Senior contract engineer Work, Jobs in United Kingdom (with Salaries)

Senior Data Engineer (contract)
Microsoft EMEA —Atherstone
- £280 - £307 a day
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Azure
- SQL
- Python
Senior Test Automation Engineer (Contract)
Instil Software Ltd —Belfast
- Hybrid work
- AWS
- APIs
- Agile
Senior Manufacturing Engineer (Fixed Term Contract)
Prodrive —Birmingham
- Assembly
- Analysis skills
- Communication skills
- Employee discount
Senior AWS Data Engineer (Fixed Term Contract)
Microlise —Nottingham
- From £55,000 a year
- AWS
- AI
- Employee assistance programme
- Employee discount
Senior Mechanical Engineer Contract
Envirogen —Alfreton
- Hybrid work
- AutoCAD
- Microsoft Office
- Analysis skills
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Senior/Principal Manufacturing Engineer
Leonardo UK Ltd —Edinburgh
- £45,000 - £58,000 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Continuous improvement
- Flexible schedule
- Referral programme
11d
Senior Test Automation Engineer (Contract)
Instil —Belfast
- Hybrid work
- AWS
- APIs
- Agile
Senior Systems Engineer - Automation (Contract)
Bilfinger SE —Chesterfield
- Temporary
- Hybrid work
- Computer Science
- Engineering
- System design
Senior AI Engineer - Contract
Oxford Dynamics —Oxford
- Hybrid work
- Master's degree
- AWS
- AI
Quick apply
Senior Software Engineer RPG (Fxed Term Contract)
Microlise —Nottingham
- From £45,000 a year
- Azure
- Computer Science
- SQL
- Employee assistance programme
- Employee discount
Senior Network Engineer - Technology CSC - Counter Terrorism Policing HQ
Metropolitan Police —Birmingham
- £52,653 - £61,410 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- English
- Travel
- Mentoring
- Annual leave
- Work from home
14d
Senior Software Engineer (C# .NET)
Leonardo UK Ltd —Luton
- £45,000 - £55,000 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Software development
- Agile
- Leadership
- Flexible schedule
- Referral programme
Contract - Senior Cloud Engineer
Deloitte —London
- Hybrid work
- DevOps
- Java
- AWS
Senior Growth Engineer - Contract Engineering • London • Full time • Hybrid
Lottie —London
- £400 - £600 a day
- Full-time
- Remote
Senior Cloud Engineer - Contract
Flagstone —London
- Hybrid work
- Azure
- AWS
- Computer networking
Quick apply
Senior AWS Data Platform Engineer (Fixed Term Contract)
Microlise —Nottingham
- From £55,000 a year
- DevOps
- SQL
- AWS
- Employee assistance programme
- Employee discount
Senior Bridge Engineer - Leeds
Roughan & O'Donovan —Leeds
- English
- Analysis skills
- Contracts
- Free parking
- Annual leave
Senior Control Systems Engineer (12 Month Fixed Term Contract)
BAR Technologies —Portsmouth
- Engineering
- System design
- Master's degree
Senior Platform Engineer - Contract - Outside IR35
Mindera —London
- Hybrid work
- Windows
- Scripting
- Linux
Quick apply
Senior Software Engineer Java (Fixed Term Contract)
Microlise —Nottingham
- From £45,000 a year
- Azure
- Computer Science
- Java
- Employee assistance programme
- Employee discount

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Senior Data Engineer (contract)

Microsoft EMEA -
Atherstone

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Job details

Full-time | Fixed term contract
£280 - £307 a day

Qualifications

Power BI
Azure
Spark
Git
Tableau
SQL
Incident response
Unity
Python

Full job description

Please note that this is a contract role providing services to Microsoft through external staffing partners of Allegis Global Solutions (AGS). If you are selected for this role, you will be employed by AGS and will not be an employee of Microsoft.

Role overview:
Lead technical delivery across data platform modernization, with ownership of migration strategy execution, orchestration redesign direction, and cost optimization outcomes across Azure Databricks and ADF workloads.

Key responsibilities:

Own technical design and phased execution plan for Unity Catalog migration across priority data domains.
Define target orchestration patterns and guide migration of legacy workflows to the agreed model.
Drive cost and performance optimization across Spark jobs, clusters, storage, and scheduling patterns.
Set engineering standards for data quality, observability, CI/CD, testing, and production readiness.
Review architecture and critical pull requests; mentor less experienced engineers.
Partner with analytics, product, and platform teams to sequence delivery with minimal operational risk.

Required experience:

Strong production experience in SQL, Python, and Spark.
Deep hands-on Azure Databricks and Azure Data Factory delivery experience.
Proven track record delivering migration or modernization initiatives in live data platforms.
Strong experience with platform observability, incident response, and data reliability engineering.
Experience delivering measurable cost optimization in cloud data platforms.
Strong Git and code review practices; excellent cross-team communication.

Preferred Qualifications:

8+ years of experience working as a Data Engineer
Unity Catalog migration experience.
Game telemetry or high-volume event data background.
Familiarity with Power BI or Tableau consumption patterns.

Additional Details:

Location: Athelstone, England
Duration: 12 months
Shift Timings: Hybrid (Hours minimum 10-4pm; 3 days / week onsite)
Pay Range: £280/day to £307/day (PAYE)
Weekly Schedule: 40 hours

As a workplace, Allegis Global Solutions focuses on relationships – with each other, our clients and our candidates. In fact, serving others is one of our core values. We support open communication and recognize that giving constructive criticism can be even harder than receiving it. We appreciate the fearless and the passionate, who force us to be better. Everything we do sits on a pillar of diversity, equity and inclusion - diverse perspectives, backgrounds and ideas achieve innovation and make us successful.

Please note that we may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to screen, assess, or select applicants for this position. These tools may analyze application materials and assist our team in identifying candidates whose qualifications best match the requirements of the role. If you have questions about our use of AI in the hiring process, or would like more information, please contact us.

Pay Rate Range

280 - 307 GBP daily

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