<p data-pm-slice="1 1 []">Robert Half have partnered with a UK-based workplace design, build, architecture and consultancy business with a strong reputation for delivering high-quality office spaces. They are investing in a new AI and transformation function focused on building the data, semantic and agentic platforms that will support AI-powered business workflows across the organisation.</p><p>This is an opportunity for a Microsoft Fabric Data Engineer to join at an early stage on an initial 6-month contract, playing a key role in developing the organisation's data capabilities, with a particular focus on Fabric IQ. The role will be highly consultative, working closely with teams across the business to understand their requirements, shape technical solutions and take ideas from concept through to production.</p><p><strong>Role</strong></p><ul><li>The Data Engineer will engage with business stakeholders to understand requirements, identify challenges and translate business needs into technical solutions.</li><li>Lead discovery sessions and provide consultative guidance on how Microsoft Fabric and Fabric IQ can support business objectives.</li><li>Drive the design and implementation of Fabric IQ solutions, including ontologies, semantic representations and business context modelling.</li><li>Identify opportunities to leverage Fabric IQ to enhance analytics, AI-driven insights and decision-making.</li><li>Design, develop and optimise scalable data pipelines, integrations and data engineering solutions within Microsoft Fabric.</li><li>Work across key Fabric components, including Lakehouse, Warehouse, Data Factory, OneLake and Dataflows Gen2.</li><li>Ensure solutions are scalable, secure and aligned with data governance and quality standards.</li><li>Own end-to-end solution delivery, from requirements gathering through to implementation, documentation and knowledge transfer.</li></ul><p><strong>Key Responsibilities:</strong></p><ul><li>The Data Engineer will have proven experience working as a Data Engineer, with strong hands-on expertise in Microsoft Fabric.</li><li>Experience with Microsoft Fabric IQ, including an understanding of ontologies, business semantics and how to connect data with business context.</li><li>Demonstrable experience delivering end-to-end data engineering solutions within a consultancy or business-facing environment.</li><li>Strong technical skills in SQL, Python and ETL/ELT development.</li><li>Experience working with Microsoft Fabric components, including Lakehouse, Warehouse, Data Factory and OneLake.</li><li>Solid understanding of modern data architectures, data modelling and data warehousing principles.</li><li>Experience integrating data from multiple systems and sources.</li><li>Understanding of semantic modelling, knowledge representation and AI-enabled data solutions.</li><li>Strong stakeholder engagement and requirements-gathering capabilities.</li><li>Ability to understand complex business challenges and translate them into practical technical solutions.</li><li>Experience with Power BI, Azure data services and data governance would be advantageous.</li></ul><p><strong>Company</strong></p><ul><li>Well-established UK business operating across workplace design, build, architecture and consultancy</li><li>They have built a strong reputation for delivering high-quality office environments</li><li>They are now investing in AI, data and technology to support the next phase of growth and transformation</li><li>Hybrid working - central London based</li><li>6 month initial contract</li></ul><p><strong>Salary &amp; Benefits</strong></p><p>The salary range/rates of pay is dependent upon your experience, qualifications or training.</p><p>Robert Half Ltd acts as an employment business for temporary positions and an employment agency for permanent positions. Robert Half is committed to diversity, equity and inclusion. Suitable candidates with equivalent qualifications and more or less experience can apply. Rates of pay and salary ranges are dependent upon your experience, qualifications and training. If you wish to apply, please read our Privacy Notice describing how we may process, disclose and store your personal data: roberthalf.com/gb/en/privacy-notice.</p><img src="https://counter.adcourier.com/S2F6aW0uSGFzc2FuLjc4OTQ3LjEwOTIzQHJoaS5hcGxpdHJhay5jb20.gif">

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