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Principal Data Engineer - Azure - Perm

Lorien
Glasgow, Alba / Scotland, G2 1AL, United Kingdom
Today
£54,000 – £70,000 pa

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£54,000 – £70,000 pa

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4 Sep 2026 (Today)
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Principal Data Engineer (Azure)

We're looking for an experiencedPrincipal Data Engineer to lead the technical direction of a modern Azure-based data platform. This is a hands-on leadership role where you'll shape data engineering standards, design scalable lakehouse architectures, and drive innovation across Azure, Microsoft Fabric and Databricks environments.

You'll work closely with data scientists, architects and engineering teams to deliver robust, secure, and high-performing data solutions while acting as the technical authority for data engineering best practice.

Key Skills:

  • Extensive Azure Data Engineering experience
  • Microsoft Fabric, Azure Data Lake & Databricks
  • Python, SQL and modern data pipeline development
  • Azure DevOps & CI/CD
  • Data governance, security and quality assurance
  • Strong stakeholder engagement and technical leadership

Desirable: Spark, Terraform/Bicep, streaming/IoT data experience and Azure certifications.

Guidant, Carbon60, Lorien & SRG - The Impellam Group Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.

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