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 12 office days per month .
Benefits
Pension: 7% employer / 5% employee
Private Medical Insurance (optical & dental)
Flexible hybrid working requiring 1-2 days per month in office
Group Income Protection (75% salary)
Death in Service (4x salary)
Critical Illness Cover (£10k)
25 days holiday rising to 28
Company bonus 8%
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