Fabric Data Engineer
Milwaukee, WI - USA
Job Summary
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The Fabric Data Engineer partners with the BI team and functional units across the university system to design build and optimize modern data solutions within Microsoft Fabric our primary enterprise analytics platform. This role is responsible for developing and maintaining endâtoâend data pipelines implementing lakehouse and warehouse architectures and ensuring highâquality datasets drive actionable insights. The role will also support development in Power BI semantic modeling and governance within Fabric. This position reports directly to the Associate VP of Business Intelligence.
Hours will follow a standard Monday-Friday full-time schedule with some evening and weekend work based on technology release cycles or other business needs.
REQUIREMENTS
- Bachelors Degree in Computer Science Software Engineering Data Engineering or a closely related field desired. 3 years of equivalent experience may be considered in lieu of degree requirement.
- A minimum of three years experience in data engineering including dimensional modeling and data architecture.
- Experience with Microsoft Fabric including Fabric workloads such as Data Factory Lakehouse Warehouse and Power BI.
- Experience with SQL DAX and at least one modern programming language (Python preferred; C# or Java acceptable).
- Prior experience with legacy Microsoft BI stack (SSIS SSAS SSRS) is a plus but not required.
- Experience with either PySpark SQL within Fabric environments.
- Experience developing and orchestrating cloudânative pipelines and transformations.
Additionally:
- Deep knowledge of Microsoft Fabric architecture including Lakehouse Warehouse Data Factory Power BI.
- Ability to design and maintain medallionâlayer data architectures.
- Strong proficiency with Power BI development including DAX data modeling and semantic model governance.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills with the ability to articulate technical concepts to diverse audiences.
- Ability to work in an agile environment (e.g. Azure DevOps).
- Ability to work independently as well as collaboratively within a team.
- Ability to quickly adopt new technologies and apply Fabric releases and roadmap learnings.
- Strong problemâsolving and troubleshooting skills for data and pipelineârelated issues.
- Ability to translate business requirements into technical specifications and scalable Fabric solutions.
- Strong focus on accuracy data quality and quality assurance.
Compensation is determined based on the qualifications experience and circumstances of each hire. It is uncommon for new employees to start near the top of the salary range. We offer a comprehensive benefits package including a tuition waiver and reimbursement program health insurance paid time off and a retirement savings plan with company match. The salary range for this role is $77690 to $105110.
Technical
- Analyze and evaluate business processes and data needs to define appropriate data models Fabric workloads and data processing architectures.
- Build optimize and maintain Microsoft Fabric pipelines (Dataflows Gen2 Data Factory notebooks Lakehouse operations).
- Develop and maintain lakehouse and warehouse structures including Delta Lake tables medallion architecture layers and Fabric Warehouse schemas.
- Implement and support ingestion pipelines across APIs databases SaaS systems and fileâbased sources.
- Debug and resolve data issues across Fabric pipelines notebooks and storage layers.
- Develop and maintain semantic models in Power BI and Fabric for reporting consistency.
- Configure integrate and manage thirdâparty or partner data solutions within the Fabric environment.
- Document data structures transformations lineage governance standards and technical procedures.
- Stay current with Fabric roadmap updates and emerging capabilities adopting new features to drive platform maturity.
Project and Relationship Management
- Collaborate closely with BI leadership and engineering staff to translate business needs into scalable Fabric solutions.
- Partner with vendors clients and internal technical teams on implementation optimization and ongoing platform management.
- Support design and implement new data solutions aligned with strategic data roadmaps enhancements and operational needs.
- Apply understanding of universityâwide reporting priorities when designing robust and sustainable solutions.
- Support and enforce change management processes for Fabric pipeline deployments and dataset promotion.
- Handle confidential and sensitive information professionally and securely.
- All other duties as assigned.
Physical Requirements
- Must be able to remain in a stationary position most of the time.
- Must be able to occasionally move around the work location.
- Constantly operates office and/or teach equipment which may include computers copiers fax machines audio/visuals.
- Frequently uses voice and hearing to communicate with students staff or colleagues face-to-face or over the telephone.
- Visually or otherwise identify observe and assess.
- Occasionally move carry or lift 10 pounds.
- Ability to work additional hours during week and/or weekend as required.
Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. We do not sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.
Herzing University is committed to providing a diverse environment and is dedicated to fostering a culture and atmosphere of mutual provides an inclusive and collegial community where individuals are valued heard and empowered to contribute to the effectiveness of the institution.
It is the universitys practice to recruit and hire without discrimination because of skin color gender religion LGBTQi2 status disability status age national origin veteran status or any other status protected by law. University prohibits sex-based discrimination in any education program or activity that it operates. Individuals may report concerns or questions to the Title IX Coordinator. The notice of nondiscrimination is located at Experience:
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About Company
Herzing University offers both online and on campus Healthcare, Business, and Technology college degrees for adults seeking to launch their careers.