Database Engineer

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Database Engineer

Location: South West England (Hybrid - 3 days per week on site)

Salary: Competitive + Benefits

My client, a well established organisation in the South West, is currently investing heavily in modernising its data and digital capabilities. As part of this wider transformation, they are looking to appoint a Database Engineer who will play a key role in helping the business unlock greater value from its operational, environmental and commercial data.

This is a hands on engineering role focused on building reliable and scalable data solutions. The successful candidate will work on modernising legacy systems, developing robust data pipelines, and helping the organisation turn complex and unstructured datasets into meaningful insights that support operational efficiency and real-time decision-making.

You will work closely with IT operations teams and wider business stakeholders, so strong communication skills and the ability to translate technical solutions into business outcomes will be important.

Responsibilities

Lead the migration of legacy databases and systems to modern cloud or on-premise data platforms

Design, build and maintain ETL pipelines to ingest and process large datasets from multiple sources

Develop efficient processes for data collection, transformation and management

Collaborate with technical and operational teams to identify opportunities to improve processes through better use of data

Ensure strong data governance, quality and security across data platforms

Support analytics, reporting and machine learning initiatives by providing clean, structured data

Contribute to the wider digital transformation programme and continuous improvement of data capabilities

Skills and Experience

Experience working as a Data Engineer or Database Engineer in a commercial environment

Strong SQL expertise and experience developing data pipelines

Experience with ETL frameworks, data modelling and working with complex datasets

Familiarity with modern cloud platforms, particularly Microsoft Azure

Understanding of database migration, integration and data warehousing best practices

Strong analytical and problem-solving ability

Excellent communication skills and ability to work collaboratively across technical and non-technical teams

Eligibility

Applicants must have the right to live and work in the UK. Unfortunately, sponsorship or relocation support cannot be provided for this role

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