3 lead data engineer jobs found in Manchester

We are currently looking for an experienced Microsoft Fabric Data Architect / Lead for an Outside IR35 contract opportunity. Location: Manchester.   Working arrangement: Hybrid – two days per week in the Manchester office Contract : Outside IR35   The client requires a senior Microsoft Fabric specialist who can assess the current environment, strengthen its architecture and governance, implement practical improvements, and build a well-controlled and sustainable internal capability.   The successful individual will evaluate what is currently in place, define the target environment, implement the necessary improvements and support the development of the internal team. The anticipated scope includes: • Reviewing the existing Microsoft Fabric environment, data lake and associated datasets • Assessing the current architecture and identifying technical, governance and control gaps • Reviewing how data is acquired,...

Contract Data Engineer - Snowflake to Fabric Migration - Outside IR35 Not another "maintain what's there" contract. A Manchester business is migrating a live, client-facing analytics platform off Snowflake and onto Microsoft Fabric - and they need someone who's actually done a migration before, not just read about Fabric. Exact contract duration tbc, but expected to be between 6-9 months.  This is a hybrid position, once a week in Manchester What you'll be doing Starting with a proper scoping phase - the first month is about uncovering the real shape of the work, and contract length will follow from what you find Owning the migration approach - schema mapping, reconciliation, cutover planning Working with Fabric's Lakehouse/OneLake setup, not just theorising about it Handling API-based ingestion where native connectors don't cut it Making real architecture calls, largely unsupervised Working alongside two junior engineers - some mentoring as you go, and a...

Contract Data Engineer - Snowflake to Fabric Migration - Outside IR35 Not another "maintain what's there" contract. A Manchester business is migrating a live, client-facing analytics platform off Snowflake and onto Microsoft Fabric - and they need someone who's actually done a migration before, not just read about Fabric. Exact contract duration tbc, but expected to be between 6-9 months (you'll know for sure after the initial scoping phase).  This is a hybrid position, once a week in Manchester What you'll be doing Starting with a proper scoping phase - the first month is about uncovering the real shape of the work, and contract length will follow from what you find Owning the migration approach - schema mapping, reconciliation, cutover planning Working with Fabric's Lakehouse/OneLake setup, not just theorising about it Handling API-based ingestion where native connectors don't cut it Making real architecture calls, largely unsupervised...