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# Data Engineer

- **Company:** Ignite Digital
- **Location:** Birmingham, UK
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Salary:** £50,000.0 - £55,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Agile Methodology, Microsoft Azure, Business Intelligence Development, Cloud Computing, Data Cleansing, Information Engineering, Extract Transform Load (ETL), Performance Tuning, Power BI, Standard Sql, Azure Data Lake, SQL Databases, Azure Data Factory, Git, Powerquery, Microsoft Fabric, Azure Synapse Analytics, Data Pipelines
- **Published:** August 30, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.collegerecruiter.com/job/2815444881-data-engineer

## About the Role

* Strong experience developing Power BI reports, dashboards, and data models.
 * Hands-on expertise with Azure Data Factory ETL pipelines.
 * Working knowledge of Azure Synapse modelling and performance tuning.
 * Good SQL skills for analytics and optimisation.
 * Understanding of Azure Data Lake structures.
 * Experience using Git and Azure DevOps in Agile teams.
 * 24 years experience in a Data Engineering or BI Development role.
 * Exposure to Microsoft Fabric.
 * Experience in cloud-based BI/MI environments.
 * Experience working in financial services or another regulated industry.

## Description

This is an excellent opportunity for a mid-level engineer looking to deepen their Azure Data Factory, Synapse, and SQL experience while contributing to enterprise-wide MI and analytics., You will:

 * Build and maintain Power BI dashboards, reports, and data models using DAX and Power Query (key focus).
 * Develop and maintain Azure Data Factory ETL/ELT pipelines.
 * Work with Azure Synapse Analytics on modelling, optimisation, and BI-ready datasets.
 * Support early adoption and migration to Microsoft Fabric.
 * Write and optimise SQL queries for reporting, analysis, and data preparation.
 * Collaborate with analysts, senior engineers, and business stakeholders.
 * Contribute to data quality, documentation, and continuous improvement.
 * Operate within Agile delivery using Azure DevOps and Git.


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