Hybrid Data Engineer - Microsoft Fabric & Power BI

The Beacon School; Banstead; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 45,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Local government pension scheme

Flexible working options

Generous holiday allowance

Healthcare benefits

Wellbeing initiatives

Staff benefits portal

Community and collaboration model

Job summary

GLF Schools is seeking a skilled Data Engineer to join One GLF Insights and own the engineering that powers our data platform at The Beacon School, Banstead. You will build and optimise pipelines, create trusted data layers, and develop governed Power BI models to enable reliable insights for pupils, staff and schools.

Working with the Head of Data, you will shape architecture and standards, extend data sources beyond education to finance, workforce and operations, and ensure quality, privacy

Qualifications

• Practical experience of building and supporting modern cloud data platforms, ideally Microsoft Fabric or a comparable Azure environment.
• Strong Python, PySpark and SQL skills, together with experience of Lakehouse, Delta tables, medallion architecture and incremental loading.
• Experience of analytical data modelling, Power BI semantic models, DAX and row‑level security.
• A disciplined approach to data quality, testing, monitoring, documentation and controlled deployment.
• A clear understanding of data protection, secure access and the responsibilities involved in handling personal and sensitive information.
• The ability to investigate inherited solutions, solve complex problems and explain technical matters clearly to different audiences.

Responsibilities

• Build, maintain and optimise data pipelines and transformations in Microsoft Fabric using Data Factory, Lakehouse, notebooks, SQL, Python and PySpark.
• Develop trusted Bronze, Silver and Gold data layers and reusable engineering frameworks for reliable, scalable processing.
• Create automated data‑quality, reconciliation, logging, monitoring and recovery controls.
• Develop governed Power BI semantic models and shared dimensions that provide consistent definitions across GLF Schools.
• Implement secure access, including dynamic row‑level security, least‑privilege controls and appropriate handling of sensitive data.
• Bring existing pipelines and technical knowledge into sustainable internal ownership, supported by source control, testing and high‑quality documentation.
• Work with education, finance, HR, MIS, IT and school colleagues to translate operational needs into trusted data products.

Skills

Python

PySpark

SQL

Lakehouse

Delta tables

Medallion architecture

Incremental loading

Data modelling

Power BI

Data governance

Tools

Microsoft Fabric

Azure (comparable)

Job description

GLF Schools is seeking a skilled Data Engineer to join One GLF Insights and own the engineering that powers our data platform at The Beacon School, Banstead. You will build and optimise pipelines, create trusted data layers, and develop governed Power BI models to enable reliable insights for pupils, staff and schools.

Working with the Head of Data, you will shape architecture and standards, extend data sources beyond education to finance, workforce and operations, and ensure quality, privacy