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What I Deliver

A decade of experience across the full Azure data stack — from raw ingestion through to production-grade platforms. Available for contract or permanent engagement, Inside/Outside IR35.

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Bespoke Data Pipelines

End-to-end ETL/ELT pipelines designed for your ecosystem — batch, streaming, or hybrid. Built on Azure with reliability, scalability, and maintainability baked in from day one.

  • Azure Data Factory orchestration
  • Streaming ingestion via Event Hubs
  • Transformation and enrichment logic
  • ADLS Gen2 / Azure SQL data landing
  • Error handling and monitoring

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Real-Time Monitoring

Live telemetry ingestion, anomaly detection, and operational dashboards. From second-by-second sensor data to live RAG status boards — built to react at the speed your business needs.

  • Azure Event Hubs ingestion
  • Stream Analytics processing
  • Live Power BI / Blazor dashboards
  • Geofencing and timestamping
  • Azure Monitor alerting

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Smart Reporting & BI

Actionable Power BI dashboards and self-service analytics platforms. Complex data made accessible for technical and non-technical audiences — from C-suite reporting to operational tooling.

  • Power BI report and dashboard design
  • Custom DAX measures and models
  • Self-service analytics enablement
  • Embedded reporting in web apps
  • Data storytelling for stakeholders

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Cloud Migration

On-prem to Azure migration architecture — discovery, dependency mapping, runbooks, planning, cutover execution, and Early Life Support. Structured, safe, and signed off at every stage.

  • Application and server discovery
  • Migration runbook creation
  • Wave and workload planning
  • Cutover ownership and smoke testing
  • Defect remediation and ELS

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Platform Architecture

End-to-end solution design across the Azure data services landscape — from Customer Data Platforms to enterprise MDM and medallion data lakes. Designed for scale, built to last.

  • Azure solution architecture design
  • Customer Data Platform (CDP) builds
  • Medallion / lakehouse architecture
  • Master Data Management (MDM)
  • Third-party integration design

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Technical Consultancy

Independent senior-level technical advice for your data strategy. Cost reviews, infrastructure assessments, standards setting, and acting as a Centre of Enablement for your team.

  • Azure estate cost review and optimisation
  • Infrastructure assessments
  • Vendor evaluation and options appraisals
  • Team mentoring and standards setting
  • Stakeholder and pre-sales support

How I Work

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Discover

Understand your data landscape, business requirements, and technical constraints before writing a single line of code.

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Design

Architect a solution that fits your ecosystem — scalable, maintainable, and aligned to Azure best practices.

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Deliver

Build and deploy with full testing, documentation, and CI/CD where applicable. No black boxes.

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Handover

Knowledge transfer to your run team so the solution lives on. Clear documentation, no dependency on me.

Engagement Types

Contract

Inside/Outside IR35. Fixed-term engagements from 3 months upward. Day rate available on request.

IR35 STATUS   Inside/Outside
MIN DURATION   3 months
NOTICE   Immediate start
LOCATION   Hybrid / Remote

Permanent

Open to the right senior data engineering or architecture role. Glasgow-based or remote-first preferred.

LEVEL   Senior / Lead
SPEC   Azure
NOTICE   Immediate
LOCATION   Glasgow / Remote

Consultancy

Short-term advisory engagements — architecture reviews, cost optimisation, or platform assessments.

DURATION   Days to weeks
FORMAT   Hybrid/Remote
OUTPUT   Reports/Training
PLATFORM   Azure

Sector Experience

Transport Financial Services Public Sector Energy & Utilities Defence Oil & Gas Food & Drink Retail

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Let's Build Something

Contract or permanent · Azure specialist · Immediately available · Inside/Outside IR35 · Glasgow