Senior Data Engineer

At Mace, our purpose is to redefine the boundaries of ambition. We believe in creating places that are responsible, bringing transformative impact to our people, communities and societies across the globe. To learn more about our purpose, culture, and priorities, visit our strategy site.

Within our consult business, we harness our unique combination of leading-edge practical expertise and project delivery consultancy to unlock the potential in every project.

The project:

We are actively seeking an experienced Senior Data Engineer specialising in the Microsoft technology stack. This is a client-facing role supporting fee-earning projects and programmes. The business is implementing Microsoft Fabric into our client offering and we are looking for a technical lead to oversee the roll-out, standardisation and governance of our Fabric estate.

As part of your role, you will interface with the Mace project team and occasionally stakeholders from other organisations, if working on a joint venture project or directly for a client. You will be part of the digital centre of excellence community, sharing knowledge and experience with other BI & data professionals. This is an excellent opportunity to interface with experienced practitioners and support the development of junior colleagues.

You’ll be responsible for:

• Providing technical guidance and support to team members, fostering a collaborative and innovative work environment.

• Collaborating with stakeholders to understand business requirements and translate them into technical solutions.

• Mentoring and coaching team members to improve skills in your field of specialism.

• Contributing to the centre of excellence as a subject matter expert, defining and implementing ways of working and best practices related to your field of specialism.

• Developing and implementing ETL processes using Microsoft Fabric and its component parts including data factory, data warehousing and notebooks.

• Managing and securing structured and unstructured data flows from multiple sources and integrate them to create a unified and reliable data pipeline.

• Ensuring data quality and implement appropriate data governance practices.

• Implementing and enforcing security measures to protect sensitive data.

• Ensuring compliance with data protection regulations and industry standards.

• Ensuring development conforms to secure software development principles including adherence to coding standards, QA & peer review, and use of version control to deploy through the different stages of development.

You’ll need to have:

• The ability to work collaboratively as part of a team.

• A willingness to share knowledge and support the development of others.

• Excellent written and oral communication skills (in English) and presentational skills.

• An aptitude for problem-solving.

• Good interpersonal skills.

Mace is an inclusive employer and welcomes interest from a diverse range of candidates. Even if you feel you do not fulfil all of the criteria, please apply as you may still be the best candidate for this role or another role within our organisation.

We are also open to discussing part-time, flexible, and hybrid working options if suitable within the role.