Lead Data Engineer

Salary: £61,000 - 101,000 per yearRequirements:

Strong experience in data architecture, data engineering, or a comparable senior data role

Experience designing and delivering modern cloud data platforms, ideally using Microsoft Fabric or Azure

Strong knowledge of SQL, data modelling, warehousing, lakehouse architecture, and integration patterns

Experience with data governance, security, source control, and automated deployment practices

Strong communication, problem-solving, and technical leadership skills

Experience using source control tools such as Git

Previous line-management experience, with the ability to develop, support, and motivate technical team members

Responsibilities:

Design and implement scalable data warehouse and Microsoft Fabric solutions

Define data architecture standards, design patterns, and engineering best practices

Develop conceptual, logical, and physical data models aligned with business requirements

Design, build, and maintain reliable data pipelines and integrations

Integrate data from databases, APIs, files, and third-party platforms

Set standards for data ingestion, transformation, storage, and consumption

Support data governance, quality, security, lineage, and access controls

Optimise the performance, resilience, storage, and cost of the data platform

Evaluate new technologies and recommend solutions that meet business needs

Provide technical leadership, design assurance, and mentoring across the data team

Line manage data team members, including objective setting, development, workload planning, and performance support

Technologies:

AI

Azure

Cloud

Data Warehouse

Fabric

Git

Support

SQL

Security

More:We are JN Bentley, a leading civil engineering and construction organisation directly employing over 2,500 people. We work with clients including National Grid, Rolls Royce, Yorkshire Water, United Utilities, Welsh Water, Severn Trent Water, the Environment Agency, and the Coal Authority. Across JN Bentley and our design and build companies MMB and JBA Bentley, annual revenue exceeds £650 million. As Lead Data Engineer, you will help us deliver secure, scalable, trusted data for reporting, analytics, and AI. We offer hybrid working from our Leeds office (two days per week), a competitive salary, a supportive working culture, and a wide range of financial, lifestyle, health, and wellbeing benefits.last updated 40 week of 2026

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