As an adopter of Fabric we are looking for an ambitious data engineer to grow with the our use of the platform. This is an opportunity to build something that truly matters. Your role will transform how we deliver our care housing and community services through the creation of a modern data platform from the ground up.
This isnt just engineering - Its a chance to make a real difference sharpen your cloud skills and leave a lasting mark on an organisation that improves lives every day.
As an adopter of Fabric we are looking for an ambitious engineer to grow with the our use of the platform.
If you are ready to be part of something more then apply today!
About the role
This exciting role within our newly created BI Team will be hand on as you will be the sole data engineer. You will be hands on creating scalable and automated data pipelines with tools like Microsoft Fabric Azure Data Factory SQL Python and Spark. You will also:
Design and build repeatable ingestion (APIs databases flat files) with incremental and historical loads.
Implement resilient ELT/ETL pipelines with parameterization orchestration retry/alerting and logging.
Create snapshot and slowly changing dimension (SCD) patterns for month end and trend analysis.
Optimise performance (partitioning indexing caching) and manage cost-efficient refresh cadences (daily/weekly/Realtime where appropriate).
Develop cleaned/curated layers (e.g. Bronze/Silver/Gold or trusted data marts) and star schema models aligned to business definitions.
Partner with BI developers to ensure visuals are fed by reusable governed datasets.
Embed data quality rules (validity timeliness completeness) reconciliation against source systems and issue backlogs.
Monitor pipeline health and cost; manage incident response and root cause analysis.
Translate business requirements into technical designs and estimates; run technical workshops and design walkthroughs.
Produce clear documentation (runbooks diagrams standards).
About you
A positive self-starter you will have advanced SQL skills and experience of using Azure or similar to build data pipelines. You will also need to have experience configuring APIs and producing dimensional data modelling (star/snowflake) semantic modelling for BI.
You will have a solid understanding of data security PII GDPR and data related compliance and governance. Alongside this you will have a track record of delivering within time constraints with a continuous improvement mindset.
Its not essential but it would be great if you also have experience with:
Social housing and care data/systems
Hands on experience of Fabric
Spark Python or other commonly used languages for wrangling data
You will need to be ambitious self starting and be able to adapt to and adopt new technology as it comes along.
Job Benefits
Flexible Working - The opportunity to work from home up to 3 days a week
Equivalent to 25 days of paid annual leave (in addition to bank holidays) increasing to the equivalent of 28 after 5 years service (pro-rata)
Pension Scheme
Annual achievement review with the opportunity for pay progression
Blue Light Card discount service offering online and high street discounts
Care First Employee Assistance Programme (provides a range of free confidential services) and in-house Mental Health First Aiders available
Colleague Voice Representatives enabling you to have your say
Cycle to Work Scheme
Company Sick Pay Linked to length of service
200 refer a friend bonus
Plus the below .
Benefits
Established in 1941 Brunelcare is an award-winning Bristol based charity providing high-quality housing care and support for older people in the South West.
Today across Bristol South Gloucestershire and Somerset Brunelcare works to support people to remain as independent as possible for as long as possible.
The extensive range of our services means that people can stay with us however their needs may change.
We are also widely recognised for our expertise and excellence in caring for people living with dementia and for supporting their families.
As a charity we do not pay dividends to shareholders and any profit we make is reinvested back into the services we provide.
About Brunelcare
Brunelcare is an award-winning Bristol-based charity providing high-quality housing care and support for older people in the South West whilst also recognised for our expertise and excellence in caring for people with dementia. We are at the forefront of developing ways for people to stay as independent as possible whilst creating great communities to live work and thrive.
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We support you to make the most of every moment, with secure housing and tailored care to guide you through every stage of later life.