Senior Data Engineer (Contract)

Role: Senior Data Engineer Contract Length: Initial 2 months, with potential for extension Day Rate: Circa £400/day Location: Fully remote Engagement: Outside IR35 Client: US-based Consultancy Note: Candidates must be available to work with US-based teams (Eastern Time) for some crossover hours (UK is +5 hrs). Project Overview A US-based consultancy is seeking a seasoned Senior Data Engineer to support a short-term engagement aimed at optimising a client’s data infrastructure. The objective is to consolidate existing manual reports into a unified, automated reporting platform using Power BI, underpinned by modern cloud data technologies. This is a hands-on role focused on the architecture and implementation of the data platform, reporting workflows, and automation of data refreshes. Essential Skills & Experience You should have demonstrable experience in the following: • Microsoft Azure (Cloud Infrastructure): Hosting and deploying data infrastructure. • GitHub: Used for repository hosting and CI/CD pipelines. • Snowflake (Data Warehouse): Designing, building and maintaining scalable, cost-effective data warehouse solutions. • OpenTofu: (Fork of Terraform) Used for managing Snowflake infrastructure as code. • DBT (Data Build Tool): For transforming and modelling data within Snowflake to create clean, reportable datasets. • Power BI: For building dynamic, automated reports. Desirable (Nice-to-Have) Experience Experience integrating the following platforms into Snowflake via Azure Function Apps or Zapier is beneficial: • Sera CRM: Data ingestion from event triggers (e.g. appointment, invoice, quote, membership events). • Five9 (Contact Centre): API-based report ingestion (inbound/outbound call data). • QuickBooks Online: Scheduled extraction of financial data for reporting purposes (e.g. Sales by Class Summary).