Lead Data Engineer

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced Lead Data Engineer to drive the design, development and delivery of our Enterprise Data Platform (EDP) on Microsoft Fabric. The ideal candidate will provide strong technical leadership, guide engineering teams, and ensure timely delivery of key EDP milestones.

Must have active SC

Key Responsibilities
Team Leadership & Delivery

• Set engineering standards and provide technical direction to the team.
• Review solution designs, unblock delivery challenges, and mentor engineers.
• Plan and coordinate work across internal squads and external suppliers.
• Manage project risks and issues to ensure milestones are met.

Stakeholder Engagement

• Collaborate effectively with product owners, business analysts and technology leads.
• Provide clear progress updates, risks and decision points to senior stakeholders and the SRO.

Technical Leadership (Microsoft Fabric)

• Own and evolve the EDP architecture on Microsoft Fabric, including Lakehouse/Warehouse patterns and OneLake organisation.
• Define and implement ingestion and transformation pipelines using Dataflows Gen2 and Notebooks.
• Establish modelling standards for the Gold Layer and semantic models.
• Optimise for performance and cost; ensure lineage, observability, governance, security (RBAC) and data retention controls.

Multisource Integration

• Lead reliable ingestion, orchestration, testing and release processes across diverse data sources.

Operational Readiness

• Ensure documentation, runbooks, and non-functional requirements (security, resilience, performance) are fully met.

Current EDP Milestone - Gold Layer Modelling (Urgent Requirement)

• Country/facility risk parameter processing is underway, with initial Gold Layer documentation completed.
• Bi-weekly Gold Layer review cadence established; test data preparation in progress for report validation.
• Target Outcome: Deliver baseline Gold Layer model components to support consistent semantic models and reporting.