Freelance Azure Data Engineer / Architect

Job Description

My customer is seeking an experienced Freelance Azure Data Engineer with Data Architecture experience to design, build, and optimise enterprise-scale data platforms on Microsoft Azure.

This role is hands-on but requires strong architectural ownership - you'll be responsible for shaping data solutions end to end, from ingestion through to analytics and consumption.

Finnish-speaking is mandatory.

Key Responsibilities

Design and implement scalable Azure-based data architectures *

Build and maintain reliable data pipelines (batch and streaming) *

Lead architectural decisions across data ingestion, storage, and analytics *

Develop data models optimised for performance and analytics use cases *

Ensure best practices around data governance, security, and compliance *

Optimise cost, performance, and reliability of Azure data platforms *

Collaborate closely with engineers, analysts, and business stakeholders

Required Experience

Strong background as a Data Engineer with architect-level responsibility *

Proven experience deg and delivering data platforms on Microsoft Azure *

Hands-on experience with:

Azure Data Factory *

Azure Synapse Analytics *

Azure Databricks *

Azure Data Lake (Gen2)

Strong SQL and data modelling expertise *

Experience with CI/CD and infrastructure-as-code in Azure *

Ability to work independently in a freelance/contract environment

Nice to Have

Streaming experience (Azure Event Hubs, Kafka) *

Azure Purview / Microsoft Fabric experience *

Terraform or Bicep *

Experience in large enterprise or regulated environments