16 lead data engineer jobs found

Lead Data Engineer (Azure Synapse | Synapse Notebooks | Azure DevOps) Contract 6-month initial term, with strong likelihood of extension Up to c £500 per day Outside IR35 Remote or hybrid (West London office if preferred) We are looking for an experienced Lead Data Engineer to play a key role in the development of a modern Azure data platform, with a strong focus on Azure Synapse, Synapse notebooks and engineering best practice . This is a hands-on technical leadership role for someone who enjoys owning solutions from requirements through to deployment, working closely with business stakeholders and delivering robust, production-grade data platforms. You will be responsible for: Designing and developing scalable ETL/ELT pipelines and reusable data products Building and maintaining Azure Synapse solutions, with particular emphasis on Synapse notebooks, Serverless SQL and Synapse pipelines...

Join a forward-thinking organisation where your Microsoft security expertise will drive meaningful improvements in cyber security capability and maturity. Salary: £500 - 550 per day Security Engineer Security Engineer with strong expertise across the Microsoft security stack, including proven experience implementing Purview, who enjoys working in lean, evolving cyber security functions and can drive meaningful improvements in security capability and maturity. Day Rate: £500-£550pd IR35 Status: Outside Travel: 3 days a week in Central London Office Duration: 6 months initial Responsibilities: Lead the design, implementation, and optimisation of the Microsoft security ecosystem, including Defender, Entra ID, Sentinel, Intune, and Purview Deliver end to end Purview implementations, including Information Protection, Data Loss Prevention, Data Lifecycle Management, Insider Risk Management, and compliance solutions across Microsoft 365 Work closely with IT,...

Security Engineer Security Engineer with strong expertise across the Microsoft security stack, including proven experience implementing Purview, who enjoys working in lean, evolving cyber security functions and can drive meaningful improvements in security capability and maturity. Day Rate: £500-£550pd IR35 Status: Outside Travel: 3 days a week in Central London Office Duration: 6 months initial Responsibilities: Lead the design, implementation, and optimisation of the Microsoft security ecosystem, including Defender, Entra ID, Sentinel, Intune, and Purview. Deliver end to end Purview implementations, including Information Protection, Data Loss Prevention, Data Lifecycle Management, Insider Risk Management, and compliance solutions across Microsoft 365. Work closely with IT, infrastructure, and business stakeholders to deploy security controls, respond to emerging threats, and ensure compliance with organisational and regulatory requirements. Bring proven...

Scrum Master - Outside IR35 Contract: 6 Months Location: Remote with some nationwide site visits Rate: £500/day Outside IR35 Roc Search is recruiting for an experienced Scrum Master to join a large-scale data and analytics transformation programme. This is a fantastic opportunity to work with a highly technical team delivering modern cloud-based data solutions in a fast-paced Agile environment. This is a technically-focused Scrum Master role. You'll be working closely with Data Engineers, BI Developers and technical stakeholders to drive delivery, remove blockers and ensure Agile best practices are embedded across the programme. Key Responsibilities Lead Scrum ceremonies and manage sprint delivery using Azure DevOps. Coordinate delivery across Data Engineering and Analytics teams. Remove blockers, manage dependencies and ensure successful project delivery. Promote Agile best practices and continuous improvement within the team. Skills & Experience Proven...

Microsoft Security Consultant - 6 Month Contract - Outside IR35 - Fully remote Contract Type: Initial 6 month contract (Outside IR35) Rate: £450 per day Outside IR35 Location: Fully Remote Role Overview We are looking for a Microsoft Security Consultant to join on a contract basis, bringing deep expertise across Microsoft Sentinel, Defender XDR, and Azure security. The role combines hands-on technical delivery with trusted advisory work - designing and implementing enterprise-grade detection and response architectures, driving Zero Trust initiatives, and translating complex security requirements into practical, scalable solutions. Key Responsibilities Architect and deliver Microsoft Defender XDR solutions, running architecture and design workshops to define end-to-end security strategies aligned with Zero Trust and secure-by-design principles Lead Microsoft Sentinel implementations including data connector configuration, KQL analytics rule...

