Senior Data Engineer

Senior Data Engineer (Data Migration – Energy & Utilities) 💰 £500/day (Inside IR35) |📍 Warwick, UK (3 days onsite) | 📅 6-Month Contract Our client, a top global organization, is seeking a highly experienced Senior Data Engineer – Data Migration Specialist to support a large-scale transformation programme within the Energy & Utilities sector. This role focuses on designing, delivering, and assuring end-to-end data migration solutions across legacy and cloud platforms, with a strong emphasis on Azure and Snowflake ecosystems, data quality, and regulatory compliance. As a Senior Data Engineer, you will lead complex data migration initiatives, transforming legacy systems into scalable, cloud-based solutions. Key Responsibilities • Lead end-to-end data migration lifecycle (discovery → cutover) • Design and develop ETL/ELT pipelines using Azure Data Factory and modern tooling • Develop and optimise complex SQL transformations • Ensure data quality, reconciliation, and consistency across environments • Review and assure migration solutions for scalability and performance • Build and optimise data solutions on Snowflake and Azure • Implement batch and near real-time data ingestion pipelines • Design dimensional and analytical data models • Optimise performance, scalability, and cost efficiency • Implement CI/CD pipelines for data delivery • Use Azure DevOps, Git, and dataops.live for automation • Establish monitoring, logging, and observability frameworks • Promote repeatable, version-controlled data engineering practices • Work with SCADA, telemetry, and asset/network datasets • Ensure compliance with Energy & Utilities regulatory standards • Define data quality frameworks, validation rules, and lineage • Support governance, metadata management, and auditability • Collaborate with architects, analysts, and platform teams • Translate business requirements into technical solutions • Provide technical leadership and mentorship Essential Skills & Experience • 10+ years in data engineering, with strong data migration experience • Proven experience delivering large-scale data migration programmes • Strong expertise in Azure Data Platform (ADF, Azure DevOps) • Hands-on experience with Snowflake • Advanced SQL and data transformation skills • Experience with ETL/ELT tools and frameworks • Strong DataOps / CI-CD pipeline experience • Experience working with complex, regulated datasets • Strong understanding of data quality, governance, and lineage • Excellent stakeholder communication and leadership skills Desirable Experience • Experience within Energy & Utilities or similar regulated industries • Knowledge of SCADA, telemetry, or CNI datasets • Experience with real-time or streaming data pipelines • Exposure to dataops.live or similar tooling • Experience in Agile delivery environments If this is relevant to your experience, please apply with your CV and we'll be in touch.