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Data Engineer

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Posting date: 10 March 2026
Salary: £55,308.34 per year
Hours: Full time
Closing date: 24 March 2026
Location: Merseyside
Remote working: Fully remote
Company: The Sovini Group
Job type: Permanent
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Summary

Data Engineer

We are currently looking for a Data Engineer to join Sovini, part of The Sovini Group.

Fully committed to Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion; we promote a positive culture of valuing and celebrating diversity and accepting and including people regardless of their personal characteristics or circumstances. Whoever you are, you can expect to be treated fairly, with respect and free from discrimination. Inclusivity matters – We recognise candidates may have diverse needs, and we will always look to support this throughout the process.

We’re looking for someone who can deliver reliable, scalable data engineering — and who’s excited about building on Microsoft Fabric.

If you have got the talent, the potential, the drive and determination there is a place for you at The Sovini Group.

This position is a permanent opportunity

As a Data Engineer you will be expected to:

• Be responsible for building and maintaining scalable data solutions that support analytics, reporting, and decision-making across the Sovini Group
• Be responsible for developing efficient and robust interfaces between internal and external applications
• Liaise between internal and external clients and stakeholders, colleagues and external suppliers to make the best use of available technologies in order to drive business efficiency and productivity.
• Commit to equality and diversity and to promote non-discriminatory practices in all aspects of work undertaken.
• Adhere with the Health and Safety at Work Act to take reasonable care of own health and safety and that of others who may be affected by their acts and omissions.

To be successful in a Data Engineer role, the skills you will need:

• Strong understanding of data ingestion, transformation, orchestration, and pipeline reliability.
• Hands on experience with Microsoft Fabric components (OneLake, Lakehouse, Pipelines, Real Time Intelligence).
• Ability to design and build Lakehouses, Warehouses, and real time analytics solutions in Fabric
• Strong SQL/T SQL capability, including optimisation and development of reusable objects.
• Proficiency in Python (PySpark, Spark SQL beneficial).
• Experience working with structured/unstructured data, delta lake patterns, partitioning, and scalable pipeline design.
• Strong understanding of data modelling, including Kimball dimensional modelling.
• Awareness of data governance, privacy, security, and compliance.
• Experience with Git for version control and collaborative deployment workflows.

• Excellent Communication across all channels including Microsoft Teams, Face to Face and Email.
• To demonstrate The Sovini Group’s values in your day-to-day job role – Success, Passion, Authenticity, Courage, Enterprise.

Experience or Knowledge of the below would be advantageous but not essential:
• Experience with SSIS/SSRS and modernising legacy ETL/reporting approaches.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, DevOps practices, or ML workflows.
• Experience with Azure Data Factory (useful where it complements Fabric pipeline patterns).
• Knowledge of KQL for analysis or Fabric components that support it.


So, if you are looking for a Data Engineer role with:

• Competitive salary - £55,308.34
• Hours – 36 per week (Monday-Friday).
• Agile working – enjoy an agile working approach.
• 28 days holiday + bank holidays (rising to 33 days after 5 years)
• Festive shutdown (3–4 days taken from holiday entitlement)
• Fantastic, matched pension contributions up to 8%.
• Life Assurance for every colleague, peace of mind ensuring your loved ones are cared for.
• Career development through bespoke L&D programmes
• Cycle 2 Work Scheme.
• Corporate discount scheme.
• Award-winning health & wellbeing support.
• 24/7 GP access, EAP, financial wellbeing tools & more.

Apply online via our website today!

Please note we do not accept approaches from recruitment agencies and only applications made via our website will be accepted.

Closing date – 24th March 2026

Please note that shortlisting may take place prior to the advert closing, if a high volume of suitable applicants has applied, the advert may close early. Please do not hesitate to submit your application.


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