Data Fabric Engineer

SII Group UK; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 55,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

SII UK is seeking a Data Fabric Engineer to support and enhance an on-premise Embedded Analytics environment. The role focuses on Power BI and Dataiku, data integration, and ongoing platform improvements while guiding technical and business users.

Responsibilities include building dashboards, data flows, ETL/ELT processes, and coordinating upgrades. Strong SQL, scripting, and documentation skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Strong experience building and supporting Power BI and Dataiku solutions.
• Proven ability to operate in on-premise data and analytics environments.
• Experience with data integration, reporting, ETL/ELT and performance tuning.
• Ability to translate business requirements into technical data and reporting solutions.
• Excellent documentation and stakeholder communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop and optimise Power BI dashboards, reports, and data models.
• Build and optimise Dataiku flows and data-processing activities.
• Develop ETL/ELT processes and data integrations.
• Provide technical support across Power BI, Dataiku, SSIS/SSAS/SSRS and SQL.
• Investigate incidents, perform root-cause analysis, implement fixes.
• Gather requirements and translate into technical solutions.
• Support new reports, data sources and analytics enhancements from design to production.
• Coordinate platform upgrades, releases and non-regression testing.

Skills

Power BI

Dataiku

SQL

DAX & Power Query M

Python

ETL/ELT

Data modelling

On-premise analytics

Stakeholder communication

Technical documentation

Education

Bachelor's degree in a relevant field

Tools

SSIS

SSAS

SSRS

SQL Server

Visual Studio

Ansible

PostgreSQL

Oracle

Job description

We are seeking a Data Fabric Engineer to support, develop and optimise a secure, on-premise Embedded Analytics environment. The role will focus on Power BI, Dataiku, data integration, technical support, platform upgrades and continuous improvement, while providing guidance to technical and business users.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain and optimise Power BI dashboards, reports, data models and DAX measures.
• Build and optimise Dataiku flows, recipes and data-processing activities.
• Develop and support ETL/ELT processes, data integrations and automated data flows.
• Provide technical support across Power BI, Dataiku, SSIS, SSAS, SSRS and SQL environments.
• Investigate incidents, perform root-cause analysis and implement solutions or workarounds.
• Gather business requirements and translate them into technical solutions.
• Support new reports, dashboards, data sources and analytics enhancements from design through to production.
• Coordinate platform upgrades, release activities and integration/non-regression testing.
• Identify opportunities to improve platform performance, automation and user experience.
• Provide technical coaching, knowledge transfer and best-practice guidance to users.
• Produce and maintain technical documentation, user guides and knowledge-base content.

Technical Skills

• Microsoft Power BI Desktop & Report Server
• Dataiku
• SQL Server / SSMS
• SSIS / SSAS / SSRS
• SQL
• DAX & Power Query M
• Python
• Visual Studio
• ETL / ELT and data integration
• Data modelling
• On-premise analytics environments
• Desirable: C#, VB.NET, PostgreSQL, Oracle, Ansible, UML and BPMN

Experience

• Strong experience developing and supporting Power BI and/or Dataiku solutions.
• Experience working within on-premise data and analytics environments.
• Strong understanding of data integration, reporting, ETL and performance optimisation.
• Experience troubleshooting technical issues and supporting production environments.
• Experience managing releases, upgrades and testing activities.
• Able to translate business requirements into practical data and reporting solutions.
• Strong stakeholder communication and technical documentation skills.

With five strategic offices in Belfast, Chester, Farnborough, London and Oxford, we work in partnership with our customers UK-wide to deliver high-impact engineering solutions.

SII UK is a trusted Aerospace and Defence engineering partner, supporting the delivery of complex, mission-critical programmes while helping to shape the future of innovation across next-generation systems and technologies.

Our teams contribute daily to creating a fulfilling, stimulating and career development focused work environment.

True to our human-centred values, we are committed to making SII UK a Great Place To Work®, having been certified 5 years running.

Joining SII UK means being part of our collective goals, guided by our mission "Let's Tech Together," and helping to build a digital future that is sustainable, at the heart of an environment that values learning & collaboration.

Who are we?

With five strategic offices in Belfast, Chester, Farnborough, London and Oxford, we work in partnership with our customers UK-wide to deliver high-impact engineering solutions.

SII UK is a trusted Aerospace and Defence engineering partner, supporting the delivery of complex, mission-critical programmes while helping to shape the future of innovation across next-generation systems and technologies.

Our teams contribute daily to creating a fulfilling, stimulating and career development focused work environment.

True to our human-centred values, we are committed to making SII UK a Great Place To Work®, having been certified 5 years running.

Joining SII UK means being part of our collective goals, guided by our mission "Let's Tech Together," and helping to build a digital future that is sustainable, at the heart of an environment that values learning & collaboration.