Data Engineer - 12 month fixed term contract
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LOCATION: Birmingham (Hybrid – travel to Birmingham, Bristol, London, or Manchester as required)
CONTRACT: 12‑Month Fixed Term Contract (40 hours per week)
At Mitie, our people are our greatest strength, and our purpose is driven by a belief that better places lead to thriving communities. We're looking for a Data Engineer to join our Group Operations Data Transformation Team, delivering scalable data solutions that support business performance and insight.
Role Responsibilities
Platform & Pipeline Development
- Design, develop, and maintain robust ETL/ELT pipelines using Microsoft Fabric, Azure Data Factory, and Python.
- Build and manage streaming data pipelines using Event Hubs and KQL for near real‑time data ingestion.
- Transform and optimise data through bronze, silver, and gold layers within a modern Data Lakehouse architecture.
- Manage ingestion from diverse data sources including CAFM systems, finance, Salesforce, IoT, and HR systems.
- Work across Azure and Cloudera environments to deliver scalable data solutions.
- Ensure data integrity through embedded data quality checks across pipelines.
- Use Azure DevOps and CI/CD pipelines to manage deployment and lifecycle of data solutions.
- Maintain data governance standards, including data lineage, dictionaries, and documentation.
- Perform root cause analysis on data issues and collaborate with stakeholders to resolve upstream problems.
- Build large, complex datasets aligned to business requirements.
- Review and optimise SQL, Python, and KQL scripts for performance and scalability.
- Conduct performance analysis of pipelines and recommend improvements.
- Work closely with Analysts and BI Developers to deliver "Gold Standard" datasets.
- Communicate technical concepts clearly to non‑technical stakeholders.
- Strong experience with Microsoft Fabric and the Azure Data Stack (ADF, Synapse, Data Lake).
- Advanced skills in Python, PySpark, and SQL.
- Experience building batch and streaming data pipelines.
- Exposure to Kusto Query Language (KQL) and Event Hubs (desirable).
- Experience with CI/CD, GitOps, and Azure DevOps.
- Knowledge of big data platforms such as Cloudera/Hadoop (desirable).
- Proven experience (3+ years) in a Data Engineer role.
- Degree in Computer Science, Data Science, or related quantitative discipline.
- Strong analytical and problem‑solving capability.
- Ability to interpret business requirements and translate them into technical solutions.
- Excellent communication skills with both technical and non‑technical stakeholders.
- Self‑motivated, organised, and able to work in a hybrid environment.
- Opportunity to work on enterprise‑scale data transformation projects.
- Access to Mitie's Choices lifestyle benefits platform, including extra holidays, dental cover, and tech schemes.
- Virtual GP access for you and your household.
- Financial wellbeing support through Salary Finance.
- MiDeals discounts, cycle‑to‑work scheme, and retail benefits.
- Life cover up to 4× salary, enhanced pension contributions, and save‑as‑you‑earn scheme.
- Opportunity to earn shares through the Mitie Matching Share Plan.
- Recognition through the Mitie Stars programme.
- Ongoing training, development, and career progression opportunities.
We have a virtual GP on hand for you and members of your household. So you can get expert advice by video or phone without having to leave your home. We offer financial wellbeing assistance through our Salary Finance scheme. For example, you could access 50% of your earned pay before payday for a small fee. Salary Finance also offers competitive loans.
When you join us, we’ll give you a link to our flexible lifestyle benefits platform, Choices. You might choose to purchase up to five extra days’ holiday each year. You might buy critical illness insurance, seek dental treatment or buy technology products at an affordable cost. There are many choices!
We give you access to high street discounts from thousands of well-known retailers, gyms and more through our MiDeals platform. And we have a cycle-to-work scheme. Life cover of up to four times your salary is available. We also offer enhanced pension contributions, a save-as-you-earn scheme, and a Mitie Matching Share Plan (you could even be awarded free shares in Mitie).
We award our employees with Mitie Stars as recognition for their hard work. There are cash prizes up for grabs each month and at the end of the year there’s a chance to scoop a top prize of £10,000!
Our success is a direct result of the experience and quality of our people. Progressing your career is therefore a top priority for us. We offer a diverse variety of training and development avenues via a wide selection of learning resources to suit you.
We are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible to all. If you have a disability or long-term condition (for example dyslexia, anxiety, autism, a mobility condition or hearing loss) and need us to make any reasonable adjustments, changes or do anything differently during the recruitment process, please let us know by emailing Ashish Gautam at [email protected].
Since 1987, Mitie’s 84,000 employees have been maintaining companies globally. We are the UK’s leading facilities management and professional services company, and our clients range from household names in banking, critical government sites as well as hospitals and schools.
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