Senior Data Engineer: Fabric Platform & Data Pipelines

Grant Thornton UK LLP; Milton Keynes; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Grant Thornton UK LLP is seeking a Senior Data Engineer in the Data Architecture team to design, build and run data pipelines that are secure, reliable and ready for analytics. You will lead migrations to Microsoft Fabric, enabling analytics, self-service reporting and AI capabilities.

You'll own data ingestion from core systems, shape data structures for Power BI consumption, and ensure strong governance, security and cost controls across pipelines.

Qualifications

• Strong, proven experience delivering solutions on Microsoft Fabric (Data Factory, Lakehouse, Warehouse and Notebooks) or Databricks.
• Proficiency in Python, PySpark and SQL.
• Solid understanding of data modelling, warehousing and ETL/ELT principles.
• Experience delivering a platform or data migration.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and run data pipelines using Fabric Data Factory and Fabric Lakehouse, and set patterns for the team to reuse.
• Own the ingestion of data from core systems (Workday, Dynamics 365, Business World, SharePoint).
• Design data structures in Fabric Warehouse and Lakehouse, deliver curated datasets for Power BI and other reporting.
• Build security, data classification and access controls into pipelines and review work for compliance.
• Redesign legacy ETL/ELT processes for Fabric and plan cut-over to maintain reporting continuity.
• Set up version control, CI/CD and automated testing for data solutions; monitor pipelines for performance and cost.
• Coach and mentor less experienced engineers.

Skills

Microsoft Fabric

Databricks

Python

PySpark

SQL

Power BI

Git

CI/CD

Data governance

Data security

Data modelling

ETL/ELT

Azure Data Factory

Azure Data Lake

RAG

MCP

Vector databases

Notebooks

Data lineage

Data catalogue

Professional services

Tools

Git

CI/CD

Power BI

Job description

Grant Thornton UK LLP is seeking a Senior Data Engineer in the Data Architecture team to design, build and run data pipelines that are secure, reliable and ready for analytics. You will lead migrations to Microsoft Fabric, enabling analytics, self-service reporting and AI capabilities.

You'll own data ingestion from core systems, shape data structures for Power BI consumption, and ensure strong governance, security and cost controls across pipelines.