Microsoft Security Consultant - 6 Month Contract - Outside IR35 - Fully remote Contract Type: Initial 6 month contract (Outside IR35) Rate: £450 per day Outside IR35 Location: Fully Remote Role Overview We are looking for a Microsoft Security Consultant to join on a contract basis, bringing deep expertise across Microsoft Sentinel, Defender XDR, and Azure security. The role combines hands-on technical delivery with trusted advisory work - designing and implementing enterprise-grade detection and response architectures, driving Zero Trust initiatives, and translating complex security requirements into practical, scalable solutions. Key Responsibilities Architect and deliver Microsoft Defender XDR solutions, running architecture and design workshops to define end-to-end security strategies aligned with Zero Trust and secure-by-design principles Lead Microsoft Sentinel implementations including data connector configuration, KQL analytics rule development, Logic Apps...

Senior Azure Data Engineer 6 months Outside IR35 Remote (UK based applicants only) Contract Senior Azure Data Engineer required help my client move their data warehouse from on-premise SQL Server into Azure. This is a hands-on technical role focused entirely on migrating data safely, cleaning it up, and making sure our reports keep working smoothly. Senior Azure Data Engineer Responsibilities: Move data from Legacy SQL Server environments into the Azure cloud. Build data pipelines to extract, load, and clean data efficiently. Write and fix code, specifically high-performance SQL and T-SQL stored procedures. Schedule and automate jobs using SSIS, SQL Agent, and Azure Data Factory. Manage code versions properly using Git and GitHub. Check data quality so that final reporting models work perfectly in Tableau and Power BI. Skills Required: Excellent SQL and T-SQL writing skills. Solid experience with both Azure and SQL Server. Experience building ETL/ELT...

Internal Title: Senior Full Stack Developer Location: London, UK (Hybrid - typically 1-2 days per month in office) Contract: Permanent, Full-time OR Outside IR35 Contract, 6 months with view to extend Day Rate (contract): £500-550 per day Package (perm): £70,000 - £80,000 + 10% Bonus + 10% Shares + Benefits (see more below) About Appvia Appvia is a specialist cloud, platform, and solutions engineering consultancy, helping organisations modernise software systems, improve developer productivity, and adopt cloud-native practices that enable long-term, sustainable delivery. Our software engineering capability focuses on modern application development, domain-driven design, and improving delivery outcomes through better architecture, testing, and developer experience. We work across complex, high-impact environments in both the public and private sector, delivering solutions where quality, scalability, and reliability are critical. About The Role We're hiring...

DevOps Engineer - Public Sector - Outside IR35 - Edinburgh/Flexible Market Rates Duration - 9 months Harvey Nash is supporting a key public sector client in sourcing an experienced DevOps Engineer to design, build and operate scalable, secure, and automated cloud platforms. This role will support delivery across multiple digital services and platforms, combining infrastructure, development, and automation expertise. The successful candidate will play a key role in platform engineering, Azure Landing Zone development, and emerging AI-enabled services, while promoting DevOps best practices and supporting team capability uplift. Key Responsibilities Design, build and manage Kubernetes clusters, including workload isolation and private networking Implement GitOps delivery models using ArgoCD across multiple environments Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, ARM templates and Bicep Design and manage CI/CD pipelines within Azure DevOps, following...

Data Engineer - Quantexa Contract: 6 months Location: London (Hybrid or Remote) Daily rate: £500 outside IR35 Currently hold a Security Clearance or be eligible to obtain it . A leading global consultancy is seeking experienced Senior Data Engineers to join a major data transformation programme. This is an exciting opportunity for a Senior Data Engineer with strong Quantexa expertise to deliver enterprise-scale solutions across complex data environments, working on high-impact projects for well-known organisations. As a Senior Data Engineer , you'll play a key role in designing and implementing Quantexa solutions, developing scalable data pipelines, and collaborating with architects, technical leads, and client stakeholders to deliver robust, production-ready platforms. Responsibilities Design, build, and optimise Quantexa data ingestion pipelines using Scala, Spark, and Databricks Configure Quantexa components including Entity Resolution, Scoring, and...

