Role: Microsoft Fabric Data Engineer
Location: London (Hybrid)
Employment: Fulltime
Role overview:
The role is responsible for the design, development, and maintenance of scalable data solutions using Microsoft Fabric.
The role focuses on building end-to-end data pipelines, working with business users and technical teams to deliver analytics-ready datasets using Agile principles.
The role requires strong expertise in Fabric data engineering capabilities, applying both technical and business knowledge to develop robust, performant, and governed data solutions.
The role holder is expected to:
Collaborate with business users and technical teams to understand requirements
Design and implement data ingestion, transformation, and delivery pipelines
Ensure performance, and scalability of solutions
Apply a structured and timely approach to delivery with high quality standards
- Demonstrate strong analytical and problem-solving skills
Responsibities:
Design, develop and maintain data pipelines within Microsoft Fabric
Build and optimise ETL/ELT processes for analytics consumption
Develop and maintain Fabric Dataflows, Lakehouse and Warehouse
Ensure data is accessible, reliable and governed across platforms
Optimise performance and cost of data platform
Work within Agile teams and participate in sprint ceremonies
Technical Skillset:
Microsoft Fabric (Dataflows, Lakehouse, Warehouse)
Azure Data Services (Synapse, Data Factory, Data Lake)
SQL (advanced) and Python/Spark for data transformation
Strong understanding of data modelling (e.g. star schema)
Experience building scalable data pipelines for large datasets
- Experience in financial services data environments (desirable)
Things to know before you apply
- Work authorization: Cognizant will only consider applicants for this position who are legally authorized to work in Canada without requiring employer sponsorship, now or at any time in the future.
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- Open position: Unless otherwise stated, this job posting is for an open position on our team.
- Language proficiency: We ask that all candidates have basic English proficiency for company-wide communications purposes. For roles based in Quebec, professional English proficiency is required, as you’ll deliver services to and collaborate with stakeholders outside the province who may not speak French.
- Inclusion: Cognizant is an equal opportunity employer. Your application and candidacy will not be considered based on race, color, sex, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, provincial or local laws.
About Cognizant
Cognizant (Nasdaq: CTSH) is an AI Builder and technology services provider, bridging the gap between AI investment and enterprise value by building full-stack AI solutions for our clients. Our deep industry, process and engineering expertise enables us to build an organization’s unique context into technology systems that amplify human potential, drive tangible outcomes and keep global enterprises ahead in a fast-changing world. See how at cognizant.ai or @cognizant.











