Senior Data Engineer

Burns Sheehan Limited; Camden Town; On-site; GBP 85,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Burns Sheehan Limited is seeking a hands-on Senior Data Engineer to take ownership of an Azure data platform and drive a critical migration to Microsoft Fabric. You will work with a Platform Architect to define best practices, CI/CD, and infrastructure as code, while improving governance, reliability and data quality.

The role combines hands-on delivery with leadership in a modern data environment, offering genuine ownership and an opportunity to shape the platform's future direction.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with Azure data engineering across Synapse/ADF/SQL.
• Experience migrating data platforms, including parallel running and validation.
• Familiarity with CI/CD, Git, and IaC (Terraform or Bicep).
• Ability to collaborate with stakeholders and mentor engineers.

Responsibilities

• Own existing Azure data pipelines and support Synapse to Fabric migration.
• Work with Platform Architect to establish engineering best practices, CI/CD, IaC and robust environments.
• Improve data governance, quality, monitoring and platform reliability.
• Balance ongoing data engineering work with a major platform transformation.
• Help shape the technical direction and mentor additional engineers as the team grows.

Skills

Ownership & accountability

Stakeholder collaboration

Problem solving

Hands-on data engineering

Team mentoring

Tools

Azure Synapse

Azure Data Factory

SQL

Microsoft Fabric

CI/CD

Git

Terraform

Bicep

Job description

Salary: £85,000 - £95,000 + discretionary stretch bonus of up to 35%

I'm working with an established, commercially successful business that's investing in a significant modernisation of its data platform, moving from Azure Synapse to Microsoft Fabric.

This is a great opportunity for a hands-on Senior Data Engineer who wants to take genuine ownership of a data platform, influence its future direction and play a key role in building a more scalable, governed and modern data environment.

The business already has a well-established Azure data estate, so this isn't about starting from scratch. The challenge is to evolve what's there, introduce stronger engineering practices and help deliver a successful migration to Microsoft Fabric without disrupting existing business-critical data services.

What you'll be doing:

• Taking ownership of existing Azure data pipelines and supporting the migration from Synapse to Microsoft Fabric.
• Working closely with an incoming Platform Architect to establish engineering best practices, CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code and robust development environments.
• Improving data governance, quality, monitoring and the overall reliability of the platform.
• Balancing ongoing data engineering and operational responsibilities with a major platform transformation.
• Helping shape the technical direction of the data platform, with opportunities to support and mentor additional engineers as the team grows.

What I'm looking for:

• Strong hands-on data engineering experience across the Microsoft Azure ecosystem, particularly Azure Synapse, ADF and SQL.
• Commercial exposure to Microsoft Fabric. You don't need to have spent years working exclusively with it.
• Experience delivering data platform migrations, ideally including parallel running, testing and validation.
• Experience with CI/CD, Git and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform or Bicep).
• A collaborative, pragmatic engineer who enjoys solving problems, taking ownership and working closely with technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Why is this interesting?

You'll be joining at a pivotal point in the business's data journey, with the chance to take long-term ownership of the platform and work alongside experienced specialists to establish modern engineering standards.

It's a role offering a genuine mix of hands-on delivery, technical influence and longer-term platform development.

If you're a strong Azure Data Engineer who's been building experience with Microsoft Fabric and wants an opportunity with real ownership and influence, I'd be keen to have a conversation.

Drop me a message or get in touch to find out more.