Lead Data Engineer - Microsoft Fabric - Hybrid - £75k

Are you ready to lead the charge in modern data engineering? We're looking for a Senior Microsoft Fabric Data Engineer Consultant with 5+ years of experience to design and deliver cutting-edge cloud data platforms for our clients.

In this role, you'll be at the heart of transforming legacy systems into scalable, production-grade architectures using Microsoft Fabric. You'll build complex ingestion pipelines, craft metadata-driven transformation layers, optimise data workflows, and deliver high-quality semantic models that power enterprise reporting.

You'll work across Microsoft Fabric, Power BI, Power Platform, Dynamics 365, and Business Central, helping organisations embrace best-practice cloud engineering patterns. This is a hands-on, client-facing role where your ability to lead technical conversations and deliver robust, maintainable solutions will set you apart., * Lead the design and build of end-to-end data solutions in Microsoft Fabric.

• Migrate on-prem data to Fabric Lakehouse/Warehouse, enabling Power BI analytics.

• Develop robust data pipelines, notebooks, and data models using:

• Python, PySpark, SQL, Synapse, and Data Warehousing principles.

Implement CI/CD processes with GitHub integration for lifecycle management.

Ensure governance, security, and best practices across environments.

Act as the primary technical contact for stakeholders, running workshops and guiding the team., * High-impact project with full ownership of technical delivery.

• Opportunity to define data strategy for a new business division.
• Flexible hybrid working - remote-first with occasional office presence.
• Potential to transition into a Data Lead role.
• Hybrid - ideally 1-2 days per week in office.

• 5+ years in Data Engineering, ideally within Azure ecosystems.

• Strong experience with:

• Python, Notebooks, Synapse, SQL, Data Warehousing.

• Microsoft Fabric (Lakehouse, Pipelines, Warehouse) - deep knowledge preferred.

Proven ability to implement CI/CD pipelines and GitHub integration.

Excellent client-facing communication and ability to lead technical discussions.

Appreciation of AI capabilities and emerging trends.

Desirable

• Experience in insurance or financial services.
• Familiarity with Power BI, DAX, and semantic modelling.
• Exposure to Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, and deployment pipelines.
• Microsoft certifications (DP-600, DP-203, DP-700) or equivalent experience.