Senior Data Engineer
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Job description
We are looking for a highly skilled Senior Data Engineer to lead the design and build of our new enterprise data platform using Microsoft Fabric. This is a hands-on role focused on creating a scalable, secure and future-ready data warehouse to enable robust analytics, self-service reporting and data-driven decision making across the organisation.
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Great career developm ent opportunities - grow with us.
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2022 Sunday Times 100: Britain's fastest-growing private companies., The Senior Data Engineer will be responsible for but not limited to:
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Lead the design, architecture and build of a new enterprise data warehouse on Microsoft Fabric.
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Develop robust data pipelines, orchestration processes and monitoring frameworks using Fabric components (Data Factory, Data Engineering, Lakehouse).
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Create scalable and high-quality data models to support analytics, Power BI reporting and self-service data consumption.
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Establish and enforce data governance, documentation and best practices across the data ecosystem.
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Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand data needs and translate them into technical solutions.
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Provide technical leadership, mentoring and guidance to junior team members where required.
Requirements
- Skills as a Senior Data Engineer, BI/Data Warehouse Engineer, or similar.
- Strong hands-on knowledge of Microsoft Fabric and related services.
- End-to-end DWH development knowledge, from ingestion to modelling and consumption.
- Strong background in data modelling, including star schema, dimensional modelling and semantic modelling.
- Ability to orchestrate, monitoring and optimise data pipelines.
- Proficiency in SQL and strong understanding of database principles.
- Ability to design scalable data architectures aligned to business needs.
Desirable:
- Previously worked with Databricks, Azure Synapse, Azure Data Lake, or equivalent cloud platforms.
- Knowledge of data governance and security frameworks.
- Exposure to DevOps/DataOps practices (e.g., CI/CD, environments, testing).
- Previously building and supporting self-serve analytics programmes.
Benefits & conditions
In addition to the role being remote with limited requirements to go into the Halifax head office we also offer:
- A competitive salary ranging from £50,000 to £60,000 per annum.
- Permanent position with opportunities for career growth.
- Inclusive and supportive company.
- Comprehensive benefits package (details to be confirmed).