Azure Data Engineer

Job Description

Scope of Work: Collaborate with the lead Business / Data Analyst to gather and analyse business requirements for data processing and reporting solutions. Maintain and run existing Python code, ensuring smooth execution and troubleshooting any issues that arise. Develop new features and enhancements for data processing, ingestion, transformation, and report building. Implement best coding practices to improve code quality, maintainability, and efficiency. Work within Microsoft Fabric to manage data integration, warehousing, and analytics, ensuring optimal performance and reliability. Support and maintain CI/CD workflows using Git-based deployments or other automated deployment tools, preferably in Fabric. Develop complex business rules and logic in Python to meet functional specifications and reporting needs. Participate in an agile development environment, providing feedback, iterating on improvements, and supporting continuous integration and delivery processes. Requirements: This person will be an individual contributor responsible for programming, maintenance support, and troubleshooting tasks related to data movement, processing, ingestion, transformation, and report building. Advanced-level Python developer. Moderate-level experience in working in Microsoft Fabric environment (at least one and preferably two or more client projects in Fabric). Well-versed with understanding of modelling, databases, data warehousing, data integration, and technical elements of business intelligence technologies. Ability to understand business requirements and translate them into functional specifications for reporting applications. Experience in GIT-based deployments or other CI/CD workflow options, preferably in Fabric. Strong verbal and written communication skills. Ability to perform in an agile environment where continual development is prioritized. Working experience in the financial industry domain and familiarity with financial accounting terms and statements like general ledger, balance sheet, and profit & loss statements would be a plus. Ability to create Power BI dashboards, KPI scorecards, and visual reports would be a plus. Degree in Computer Science or Information Systems, along with a good understanding of financial terms or working experience in banking/financial institutions, is preferred.