Hybrid Lead Data Engineer - Scalable Data Platform

JN Bentley; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

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Hybrid working Leeds office (2 days)

Job summary

JN Bentley is seeking a Lead Data Engineer to design, deliver and improve the organisation's central data platform. The role combines data architecture, hands-on engineering, line management and technical leadership to provide secure, scalable data for reporting, analytics and AI.

You will design scalable data warehouse and Fabric/Azure-based solutions, set standards, develop data models, build pipelines and ensure governance, security and efficient data consumption.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in data architecture or senior data roles.
• Experience designing modern cloud data platforms, ideally Fabric/Azure.
• Strong SQL, data modelling, warehousing and integration knowledge.
• Experience with governance, security, source control and automated deployment.
• Excellent communication and technical leadership; prior line management.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement scalable data warehouse and Microsoft Fabric solutions.
• Define data architecture standards, patterns and best practices.
• Develop conceptual, logical and physical data models aligned with business needs.
• Build and maintain reliable data pipelines and integrations.
• Integrate data from databases, APIs, files and third parties.
• Set ingestion, transformation, storage and consumption standards.
• Support governance, quality, security, lineage and access controls.
• Optimize performance, resilience, storage and cost of the data platform.
• Evaluate new technologies and propose business-fit solutions.
• Provide technical leadership, design assurance and mentoring across the data team.
• Line manage data team members, including objectives and development.

Skills

Data architecture

Data engineering

Cloud data platforms

SQL

Data modelling

Warehousing

Lakehouse architecture

Data governance

Security

Source control

Git

Line-management

Technical leadership

Problem-solving

Communication

Tools

Git

Microsoft Fabric

Azure

Job description

JN Bentley is seeking a Lead Data Engineer to design, deliver and improve the organisation's central data platform. The role combines data architecture, hands-on engineering, line management and technical leadership to provide secure, scalable data for reporting, analytics and AI.

You will design scalable data warehouse and Fabric/Azure-based solutions, set standards, develop data models, build pipelines and ensure governance, security and efficient data consumption.