We're looking for a Senior Data Engineer with deep expertise in Microsoft Fabric and Azure Data Engineering to design and deliver enterprise-grade lakehouse solutions. You'll architect scalable data platforms that power analytics and decision-making across domains such as retail, financial services, FMCG, and utilities, working closely with business stakeholders to translate complex requirements into robust data architectures. Responsibilities • Design, build, and maintain enterprise-scale lakehouse architectures using Microsoft Fabric • Architect end-to-end data engineering solutions on Azure, including ingestion, transformation, storage, and serving layers • Build and optimize data pipelines using Fabric Data Factory, Dataflows, and Notebooks (Spark) • Design and manage OneLake, Lakehouse, and Warehouse artifacts within Microsoft Fabric • Develop scalable ETL/ELT pipelines integrating structured and unstructured data from diverse enterprise sources • Implement data modeling best practices (dimensional modeling, medallion architecture — bronze/silver/gold layers) • Collaborate with business and analytics teams across retail, financial services, FMCG, and utilities to understand domain-specific data needs • Ensure data quality, governance, security, and compliance across the platform (row-level security, sensitivity labels, Purview integration) • Optimize pipeline performance, cost, and reliability for large-scale enterprise datasets • Partner with architects and stakeholders to define data platform strategy and roadmap • Mentor junior data engineers and contribute to engineering best practices and standards • Support migration of legacy data warehouse/ETL solutions to modern lakehouse architecture on Azure/Fabric Requirements • 7–10 years of experience in data engineering and analytics, with significant hands-on experience in Azure Data Engineering • Strong, demonstrable expertise in Microsoft Fabric — Lakehouse, Data Factory, Dataflows Gen2, Notebooks, OneLake, Power BI integration • Deep understanding of lakehouse architecture and medallion (bronze/silver/gold) design patterns • Proficiency with Azure data services: Azure Data Factory, Azure Synapse Analytics, Azure Databricks, ADLS Gen2 • Strong SQL and Spark (PySpark/Scala) skills for large-scale data transformation • Experience delivering enterprise-grade data solutions in one or more of: retail, financial services, FMCG, or utilities • Solid understanding of data governance, security, and compliance frameworks (Microsoft Purview, RBAC, data masking) • Experience with CI/CD for data pipelines (Azure DevOps, Git-based deployment) • Strong grasp of data modeling techniques (star schema, slowly changing dimensions, etc.) • Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, with experience working directly with business and analytics teams • Ability to translate ambiguous business requirements into scalable technical solutions Nice to Have • Microsoft certifications (e.g., DP-600 Fabric Analytics Engineer, DP-203 Azure Data Engineer) • Experience with Power BI semantic models and direct lake mode • Exposure to Azure Purview for data cataloging and lineage • Experience with real-time data processing (Event Streams in Fabric, Azure Event Hubs) • Prior consulting or client-facing experience delivering solutions across multiple industry domains