Principal Consultant - Azure developer

Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over 22,000 people in more than 60 countries. Working with our clients across real estate, infrastructure, energy and natural resources, we transform together delivering outcomes that improve people’s lives. Working in partnership makes it possible to deliver the world’s most impactful projects and programmes as we turn challenge into opportunity and complexity into success.

Our capabilities include programme, project, cost, asset and commercial management, controls and performance, procurement and supply chain, net zero and digital solutions.

We are majority-owned by CBRE Group, Inc., the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm, with our partners holding a significant minority interest. Turner & Townsend and CBRE work together to provide clients with the premier programme, project and cost management offering in markets around the world.

Due to growing demand for our consultancy services, we are seeking a skilled Azure Developer with hands-on experience in Microsoft Fabric to join our specialist Turner & Townsend Technology consulting team. The role requires a candidate with excellent leadership and interpersonal skills, experience engaging with client stakeholders and the ability to work independently.

An organised and systematic approach to work is a must, as well as an ability to collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, senior leadership and external partners to allow for the delivery of cutting-edge digital platforms. The role will play an important part in designing, developing and delivering scalable cloud-solutions which harness the power of Azure and Microsoft Fabric for advanced data integration, automation and analytics.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead a team of developers, data analysts and data scientists
• Design and develop end-to-end cloud-native solutions using Microsoft Fabric and other Azure services
• Build data pipelines, integrate data sources and develop data models within Microsoft Fabric
• Implement data lakehouses, data warehouses, Synapse Analytics and Data Factory within the Fabric environment
• Develop Power BI dashboards and real-time analytics solutions using Microsoft Fabric
• Automate deployments and monitoring of cloud solutions using CI / CD pipelines
• Troubleshoot and optimise existing digital platforms for performance and cost efficiency
• Implement solutions following best practices for data governance, cybersecurity and compliance
• Collaborate with data engineers, data scientists and client stakeholders to deliver solutions

Qualifications

Essential Knowledge, Skills and Experience

• Proven experiences as an Azure Developer (minimum 5 years)
• Hands-on experience with Microsoft Fabric (mandatory)
• Hands-on experience with implementing data lakes, data lakehouses and data warehouses
• Strong knowledge of Azure Data Factory, Azure Synapse Analytics, Azure Databricks, Azure Functions and Azure Logic Apps
• Experience with SQL and Python for data processing and scripting
• Strong understanding of cloud security, IAM and data governance frameworks
• Experience with CI / CD tools (e.g. Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions)
• Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to work in an Agile environment
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills

Desirable Skills and Accreditations

• Microsoft certifications (e.g. Azure Data Engineer Associate, Microsoft Fabric Analytics Engineer)
• Experience with AI / ML integration with Microsoft Fabric and Azure ML
• Familiarity with DataOps and MLOps practices
• Knowledge of Microsoft Purview for data governance and data cataloguing
• Previously or currently hold local security clearances to work with defence organisations (e.g. Garda Vetting in Ireland, Personal Security Clearance in Spain, VS-NfD / VS-Vertraulich / Geheim / Streng Geheim in Germany)

What we offer you

Full time, permanent role

Competitive remuneration and attractive range of benefits

Pension

23 days Annual leave

Opportunity to work on impactful and innovative projects

Career development opportunities across Europe and globally

Opportunity to work with a diverse group of talented and collaborative colleagues

Our inspired people share our vision and mission. We provide a great place to work, where each person has the opportunity and voice to affect change. We want our people to succeed both in work and life. To support this we promote a healthy, productive and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance. We also encourage our staff to strive to ‘make a difference’ and become involved in various working committees and forums (for example, Inclusion Working Group, Social & Wellness, Learning & Development, Corporate Social Responsibilities and Net Zero Vision).

Turner & Townsend value greatly and have a focus on Corporate Responsibilities (CR), this includes a day’s leave entitlement to support a local charity or community activity along with the opportunity to participate in several office events that held throughout the year.

Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from people from all sectors of the community.