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 hoc 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