Azure Data Platform Engineer - Contract - Fully Remote
We're looking for highly capable Azure Platform Engineers to support a large-scale cloud and data engineering programme. This environment is fast-paced, technically mature, and heavily invested in modern Azure, IaC, and Databricks ecosystems. Strong technical depth and clear, concise communication are essential. Outisde IR35
Core Technical Requirements
- Azure Platform Engineering
- Deep hands-on experience building and operating cloud-native platforms in Azure
- Strong understanding of Azure networking, identity, security baselining, and landing zone patterns
- Experience working in highly automated, scalable, enterprise-grade environments
- Terraform (IaC)
- Solid production experience delivering infrastructure via Terraform
- Strong module design, state management, secret handling, and CI/CD integration
- Ability to define, manage, and version cloud resources using best-practice IaC patterns
- Databricks
- Practical experience supporting, deploying, or engineering Databricks workspaces
- Strong knowledge of cluster configuration, job orchestration, workspace governance, and optimisation
- Comfortable working alongside data engineers and platform squads
- Unity Catalog (Highly Advantageous)
- Experience implementing or working within Unity Catalog for centralised governance
- Understanding of cataloguing, lineage, secure data access, and workspace-level controls
- Ability to support migration from legacy Hive Metastore to Unity Catalog is a major plus
- Soft Skills & Delivery
- Clear, concise communicator (no overly long CVs - brevity and clarity matter)
- Strong problem-solver who can operate independently in a remote environment
- Able to articulate platform decisions and engineering rationale effectively
- Comfortable working in cross-functional teams following modern DevOps practices
Application
Please can you send me a copy of your CV if you are interested.
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