Data Engineer at Reed, Burton-on-Trent, £400-£500 per day,

Contract Data Integration Engineers (Datastage & Azure Data Factory)

Remote-first with occasional UK office visits

£400-500/day Outside IR35

6-12 Months Contract

We are supporting a major UK organisation undergoing a significant transformation of its data and integration landscape. As part of a large-scale programme of integration projects and future cloud migration initiatives, we are seeking experienced Data Integration Engineers with expertise in either IBM Datastage or Azure Data Factory (ADF) .

We currently have five contract opportunities available:

• 3 x Datastage Engineers
• 2 x Azure Data Factory (ADF) Engineers

These contractors will play a key role in delivering business-critical integration projects, supporting operational systems, and helping modernise the organisation 's data platform.

Responsibilities

You 'll be involved in a variety of high-profile integration projects, including:

• Building and enhancing data integrations between internal and third-party platforms
• Delivering data synchronisation and automation solutions
• Supporting business-critical operational and reporting systems
• Designing ETL processes and data pipelines
• Integrating cloud and on-premise data platforms
• Supporting future migration initiatives into modern cloud-based data environments
• Working across both project delivery and BAU enhancement activities

Datastage Engineer Requirements

Essential Skills & Experience

• IBM Datastage development experience
• Strong ETL design and development expertise
• Advanced SQL skills
• Experience working with Azure environments
• Understanding of Change Data Capture (CDC)
• Experience with data warehousing and large-scale data integrations
• Strong troubleshooting and testing experience

Desirable

• Experience integrating with APIs
• Knowledge of cloud migration projects
• Experience supporting enterprise reporting environments
• Linux exposure

Azure Data Factory (ADF) Engineer Requirements

Essential Skills & Experience

• Azure Data Factory development experience
• Strong SQL skills
• Azure cloud expertise
• Experience building and supporting ETL/ELT solutions
• Integration experience using APIs
• Logic Apps experience
• Strong testing and troubleshooting capabilities

Desirable

• Experience working with modern cloud data platforms
• Data migration experience
• Knowledge of enterprise-scale integration projects
• Exposure to Azure data services

The successful contractors will be:

• Strong communicators who can engage confidently with technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Comfortable challenging unclear requirements and gathering additional information
• Able to work closely with architects, developers, project teams and business users
• Experienced working in fast-paced project environments

If you have the relevant experience for either of these roles, please apply using the link provided.