Data Engineer

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.