Fabric Data Engineer

itecopeople; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 67,000; Full time

Job summary

itecopeople is recruiting a Microsoft Fabric Engineer to join a major data platform transformation in London. This hands-on role focuses on designing, building and operating a new enterprise data platform based on Microsoft Fabric to support reporting, analytics and AI-driven services.

You will work across Fabric components, design robust data pipelines, and implement governance and DevOps practices, collaborating with architects, analysts and stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Strong Microsoft Fabric experience including OneLake, Lakehouse, Warehouse, Data Factory, Dataflows Gen2 and Notebooks/Spark.
• Experience building ETL/ELT pipelines and medallion architectures.
• Strong data modelling experience (canonical or dimensional).
• Good knowledge of the wider Microsoft Azure data ecosystem.
• Strong SQL skills with Python and/or Spark.
• Experience with data governance, catalogue and lineage tooling (Purview).
• Experience with Git, Azure DevOps, CI/CD and infrastructure-as-code.
• Ability to work effectively with technical teams and business stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and operate solutions across Microsoft Fabric, OneLake, Lakehouse and Warehouse.
• Develop robust ETL/ELT pipelines using Fabric Data Factory, Dataflows Gen2 and Spark Notebooks.
• Build and evolve Bronze, Silver and Gold data layers using medallion architecture.
• Design canonical and conformed data models for analytics, BI and downstream services.
• Integrate enterprise source systems using batch and change-data-capture patterns.
• Implement data governance, catalogue and lineage capabilities using Purview.
• Work with Azure services covering storage, networking, identity and security.
• Apply Git, CI/CD and infrastructure-as-code practices to the data platform.
• Work closely with architects, analysts, engineers and business stakeholders to deliver reliable, reusable data products.

Skills

Microsoft Fabric

ETL/ELT pipelines

Data modelling

SQL

Python

Spark

Azure

Purview

Git

CI/CD

IaC

Tools

Azure Data Factory

Dataflows Gen2

Spark Notebooks

OneLake

Lakehouse

Purview

Azure DevOps

Job description

Microsoft Fabric Engineer - 12 Month FTC

London / Hybrid

£60,900 per annum

12-month Fixed Term Contract

We are recruiting a Microsoft Fabric Engineer to join a major data platform transformation programme within a large, complex organisation.

This is a hands‑on engineering role where you will help design, build and operate a new enterprise data platform based on Microsoft Fabric, creating the foundations for reporting, analytics and AI‑driven services.

The role

• Design, build and operate solutions across Microsoft Fabric, OneLake, Lakehouse and Warehouse.
• Develop robust ETL/ELT pipelines using Fabric Data Factory, Dataflows Gen2 and Spark Notebooks.
• Build and evolve Bronze, Silver and Gold data layers using medallion architecture.
• Design canonical and conformed data models for use across analytics, BI and other downstream services.
• Integrate enterprise source systems using batch and change-data-capture patterns.
• Implement data governance, catalogue and lineage capabilities using Microsoft Purview.
• Work with Azure services covering storage, networking, identity and security.
• Apply Git, CI/CD and infrastructure-as-code practices to the data platform.
• Work closely with architects, analysts, engineers and business stakeholders to deliver reliable, reusable data products.

What we're looking for

You will be an experienced Data Engineer with strong, hands‑on Microsoft Fabric experience and a background delivering production cloud data platforms.

You should have:

• Strong commercial experience with Microsoft Fabric, including OneLake, Lakehouse, Warehouse, Data Factory, Dataflows Gen2 and Notebooks/Spark.
• Experience building ETL/ELT pipelines and medallion architectures.
• Strong data modelling experience, including canonical, dimensional or comparable enterprise data models.
• Good knowledge of the wider Microsoft Azure data ecosystem.
• Strong SQL skills together with Python and/or Spark.
• Experience with data governance, catalogue and lineage tooling such as Microsoft Purview.
• Experience with Git, Azure DevOps, CI/CD and infrastructure-as-code approaches.
• The ability to work effectively with both technical teams and business stakeholders.

This is an excellent opportunity to take a key engineering role in the development of a new Microsoft Fabric data platform, with significant involvement in how the platform is designed, built and used across the organisation.