03 — Cloud Solutions

Data engineering moves data from where it's created to where it's useful — reliably, securely and in a shape people can understand. We design and build data platforms on modern cloud technology, from ingestion pipelines to warehouses and lakehouses, through to the reports and models that use them.

09 specialist services

Explore Data Engineering services.

Each one can be engaged on its own or combined into one data engineering programme.

What this solves

The problems Data Engineering solves.

Pipelines, warehouses, lakehouses, integration, BI and analytics on modern cloud platforms.

  1. 01

    Reports take days to prepare and numbers differ between teams.

  2. 02

    Data from key systems can't be combined.

  3. 03

    Pipelines break silently and nobody notices until a report is wrong.

  4. 04

    AI and analytics plans stall because the data isn't ready.

Capabilities

What Data Engineering covers.

How it works

The layers of a modern data platform.

A data platform is a chain: if one link is unreliable, every report downstream inherits the problem. We design each layer with an owner, tests and monitoring.

The tools differ between platforms; the layers don't.

  1. 01

    Ingestion

    Batch extracts, change data capture or event streams bring data from ERP, CRM, SaaS APIs and databases into the platform, landing it unchanged.

  2. 02

    Storage

    A lake or lakehouse keeps raw and refined data in open formats such as Parquet or Delta; a warehouse holds modelled tables for reporting.

  3. 03

    Transformation

    SQL or Spark models clean, join and reshape the data, usually in bronze, silver and gold stages, version-controlled and tested.

  4. 04

    Orchestration

    A scheduler — Data Factory, Airflow or Databricks Workflows — runs jobs in dependency order and retries or alerts on failure.

  5. 05

    Serving

    Semantic models, BI tools, APIs and feature tables give people and applications the data in the shape they need.

  6. 06

    Governance

    Access control, lineage, data quality checks and a catalogue so people know what each dataset means and who owns it.

What you receive

Clear, owned outputs.

  • A data platform architecture
  • Ingestion and transformation pipelines
  • Data models and documentation
  • Data quality tests and monitoring
  • Dashboards and a handover to your team

Business benefits

Why it's worth it.

  • One version of the truth

    Teams work from the same definitions and data.

  • Faster insight

    Automated pipelines replace manual data preparation.

  • Ready for AI

    Clean, governed data is the foundation for machine learning.

Where it fits

When Data Engineering is the right move.

  1. 01A company replacing spreadsheet-based reporting.
  2. 02Consolidating data from ERP, CRM and marketing systems.
  3. 03Modernizing an on-premises data warehouse in the cloud.

Technologies & platforms

  • Azure Data Factory
  • Databricks
  • Apache Spark
  • Snowflake
  • BigQuery
  • Amazon Redshift
  • dbt
  • Apache Airflow
  • Power BI
  • Microsoft Fabric

Methodology

How Data Engineering work runs.

  1. 01

    Discover

    Sources, consumers, data quality, volumes and the decisions the data must support.

  2. 02

    Design

    Architecture, data model, pipelines and governance agreed in writing.

  3. 03

    Build

    Pipelines, models and tests delivered in increments.

  4. 04

    Validate

    Reconciliation against source systems and sign-off by data owners.

  5. 05

    Operate

    Monitoring, data quality alerts, documentation and handover.

FAQ

Data Engineering questions.

Which data platform should we use?

It depends on your cloud, data volumes, skills and use cases. We compare options such as Databricks, Snowflake, BigQuery and Microsoft Fabric against your needs.

Can you work with our on-premises databases?

Yes. Hybrid pipelines can securely extract data from on-premises systems into a cloud platform.

How do you ensure data quality?

With automated tests in pipelines, reconciliation against source systems, monitoring and alerts, and clear ownership of each dataset.

Cloud Solutions

Is your reporting built on data you trust?

Describe the environment and what needs to change. We'll reply with the questions we would answer first and a sensible first step.