Senior Data Engineer Azure, Power BI, ADF, Synapse
Salary: £60,000£70,000 + excellent benefits
Location: Birmingham or London (12 days per month in office)
Employment: Full time
Join a leading and growing UK financial services company as a Senior Data Engineer, taking ownership of enterprise-grade Azure data solutions and advanced Power BI reporting.
This is a high-impact role for an experienced data engineer who wants technical leadership, architectural influence, and the chance to shape a modern cloud-based data platform built on Azure Data Factory, Synapse, Data Lake, and Microsoft Fabric.
The Role
As Senior Data Engineer, you will:
* Lead the design, build, and optimisation of Azure Data Factory (ADF) ETL pipelines.
* Develop scalable Synapse Analytics data models and performance-optimised SQL workloads.
* Own and enhance Power BI datasets, semantic models, and reporting standards (major focus).
* Shape cloud data architecture across Azure Data Lake and Synapse environments.
* Play a key role in the organisations transition to Microsoft Fabric.
* Implement robust data quality, validation, and monitoring frameworks.
* Work closely with business and technology stakeholders to deliver high-value data solutions.
* Mentor junior data engineers and support engineering standards.
* Contribute to Agile delivery through Azure DevOps and CI/CD practices.
Key Skills & Experience
Essential:
* Advanced Power BI
expertise: datasets, DAX, modelling, governance, performance tuning.
* Expert-level Azure Data Factory (ETL/ELT pipelines, automation, optimisation).
* Strong Azure Synapse experience: warehousing, SQL pools, query tuning, stored procedures.
* Deep proficiency in SQL development and optimisation.
* Solid understanding of Azure Data Lake and cloud storage layers.
* Proven track record delivering Azure-based data engineering solutions.
* Strong communication and stakeholder engagement.
* Demonstrated mentoring or technical leadership experience.
Desirable:
* Exposure to Microsoft Fabric.
* Experience with AI/automation tools (Copilot, ChatGPT) or Azure Machine Learning.
* Experience working in financial services or another regulated industry.
Why Apply?
* Senior, high-responsibility role with architectural influence.
* Modern Azure stack with Fabric adoption underway.
* Strong progression, visibility, and business impact.
* Flexible hybrid model: only office days per month.
Benefits
* Pension: 7% employer / 5% employee
* Private Medical Insurance (optical & dental
* Group Income Protection (75% salary)
* Death in Service (4x salary)
* Critical Illness Cover (£10k)
* 25 days holiday rising to 28
* Company bonus 8%