Platform Engineer

Data Platform Engineer (Contract) Azure / Databricks Location: Manchester city centre Working pattern: Minimum 2 days per week in office Contract: 3 months - Outside IR35 Day rate: Competitive Were looking for an experienced Data Platform Engineer to help build and support a modern Azure data platform environment, enabling scalable and secure data products across the business. Key requirements: Strong hands-on Azure Databricks Platform Administration experience Experience working with Data Mesh / Data Product Mesh architecture Strong Terraform (Infrastructure as Code) experience Experience building reusable platform components and CI/CD pipelines Knowledge of Unity Catalog, governance, RBAC and platform security Experience improving platform reliability, scalability and developer experience Desirable: Databricks Asset Bundles (DABs) Azure DevOps, MLflow and MLOps exposure This role will focus on building scalable platform capabilities, enabling domain-led data products, and driving bes...