Head of Data Engineering

Head of Data Engineering Location: London Contract: 9 months Day Rate: £575/day Work Mode: Hybrid -2days in office I'm currently looking for an experienced Head of Data Engineering/Data Engineering Leader to lead an enterprise data engineering function and drive the delivery and operationalisation of a modern Microsoft Fabric data platform. Key Responsibilities • Lead the enterprise Microsoft Fabric data engineering strategy and roadmap • Drive implementation across OneLake, Lakehouses, Warehouses, Pipelines, Dataflows Gen2 and Spark • Establish modern medallion architecture – Bronze, Silver & Gold • Lead data engineering teams across development, testing, release and operations • Implement CI/CD, Git/source control and DevOps practices • Drive data governance, security, lineage and access controls • Optimise Fabric workloads, performance and capacity/cost management • Integrate data from multiple enterprise platforms and SaaS applications • Establish sustainable BAU operating models, engineering cadence and ways of working • Support knowledge transfer and ensure a smooth transition into the established operating model What We're Looking For • Senior-level Data Engineering/Data Platform leadership experience • Strong Microsoft Fabric implementation experience • Excellent Azure/cloud data engineering background • Experience leading engineering teams and technical delivery • Strong understanding of data architecture, modelling, and modern lakehouse patterns • Experience with DevOps, CI/CD, and production platform operations • Strong stakeholder management and communication skills • Experience establishing or transitioning data platforms into BAU Technology Environment: Microsoft Fabric | OneLake | Lakehouse | Data Warehouse | Data Pipelines | Dataflows Gen2 | Spark/PySpark | KQL | Power BI | Microsoft Purview | Entra ID | Azure | Git | CI/CD Experience integrating enterprise applications such as Salesforce, ERP, HR, Finance, and other SaaS platforms would be highly beneficial.