Head of Data Engineering - Microsoft Fabric - Contract (London, ENG)
Summary
6-month contract role (hybrid, London, 2 days/week in office) for a senior Head of Data Engineering to lead a new enterprise data engineering capability on Microsoft Fabric — owning the Fabric strategy, leading teams, and building OneLake, Lakehouse, pipeline and Spark solutions integrated with Salesforce, Certinia, Workday and Dynamics 365. Pays £675/day outside IR35; no visa sponsorship.
Head of Data Engineering – Microsoft Fabric
Location: London Area – Hybrid – 2 Days from Office
Contract: 6 Months
Rate: £675/day Outside IR35
We are looking for a senior Head of Data Engineering to lead the development of a new enterprise data engineering capability using Microsoft Fabric.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead data engineering teams across Development, Testing, Release and Platform Operations.
- Own the Microsoft Fabric data engineering strategy and roadmap.
- Design and oversee OneLake, Lakehouse, Warehouse, Pipelines and Spark solutions.
- Establish data governance, security, CI/CD and engineering standards.
- Work across enterprise platforms including Salesforce, Certinia, Workday and Dynamics 365 F&O.
- Provide technical leadership and mentor the engineering team.
Essential Skills
- Strong senior-level Data Engineering leadership experience.
- Deep hands-on Microsoft Fabric experience.
- OneLake, Lakehouse, Pipelines, Dataflows Gen2 and Spark.
- Data modelling and medallion architecture.
- Azure, SQL, Git/CI/CD and DevOps.
- Strong stakeholder and team leadership skills.
(NOTE - No Sponsorship provided)
6-month contract | £675/day | Outside IR35 | London Area | Hybrid – 2 days from office