Senior Data Engineer

Data Engineer / Senior Data Engineer £440/day (DE) | £540/day (Senior DE) | Inside IR35 | BPSS Clearance Required Hybrid – Morpeth (one day every other week) Initial 3-month contract | Start ASAP About the Role We are recruiting three Data Engineers — one Senior and two at Consultant level — to join a data transformation programme within a large public sector organisation. This is a Microsoft Fabric-focused engagement, delivering data integration, transformation and visualisation solutions across a complex, multi-system environment. You will work as part of an agile delivery team, building and maintaining data pipelines, integrating platforms and line-of-business applications, and developing Power BI dashboards that support operational insight and channel shift analysis. The Senior role carries additional responsibility for technical leadership and mentoring. Key Responsibilities • Design, build and maintain bronze–silver–gold data pipelines within Microsoft Fabric • Integrate contact centre platforms, CRM systems and line-of-business applications into the data platform • Implement data matching and quality rules across ingested datasets • Optimise Lakehouse architecture and semantic models for Power BI reporting • Develop intuitive Power BI dashboards enabling analysts to unlock meaningful operational insights • Contribute to shared data engineering standards and documentation • Work collaboratively within an agile delivery team with strong stakeholder communication • Senior only: provide technical leadership, drive engineering best practice and mentor less experienced team members Skills & Experience Required • 7+ years’ experience delivering data integration, transformation and visualisation solutions • Strong hands-on expertise with Microsoft Fabric (essential) • Proficient in Azure data services; AWS cross-cloud exposure advantageous • Experience integrating contact centre platforms (including AWS Connect), CRM systems and operational applications • Proven ability to build and optimise Lakehouse and semantic models • Strong Power BI dashboard development skills • Experience implementing data quality and matching rules • Public sector or government experience preferred • Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills • Senior only: demonstrable technical leadership and team mentoring experience Clearance & Compliance • BPSS clearance required (or willingness to undergo screening) • Inside IR35 Interested? If you have strong Microsoft Fabric and Azure data engineering experience and are available at short notice, we’d love to hear from you. Please indicate in your application whether you are applying for the Data Engineer or Senior Data Engineer position. Apply now or get in touch for a confidential conversation.