At Mace, our purpose is to redefine the boundaries of ambition. We believe in creating places that are responsible, bringing transformative impact to our people, communities, and societies across the globe. To learn more about our purpose, culture, and priorities, visit our strategy site.
Within our consult business we harness our unique combination of leading-edge practical expertise and project delivery consultancy to unlock the potential in every project.
Our values shape the way we consult, and define the people we want to join us on our journey, they are:
- Safety first - Going home safe and well.
- Client focus -Deliver on our promise.
- Integrity - Always do the right thing.
- Create opportunity - for our people to excel.
You will be expected to work with the Microsoft Fabric suite comprising Data Factory, Synapse Data Warehousing, Power BI (dataflows) and Data Activator. As part of the wider role, you will be interfacing with SharePoint, Teams, Power BI and the M365 Office suite.
Any knowledge or experience of equivalent data engineering tools (such as Azure, Synapse, etc.) or languages (such as Python, JSON, SQL, etc.) would be a benefit but is not a requirement.
This role represents an exciting opportunity to work on a variety of diverse projects and programmes across a range of industries and sectors. You will work as part of the Digital team on a project, collaborating with BI developers and other specialists.
You will be part of the Digital Centre of Excellence community, sharing knowledge and experience with other BI & Data professionals. This is an excellent opportunity to learn from experienced practitioners and further develop your technical skill sets.
You’ll be responsible for:
- Maintain architecture diagrams and user documentation for any assets that you create.
- You will be responsible for the overall quality of your work and ensure that it is delivered to time and in line with user requirements.
- You will establish and maintain a professional network, both within Mace and the wider data engineering community, to keep abreast of new technologies and create opportunities for new and/or repeat work.
- You will interface with the Mace project team and occasionally stakeholders from other organizations, if working on a joint venture project or directly for a client.
- Contribute to the development of digital tools, processes and outputs, including interactive BI reports, that support the wider project team and enable better delivery of projects for our clients.
- Adhere to a structured development lifecycle that includes requirements definition, design, development and testing, user acceptance testing, deployment, handover and post-implementation support.
- Be able to clearly articulate the pros and cons of structuring data in different ways, and help colleagues and project teams understand the value of well-structured data.
- Work with Microsoft Fabric and its component parts such as notebooks and pipelines (prior knowledge essential) to develop efficient integration processes and robust data repositories that will underpin daily and periodic reporting activity.
- Be responsible for the end-to-end development lifecycle of Digital assets on your project, including testing, deployment and handover.
- Provide support to users and colleagues in relation to production assets.
- Keep your knowledge of Fabric and other relevant applications up to date by undertaking training and development, independently or as directed.
You’ll need to have:
- 2+ years of relevant tech stack experience is expected.
- You hold a Microsoft Associate level certification (or equivalent certification issued by another provider) in your area of specialism, e.g. DP-600 for Microsoft Fabric.
- Knowledge of good data structure and development processes.
- Understanding of relational modelling and database design, including lakehouse Medallion architecture.
- Pre-existing knowledge of data factory and/or dataflow Gen2 as a minimum, experience with Python or PySpark would be an advantage.
- Experience of working in a software development lifecycle environment.
- Understanding of ALM and deployment pipelines.
You’ll also have:
- The ability to work collaboratively as part of a team.
- A willingness to share knowledge and support the development of others.
- The confidence to ask questions, make suggestions and challenge the status quo.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills (in English).
- A commitment to working inclusively.
- An aptitude for problem-solving.
- Good interpersonal skills.
- Ability to work well with others and maintain open channels of communication is essential.
Mace is an inclusive employer and welcomes interest from a diverse range of candidates. Even if you feel you do not fulfil all the criteria, please apply as you may still be the best candidate for this role or another role within our organization.
We are also open to discussing part time, flexible, and hybrid working options if suitable within the role.
Apply now for a confidential discussion.
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