Senior Data Engineer (Azure Data Platform Cloud Services)

As an Azure Data Engineer specialized in Microsoft Azure tools, you will support the implementation of projects focused on collecting, aggregating, storing, reconciling, and making data accessible from disparate sources to enable analysis and decision making. This role will also play a critical part in the data supply chain, by ensuring stakeholders can access and manipulate data for routine and ad hoc analysis. Additionally, you will support the full lifecycle of data from ingesting through analytics to action.

Come join us:

As a member of the Data Engineering team, you'll have access to the research, knowledge, and tools to create leading-edge solutions across Avanade's Business Intelligence practice. The role of Senior Engineer is perfect for ambitious technologists passionate about working with the latest Microsoft cloud technology and Microsoft experts. Our clients look to us for innovation, which means you'll have early access to the newest Microsoft technologies so you can master them and stay ahead of the curve.

Together we do what matters.

What you'll do:

• Architecture, design, development, and delivery of enterprise-grade analytics solutions based on Azure and Databricks technologies
• Mentoring of more junior team members and supporting their personal development
• Constantly developing technical skills in the latest Azure and Databricks technologies - achieving & maintaining relevant certifications
• Working directly with high profile clients across a variety of sectors to understand their requirements and present solutions to customer sponsors

Skills and experiences:

• Demonstrable end-to-end experience in Data Engineering, including large-scale projects
• Experience in working with the latest Azure technologies, such as; Databricks, Synapse, Data Factory, Azure Data Lake Storage (Gen 2), Cosmos DB
• Understanding of software engineering tools and concepts including experience in Python, Scala or PySpark
• Confident communicator who is able to explain technical terms to non-technical audiences and mentor junior colleagues
• Leads small development teams: track work, manage assignments, manage capacity, etc.

About you:

• Analytical, curious, agile
• Team player and good communicator
• Problem-solver, patient, quality-driven
• Self-motivating
• Innovative mindset

Enjoy your career

• Real-time access to technical and skilled resources globally
• Collaborate with some of the brightest "Microsoft minds"
• Build your expertise, solve problems, learn, and develop

Find out more about some of our benefits here.

A great place to work
As you bring your skills and abilities to Avanade, you'll get distinctive experiences, limitless learning, and ambitious growth in return. As we continue to build our diverse and inclusive culture, we become even more innovative and creative, helping us better serve our clients and our communities. You'll join a community of smart, supportive collaborators to lift, mentor, and guide you, and lean on your expertise. You get a company purpose-built for business-critical, leading-edge technology solutions, committed to improving the way humans work, interact, and live. It's all here, so take a closer look!

We work hard to provide an inclusive, diverse culture with a deep sense of belonging for all our employees. Visit our Inclusion & Diversity page.

Create a future for our people that focuses on
• Expanding your thinking
• Experimenting courageously
• Learning and pivoting

Inspire greatness in our people by
• Empowering every voice
• Encouraging boldness
• Celebrating progress

Accelerate the impact of our people by
• Amazing the client
• Prioritizing what matters
• Acting as one

Learn more
To learn more about the types of projects our Data Engineering team works on check out these case studies:
• thyssenkrupp Materials Services uses data to help strike a delicate operational balance
• What matters to SSE Renewables is innovating for a sustainable future

Interested in knowing what's going on inside Avanade? Check out our blogs:
• Avanade Insights - exchange ideas that drive tomorrow's innovation
• Inside Avanade - explore what life is like working at Avanade