Data Engineer (Temporary)

Data Engineer - Temporary Initial 3-6 month Greater London Hybrid £400-£500 per day (umbrella) We are hiring an experienced Data Engineer for a 3-6 month fixed-term contract with a regulated resource-recovery and energy-generation operator in Greater London. You will maintain and improve the operational data platform that moves plant, asset and business data from on-premises systems into Microsoft Azure and Microsoft Fabric. The work underpins reporting, regulatory submissions and internal BI. Roughly 60% is BAU support and enhancement; 40% is project work including data transformation and digital tracking initiatives. What you''ll do Design, run and optimise pipelines into Azure and Fabric Support Synapse, Azure Storage, Logic Apps and Fabric warehouse / lakehouse Integrate on-prem SQL Server and operational systems with the cloud Ingest plant and asset data (weights, volumes, process measurements, vehicle movements, real-time feeds) Build and support APIs for internal and external data exchange Work with IT/network on secure on-prem to cloud connectivity Manage Fabric / Entra access, security groups and privileged access Troubleshoot integration and performance issues; keep technical documentation current Deliver ad hoc reporting requests and support strategic data projects What you''ll need Solid commercial Data Engineer experience in a complex operational environment Hands-on Azure: Synapse, Storage, Logic Apps, data integration Strong Microsoft Fabric: warehousing, ..... full job details .....