Data Engineer (Temporary)

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 hot 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 Microsoft Fabric: warehousing, lakehouse, pipelines, security Strong Python On-prem SQL Server to cloud integration APIs, real-time / event-driven sources Networking and secure data movement in controlled environments Ability to work independently with Data, IT and operational stakeholders

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