Azure Fabric Specialist

As an experienced data engineer with 4+ years of experience, your role will involve delivering end-to-end Microsoft Fabric solutions for NHS data platforms. You will be responsible for ensuring compliance with NHS DSPT, IG Toolkit, and healthcare data standards. Additionally, you will lead the migration of complex on-premises data systems into Fabric Lakehouse and Warehouse, integrating with Power BI, Purview, and secure pipelines. Your expertise will be crucial in defining and enforcing best practices in Medallion architecture, data modelling, governance, and lineage. Furthermore, you will optimize large-scale ETL/ELT workloads using Fabric, Synapse, and Databricks to ensure resilience, scalability, and high performance. Key Responsibilities: - Deliver end-to-end Microsoft Fabric solutions for NHS data platforms, ensuring compliance with NHS DSPT, IG Toolkit, and healthcare data standards. - Lead migration of complex on-premises data systems into Fabric Lakehouse and Warehouse, integrating with Power BI, Purview, and secure pipelines. - Define and enforce best practices in Medallion architecture, data modelling, governance, and lineage. - Optimise large-scale ETL/ELT workloads using Fabric, Synapse, and Databricks, ensuring resilience, scalability, and high performance. Key Requirements: - 4+ years of data engineering experience, with hands-on experience in the Azure Data ecosystem (Fabric, Synapse, Data Factory, Databricks). - Mastery of Microsoft Fabric Lakehouse/Warehouse, Delta Lake, Power BI integration. - Proficiency in Azure Purview for cataloguing, lineage, and governance. - Experience with CI/CD pipelines using YAML, GitHub/DevOps. - Advanced skills in SQL, Python, and PySpark for large-scale data processing. - Familiarity with networking & security concepts such as VPN, private endpoints, and access control. - Proven expertise in delivering NHS or public-sector platforms, with a strong understanding of healthcare interoperability (FHIR, HL7, NHS data models). - Excellent stakeholder engagement skills and the ability to shape NHS digital strategy. - Valid UK work visa required. In this role, you will have the opportunity to work on challenging projects within a dynamic and innovative environment. The contract is outside IR35, providing you with additional flexibility and autonomy in your work.,