Senior Data Engineer - Hybrid / London

Job Title: Senior Data Engineer - London / Hybrid
Location: London - twice a week
Salary/Rate: Up to £500 a day Inside IR35
Start Date: March
Job Type: 6 month contract (with scope to extend)

Company Introduction

We are looking for a Senior Data Engineer to join our client in the Culture and Sports industry.

Our client is looking for an SME / Consultant with hands-on experience in Azure Service Bus and heavy DB architecture experience who can take the lead in developing a near real-time ingestion framework.

Required Skills/Experience

• Experience of working with offshore developers and assuring the quality of their work.
• Significant commercial web development experience using C# (.NET Core), ASP.NET MVC, T-SQL in an enterprise environment (5 Years minimum)
• Experience of leading teams of technical specialists through to successful delivery.
• Experience with Web API / REST (2 years minimum) / .Net Core.
• Experience with logical data design, and in designing schemas for relational database systems (3 Years minimum)
• Experience with unit testing, TDD / BDD Experience with design and development of n-tier architectures (5 Years minimum)
• Some Knowledge of OOP and common design patterns.
• Working knowledge of Agile/Scrum/TDD
• IOC Frameworks: Autofac, StructureMap
• ORM Frameworks: Entity Framework, Dapper
• Must be able to break down technical projects into discrete tasks to assist in the creation of a project plan

Desirable Skills/Experience

• Technical bachelor's degree
• Experience in building and consuming web services and related technologies such as WCF and REST
• MCPD / MCSD Qualified
• Experience developing and supporting high-volume public-facing web applications.
• Experience of a CRM environment
• Experience of working in a Sport related environment
• Experience of working in an Azure environment
• Experience of working with Azure Data Factory

Job Responsibilities/Objectives

• Undertake system design tasks and take ownership of the overall design within a project.
• Working closely with offshore developers, assuring their work meets the required quality and best practice.
• Experience in message-based integration - Azure Service bus.
• Experience designing, developing and maintaining MS SQL Server relational databases with change tracking / CDC.
• Experience in keeping multiple applications in synch - real time / batch processing.
• Responsible for the delivery of the non-functional requirements within a project.
• Working with the architect to help set the development coding standards and code review process. Contribute to the future technical and development strategy.
• Be able to engage directly with the business stakeholders to discuss technical options and future plans.
• Ensure that all code meets the organisation's standards and that proper process is followed, including use of source control systems.
• Monitor changes to existing code base to ensure ongoing supportability and robustness of software solutions.
• Aid project manager / team lead in breaking down functional requirements into explicit programming tasks and provide estimates where required.
• Communicate project progress, timelines, and impact of changes clearly to project manager / team lead.
• Become familiar with all core systems in order to assist or lead in the future development of such projects.
• Design and develop software solutions in a timely manner, in accordance with the guidance provided by the technical architect and senior developers. Work alongside contracted developers ensuring they produce the same.
• Diagnose bugs and offer workarounds to business.
• Keep up-to-date with latest developments in technology.

If you are interested in this opportunity, please apply now with your updated CV in Microsoft Word/PDF format.