Senior Data Consultant – 6 months - £450 p/d (Outside IR35) – London – Hybrid An experienced Senior Data Consultant is required to join our banking client on an initial six-month contract to support the delivery of enterprise-grade data products. This role will play a critical part in translating business requirements into well-defined, high-quality, reusable data assets, sitting at the intersection of business, data architecture, and engineering. The successful candidate will lead source-to-target mapping activities and define, document, and maintain data quality rules in collaboration with data engineers, architects, and governance teams. The ideal candidate will have a strong understanding of data quality concepts, controls, and governance, alongside practical experience supporting the release of data products into production. You will also possess hands-on data skills in Excel and/or SQL, with a solid understanding of OLAP, OLTP, and relational data structures....

Postgres Data Engineer - Outside IR35/Remote We are looking for 3 to 4 Postgres data engineers from junior to senior level. You will have the following experience: - Good proficiency of SQL - Working experience on PostgreSQL - Experience in data analysis and data transformation - Experience in data remediations and data fix in production environment - Maintain highly scalable PostgreSQL and SQL database solutions. - Build, and Profile and optimize complex SQL queries, views, indexes, and stored procedures - Deliver robust ETL/ELT data pipelines to ingest, transform, and load data This will be on a 3 month contract (outside IR35) and is based remotely. Candidates need to be based in the UK. To be considered please send over your latest CV. LA International is an award-winning partner of choice for many of the world's most influential companies and government organisations. Holding Enhanced Government Security Accreditation, we are recognised as the European market...

Analytics Engineer l DBT Core l DBT Cloud l Bigquery l Data modelling l data warehouse l SQL l End-to-end l 6-Month Contract | £500- £520 per day | Outside IR35 l Hybrid London We 're working with a fast-moving, product-led business looking for an Analytics Engineer to support their data team on an initial 6-month contract. This is a hands-on role sitting between data engineering and analytics - building clean, reliable data models that power reporting and decision-making across the business. You 'll be working closely with BI and engineering teams, owning dbt models end-to-end and helping improve data quality, performance, and overall usability. What you 'll be doing: Building and maintaining dbt models for analytics and reporting Developing well-structured data models (staging marts) Working with stakeholders to turn business requirements into scalable datasets Improving data quality, testing, and documentation...

Snowflake Data Engineer - 5 Months - Outside IR35 A leading tech company requires a data engineer for an initial 5-month contract. The position is hybrid, outside IR35, and will likely extend long-term due to the amount of work they have in the pipeline. The Role: You will be part of a rapidly growing data team helping to deliver their leading data platform, which is being used to drive key decision-making in renewable energy and its use around the world-tech for good, you could say! They are looking for a data engineer with demonstrable experience with Snowflake building complex systems to ingest and process large volumes of data. The main tools you will be using day to day are: ** Snowflake ** Python ** SQL ** DBT You: Our customer is looking for someone well-versed in the above tools/technologies. They also need someone who understands the principles of Data Engineering and is willing to roll up their sleeves, as this project is critical for them. As a Senior member...

Snowflake Data Engineer - 5 Months - Outside IR35 A leading tech company requires a data engineer for an initial 5-month contract. The position is hybrid, outside IR35, and will likely extend long-term due to the amount of work they have in the pipeline. The Role: You will be part of a rapidly growing data team helping to deliver their leading data platform, which is being used to drive key decision-making in renewable energy and its use around the world-tech for good, you could say! They are looking for a data engineer with demonstrable experience with Snowflake building complex systems to ingest and process large volumes of data. The main tools you will be using day to day are: ** Snowflake ** Python ** SQL ** DBT You: Our customer is looking for someone well-versed in the above tools/technologies. They also need someone who understands the principles of Data Engineering and is willing to roll up their sleeves, as this project is critical for them. As a Senior...

Snowflake Data Engineer - 5 Months - Outside IR35 A leading tech company requires a data engineer for an initial 5-month contract. The position is hybrid, outside IR35, and will likely extend long-term due to the amount of work they have in the pipeline. The Role: You will be part of a rapidly growing data team helping to deliver their leading data platform, which is being used to drive key decision-making in renewable energy and its use around the world-tech for good, you could say! They are looking for a data engineer with demonstrable experience with Snowflake building complex systems to ingest and process large volumes of data. The main tools you will be using day to day are: * Snowflake * Python * SQL * DBT You: Our customer is looking for someone well-versed in the above tools/technologies. They also need someone who understands the principles of Data Engineering and is willing to roll up their sleeves, as this project is critical for them. As a Senior member...