Data Engineer
Posted 1 week ago by Fusion People Ltd
£800 Per day
Outside
Remote
London
Summary: The Data Engineer role focuses on leveraging MS Fabric to build and manage modern data platforms for a major consultancy. This position requires hands-on technical expertise and a passion for developing new capabilities, with an emphasis on integrating customer and third-party data. The role is remote and offers an initial six-month contract, emphasizing collaboration and communication skills to assist teams in adapting to new technologies. The position is classified as outside IR35, allowing for flexible working arrangements.
Key Responsibilities:
- Build and manage modern data platforms using MS Fabric.
- Integrate customer and third-party data into Microsoft Fabric.
- Implement data engineering best practices and CI/CD for data pipelines.
- Develop modular, testable ETL processes and manage metadata documentation.
- Facilitate Git-based collaboration and branching strategies.
- Coach and communicate with teams to familiarize them with the new technology stack.
- Orchestrate data through medallion architecture or equivalent.
Key Skills:
- Experience with Microsoft Fabric, PySpark/RSpark, and Git.
- Strong understanding of data engineering best practices.
- Knowledge of CI/CD processes for data pipelines.
- Ability to develop modular and testable ETL processes.
- Experience in metadata management and data documentation.
- Strong communication and coaching skills.
- Product development awareness and experience working with product teams.
Salary (Rate): £800/day
City: London
Country: UK
Working Arrangements: remote
IR35 Status: outside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Data Engineer - MS Fabric - UK role (WFH) - 6 months initial contract - Top rates - Outside IR35
Major consultancy urgently requires a Data Engineer with experience of MS Fabric (tech stack is Microsoft Fabric, PySpark/RSpark and Github) for an initial 6 months contract (WFH and Outside IR35) who is passionate about building new capabilities from the ground up and want to help explore the full potential of your data platform.
As aa Data Engineer you will have hands-on technical ability and experience of building and managing modern data platforms, preferably in Microsoft Fabric and ideally be familiar with integrating customer / third-party data into Fabric, possess Product Development Awareness: Understanding how data platform capabilities may integrate into digital products and services. Experience working with or within product development teams is a plus
Technical knowledge and underrating of the following is required:
- Data Engineering Best Practices, CI/CD for data pipelines, Modular, testable ETL development, Git-based collaboration and branching strategies, Metadata management and data documentation, Reusability and multi-tenancy in data models and Orchestrating data through medallion architecture or equivalent
You will ideally have strong communication & coaching skills as with MS Fabric as my client is introducing a new technology stack that not all teams are yet familiar with hence your experience will be crucial in helping the delivery and product team get up to speed.
This role can be base UK wide as it's a WFH project.
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