Data Platform Engineer - Contract

Location: Perthshire - 2 days onsite
Contract: 12 months - Outside IR35
Rate: £350-£400 per day

A well-known luxury hospitality and leisure organisation with a global reputation for excellence is seeking an experienced Data Platform Engineer to support and evolve its modern data platform.

This is a hands-on contract role with end-to-end ownership across data engineering, analytics enablement, and platform operations.

What you'll do

• Design, build, and optimise ELT/ETL pipelines into Snowflake and Oracle using SQL, Python, and modern orchestration
• Own platform performance, observability, and cost optimisation (FinOps)
• Deliver well-modelled, business-ready data products and certified Power BI datasets and semantic models
• Implement robust data governance, quality, security, and GDPR-aligned controls
• Operate the platform day-to-day: monitoring, alerting, CI/CD, and incident management
• Partner with business teams to turn data into trusted insight and measurable outcomes

What we're looking for

• Advanced SQL (Snowflake & Oracle) and solid Python
• Experience with dbt, Airflow, ADF, Matillion or similar tools
• Strong Power BI skills (dataset design, DAX optimisation, deployment pipelines)
• Proven experience running production data platforms
• Confident with RBAC, masking/encryption, auditability, and compliance
• Proactive, collaborative, and quality-focused

Ideal for an experienced contractor looking for a long-term, outside IR35 engagement in a high-standard, consumer-facing environment.

If this interests you, please apply immediately and call Andy Weir at Cathcart Technology.

Cathcart Technology is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.