Senior Data Engineer Microsoft Fabric Azure data

Huxley Associates; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Huxley Associates is seeking a Senior Data Engineer with strong Microsoft Azure data experience to lead modernization of core data platforms. The role focuses on building and evolving Azure-based ingestion, staging, and EDW capabilities across Bronze/Silver/Gold layers to enable advanced analytics and executive decision-making.

The candidate will contribute to transitioning to a Fabric-based architecture, leveraging serverless storage, medallion design, and DBT-driven analytics, with 1 day per

Qualifications

• Strong experience as a Senior Data Engineer in enterprise data environments.

Responsibilities

• Support and modernise data platforms across Bronze, Silver, Gold layers.
• Develop and maintain ingestion and staging layers on Azure Synapse-based pipelines.
• Collaborate with BI/Analytics teams to support Power BI dashboards and executive reporting.

Skills

Azure data

SQL

Stakeholder engagement

Strategic thinking

Tools

Azure Synapse

Azure SQL Server

Azure Data Factory

Azure DevOps

DBT

Job description

Senior Data Engineer Microsoft Fabric Azure data

This is a new and exclusive opportunity for a Senior Data Engineer with strengths in Microsoft Azure data to be a key lead in strengthening, evolving, and modernising our core data platforms.

Job details

Title: Senior Data Engineer

Technical Stack: Microsoft Azure data

Location: London or Glasgow with 1 day a week in the office

Industry: STEM Technology

Permanent role salary £50- £70,000 dependant on skills and location

Requirements: Strong experience as a Senior Data Engineer in enterprise data environments.

Technical stack: Microsoft Azure data platforms, including Azure Synapse or equivalent data platform, Azure SQL Server, Azure Data Factory, Azure DevOps, Fabric

This is a new opportunity to join a thriving team to be a key voice in modernizing core data platforms across bronze, silver and gold layers, ensuring our data is reliable, scalable, secure, and ready to power advanced analytics, AI-driven insights, and executive decision making.

We are transitioning from a traditional Azure Synapse-centric estate toward a Microsoft Fabric and OneLake-based architecture, embracing modern engineering patterns such as serverless storage, medallion design, Spark-based transformations, DBT-driven analytics engineering, and fully automated CI/CD.

This role can be based in either Glasgow or London as both offices have large data teams.

You will take joint ownership of existing data pipelines and analytics platforms, ensuring they are stable, performant, and trusted by downstream consumers.

Key responsibilities include:

• Support and enhance ingestion and integration pipelines sourcing data from:
  • MS Dynamics CRM
  • MS Dynamics Finance & Operations
  • SAP SuccessFactors
  • A range of bespoke and third-party systems
• Develop and maintain the Azure Synapse-based ingestion and staging layer, including:
  • Synapse Link integrations.
  • Synapse data pipelines for orchestration and movement.
• Support the Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW) built on Azure SQL Server, including:
  • Transformations using stored procedures, views, and DBT.
  • Clear separation of bronze, silver, and gold layers aligned to a medallion architecture.
• Collaborate with BI and Analytics teams to ensure Gold layer data models appropriately support:
  • Power BI semantic models
  • Executive dashboards and operational reporting

This is a really interesting role in a thriving business.

KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE

• Strong experience as a Senior Data Engineer in enterprise data environments.
• Strategic thinker with experience supporting the delivery of a strategy.
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills at all levels of an organisation.
• Hands-on expertise with Microsoft Azure data platforms, including:
  • Azure Synapse or equivalent data platform
  • Azure SQL Server
  • Azure Data Factory
  • Azure DevOps
  • Practical delivery experience using medallion architectures (Bronze / Silver / Gold).
  • Strong SQL skills and experience with DBT