£447 Per day
Inside
Hybrid
Northampton (Hybrid), UK
Summary: The Senior ETL Lead role involves designing, developing, and maintaining data pipelines to support enterprise-wide analytics and reporting needs. The position requires collaboration with business stakeholders to understand data requirements and ensure data quality and integrity. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in ETL processes and data engineering, along with strong technical skills in various tools and platforms. This is a hybrid position based in Northampton, requiring 2-3 days on-site per week.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead the design and implementation of scalable ETL solutions across multiple data sources and platforms.
- Collaborate with business stakeholders to understand data requirements for analytics, MI, and reporting.
- Develop and maintain data pipelines to support Real Time and batch data processing.
- Ensure data quality, consistency, and integrity across systems.
- Implement messaging and streaming solutions (eg, Kafka, Azure Event Hubs) for Real Time data ingestion.
- Optimize ETL performance and troubleshoot data issues.
- Mentor junior data engineers and contribute to best practices in data engineering.
- Work closely with BI developers, data analysts, and data scientists to enable data-driven decision-making.
- Maintain documentation for data flows, architecture, and processes.
Key Skills:
- Proven experience in ETL development and data engineering.
- Strong proficiency in ETL tools (eg, Informatica, Talend, SSIS, Azure Data Factory).
- Solid understanding of data warehousing concepts and dimensional modelling.
- Experience with cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, or GCP) and cloud-native data services.
- Hands-on experience with messaging systems (eg, Kafka, RabbitMQ, Azure Service Bus).
- Proficiency in SQL and Scripting languages (Python, Shell).
- Familiarity with data governance, metadata management, and data cataloging tools.
- Excellent problem-solving and communication skills.
- Experience working in Agile environments.
Salary (Rate): £447 per day
City: Northampton
Country: UK
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: Senior
Industry: IT
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Role Title: Senior ETL Lead
Location: Northampton (Hybrid-2/3 days onsite per week)
Duration: 31/12/2026
Pay rate: £447 per day inside iR35
Role Description:
We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior ETL Lead to join our data team. This role is pivotal in designing, developing, and maintaining robust data pipelines and solutions that support enterprise-wide analytics, management information (MI), and reporting needs. The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in ETL processes, data integration, messaging systems, and a strong understanding of data architecture and governance.
Key Responsibilities:
Lead the design and implementation of scalable ETL solutions across multiple data sources and platforms.
Collaborate with business stakeholders to understand data requirements for analytics, MI, and reporting.
Develop and maintain data pipelines to support Real Time and batch data processing.
Ensure data quality, consistency, and integrity across systems.
Implement messaging and streaming solutions (eg, Kafka, Azure Event Hubs) for Real Time data ingestion.
Optimize ETL performance and troubleshoot data issues.
Mentor junior data engineers and contribute to best practices in data engineering.
Work closely with BI developers, data analysts, and data scientists to enable data-driven decision-making.
Maintain documentation for data flows, architecture, and processes.
Required Skills & Experience:
Proven experience in ETL development and data engineering.
Strong proficiency in ETL tools (eg, Informatica, Talend, SSIS, Azure Data Factory).
Solid understanding of data warehousing concepts and dimensional modelling.
Experience with cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, or GCP) and cloud-native data services.
Hands-on experience with messaging systems (eg, Kafka, RabbitMQ, Azure Service Bus).
Proficiency in SQL and Scripting languages (Python, Shell).
Familiarity with data governance, metadata management, and data cataloging tools.
Excellent problem-solving and communication skills.
Experience working in Agile environments.
If you are interested in this position and would like to learn more, please send through your CV and we will get in touch with you as soon as possible. Please note, candidates are often Shortlisted within 48 hours.