • Experience managing CI/CD pipelines and DevOps workflows

  • Strong communication skills and a problem-solving mindset

⭐ Desirable

  • Experience working with large, multi-source datasets via APIs and secure file transfer

  • Familiarity with tools like Tableau and enterprise systems (e.g., SAP, MS Business Central)

  • Understanding of information security and governance

  • Proven experience bridging the gap between IT, data, and business teams

🎯 What's on Offer?

  • A key leadership opportunity within a growing data function

  • The chance to shape long-term cloud and data infrastructure strategy

  • Projects spanning data engineering, BI, and AI/predictive analytics

  • Exposure to international operations and collaborative cross-functional teams

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