We are currently looking for an MS Fabric and Data Engineer to work via a globally recognised AI and Business solutions consultancy on a project for a financial services end customer.
This is a large data and security programme specific to the Microsoft cloud space, and this person will be customer facing working as a Fabric and Data SME.
You will be responsible for designing, building and supporting scalable, enterprise-grade data platforms within Microsoft Fabric, ensuring high performance, reliability and cost efficiency.
Key Responsibilities
Please only apply if you are resident to the UK as this is an inside IR35 contract role working via umbrella company.
This is a large data and security programme specific to the Microsoft cloud space, and this person will be customer facing working as a Fabric and Data SME.
You will be responsible for designing, building and supporting scalable, enterprise-grade data platforms within Microsoft Fabric, ensuring high performance, reliability and cost efficiency.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, develop and maintain Microsoft Fabric solutions, including Lakehouses, Warehouses, Semantic Models, Direct Lake implementations and OneLake Shortcuts.
- Build, deploy and support Fabric Dataflow Gen2 solutions and Data Factory pipelines, implementing effective monitoring, alerting and error-handling practices.
- Manage and optimise Delta Lake environments, including table maintenance, time travel, OPTIMIZE and VACUUM operations, and merge/upsert strategies.
- Configure and manage Fabric capacity, including SKU sizing, auto-scaling, burst capacity management and cost optimisation.
- Deliver secure, scalable and compliant data solutions aligned with financial services regulatory and governance requirements.
- Troubleshoot platform, pipeline and performance issues, driving root cause analysis and resolution.
- Work closely with client stakeholders, architects, engineers and business users to deliver data and analytics solutions that support business objectives.
- Contribute to engineering standards, best practices and operational excellence across the Microsoft Fabric estate.
- Strong hands-on experience with Microsoft Fabric, including Lakehouse, Warehouse, Semantic Models, Direct Lake and OneLake.
- Proven experience building and supporting Fabric Dataflow Gen2 and Data Factory pipelines.
- Deep understanding of Delta Lake architecture, administration and optimisation techniques.
- Experience managing Fabric capacity, workload performance and platform cost optimisation.
- Experience delivering enterprise data platforms within financial services or other highly regulated environments.
- Strong understanding of data engineering, data warehousing and modern analytics architectures.
- Ability to operate effectively in a consultancy-led environment while working directly with end-customer stakeholders.
- Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work independently in complex technical environments.
Please only apply if you are resident to the UK as this is an inside IR35 contract role working via umbrella company.
