Lead Data Engineer & BI Platform Lead (Microsoft Fabric)

Tria; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Tria in central Birmingham is seeking a Lead Data Engineering Manager to own and advance a modern data and reporting platform. This hybrid role combines hands-on engineering (about 70%) with leadership (about 30%), guiding a small team of data engineers and BI developers.

You will collaborate with IT leadership to drive a Fabric-based architecture, design a medallion lakehouse, and shape the data roadmap as the business transforms.

Qualifications

• Hands-on data engineering with strong Microsoft Fabric experience.
• Strong knowledge of data warehousing, ETL/ELT and data modelling.
• Experience leading and mentoring data teams.
• Proficiency in PySpark and SQL.

Responsibilities

• Taking technical ownership of the Microsoft Fabric data platform, progressing its implementation and ongoing development.
• Developing and extending a medallion lakehouse architecture across bronze, silver and gold data layers.
• Working hands-on with PySpark notebooks, SQL, Dataflows Gen2 and data integration technologies.
• Developing robust ETL/ELT pipelines, bringing data together from multiple business systems and sources.
• Applying data warehousing principles, including data modelling, fact and dimension tables and reporting structures.
• Supporting the development of finance and operational reporting, including the delivery of a consolidated P&L reporting view.
• Overseeing CI/CD and deployment processes using Azure DevOps across Fabric and Power BI environments.
• Providing technical direction and guidance to a team of five data engineers and Power BI developers.
• Developing the team's technical capabilities, introducing good engineering practices and helping them transition towards a more mature data environment.
• Working with senior stakeholders to shape the future data roadmap as the business continues its wider technology transformation.

Skills

Microsoft Fabric

PySpark

SQL

Data Warehousing

ETL/ELT

Leadership

Mentoring

Tools

Azure DevOps

Power BI

Azure

Job description

Tria in central Birmingham is seeking a Lead Data Engineering Manager to own and advance a modern data and reporting platform. This hybrid role combines hands-on engineering (about 70%) with leadership (about 30%), guiding a small team of data engineers and BI developers.

You will collaborate with IT leadership to drive a Fabric-based architecture, design a medallion lakehouse, and shape the data roadmap as the business transforms.