
Senior Data Engineer
Accenture UK & Ireland
Visa & sponsorship
- IE Critical Skills: this role is on the national occupation list. The posting doesn't state a salary we could check against the threshold.
Job description
Role overview:
Data is the fuel for every AI solution we build โ and we're looking for someone who can own that foundation end-to-end. As a Senior Data Engineer, you'll design and deliver scalable cloud data solutions on Microsoft Azure and Fabric, combining hands-on engineering with real technical leadership: owning solution design, setting the standards your team works to, and mentoring the engineers around you.
Key responsibilities:- Design and develop batch and streaming data pipelines using Azure Data Factory, Fabric Data Factory, notebooks and related services.
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Build curated lakehouse, warehouse and semantic data layers that support analytics and AI use cases.
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Implement data-quality checks, metadata, lineage, monitoring, alerting and operational support.
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Optimise pipelines and storage for reliability, security, performance and cost.
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Apply source control, automated testing and CI/CD through Azure DevOps or GitHub.
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Own delivery of your workstreams end-to-end โ from design through to production, managing risk and stakeholders along the way
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Set the bar for engineering quality โ reviewing designs, shaping standards, and mentoring the team to raise the floor, not just the ceiling.
Qualifications, skills and experience:- Significant data-engineering experience with SQL and Python or PySpark.
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Hands-on experience with Microsoft Fabric or Azure services such as Data Factory, Data Lake Storage, Synapse Analytics and Databricks.
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Knowledge of dimensional modelling, lakehouse patterns, medallion architecture and data integration.
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Experience with identity, access control, data protection and production support.
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Demonstrated ability to own technical workstreams and communicate design decisions clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.
Desirable:
Event Hubs, Kafka, Purview, Power BI semantic models, dbt and relevant Azure or Fabric certifications.