Richard Swinbank
Senior Azure Data Engineer (contract)
Tewkesbury, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolRichard Swinbank is a Senior Azure Data Engineer with 11 years’ experience building cloud-native data platforms, DataOps pipelines and BI solutions across public, private and third-sector organisations. A former Microsoft Data Platform MVP with a PhD in Computer Science, he combines deep technical expertise in Azure data services with hands-on delivery for clients including Dyson, Boomin and UK energy providers. He has led teams as Head of Data and repeatedly stabilised and productionised complex warehousing environments, often on short-term contracts where immediate impact was required. Richard’s background in multi-tenant NHS warehouse architecture and long track record of contract renewals reflect a focus on durable, service-oriented platforms and stakeholder trust. He is based in Tewkesbury, UK, and brings an academic rigour to practical DataOps and engineering challenges that often uncovers operational inefficiencies others miss.
10 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
PhD Computer Science, PhD Computer Science at University of Birmingham
English, French
Github Skills (71)
terraform10
procfwk10
microsoft-sql10
azure-data-factory10
azure10
azure-resource-manager10
sql-server10
microsoft10
factory10
terraform-provider10
tsql9
azure-sql-database9
azure-synapse-analytics9
sql9
data-tools9
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
richardswinbank/sprockit
Aug 2020 - May 2022
Reimplementation of classic Sprockit
Contributions:157 commits, 35 PRs, 223 pushes in 1 year 9 months
minecraftreimplementation
richardswinbank/sprockitviz
Dec 2018 - Aug 2020
Contributions:1 release, 37 pushes, 3 branches in 1 year 8 months
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