Data Engineer (MS Fabric)

Syntax Consultancy Ltd; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading digital transformation consultancy is seeking a Data Engineer with strong expertise in Microsoft Fabric. This is a 6-month hybrid contract, paying £500/day. The role involves technical leadership, team management, and stakeholder engagement for government projects. Candidates should ideally be SC clearance holders or eligible for vetting. The position offers a mix of remote and office-based work in Central London. This opportunity is expected to start in January 2026.

Qualifications

• Strong expertise in Microsoft Fabric enterprise data platform.
• Experience in leading technical teams and delivering complex projects.
• Familiarity with security, resilience, and performance considerations.

Responsibilities

• Own Microsoft Fabric architecture and establish modelling standards.
• Direct and mentor the team while reviewing designs.
• Manage internal squads and external suppliers for project coordination.
• Engage with stakeholders for progress and risk reporting.
• Coordinate multi-source integration and ensure operational readiness.

Skills

Microsoft Fabric

Dataflows Gen2

Team Leadership

Stakeholder Management

Security Governance

Job description

Data Engineer (MS Fabric)

London (Hybrid)

6 Month Contract

£500/day (Inside IR35)

Data Engineer needed with strong Microsoft Fabric enterprise data platform expertise. 6 Month Contract based in London (Hybrid). Paying £500/day (Inside IR35).

Hybrid Working - 3 days/week remote (WFH), and 2 days/week working on-site from the office in Central London.

A chance to work with a leading global IT and Digital transformation business specialising in Government projects. Start ASAP ideally in Jan 2026.

Key experience + tasks will include:

• Technical Leadership: owning Microsoft Fabric architecture including: Lakehouse, OneLake organization, Warehouse patterns, Gold Layer modelling, defining / implementing ingestion + transformation pipelines (Dataflows Gen2, Notebooks), establishing modelling standards for Gold Layer + semantic models, performance optimization, lineage/observability, governance, RBAC, security, data retention.
• Team Leading / Delivery: setting standards, directing / mentoring the team, reviewing designs, unblocking delivery.
• Planning / coordinating internal squads and external suppliers, managing risks/issues + meeting milestones.
• Stakeholder Management: engaging with product owners, analysts + tech leads, progress/risk reporting.
• Multi-source Integration: coordinating reliable ingestion + orchestration, testing, test data preparation, reporting validation, release practices.
• Operational Readiness: ensuring documentation / run books + non-functional requirements are met (security, resilience, performance).
• Short-Term Objective: baseline Gold Layer model components to enable consistent semantic models and reporting.
• SC Clearance preferred, but the client will also consider candidates eligible to undergo the SC Clearance vetting process.