Design & Development:
Lead the architecture and implementation of an enterprise-grade data platform using Microsoft Fabric and related Azure services.
Design and implement Medallion architecture (Bronze/Silver/Gold layers) to manage raw, validated, and curated data.
Develop real-time data ingestion, validation, and transformation pipelines supporting heterogeneous file formats.
Build and orchestrate event-driven workflows using serverless Azure Functions, Event Hub, and Durable Functions.
Integrate Fabric Lakehouses and Synapse Data Warehousing with transactional systems and UI components.
Implement schema evolution, metadata management, and lineage tracking across the platform.
Enable business self-service through configurable rules engines and validation UIs.
Ensure role-based access control (RBAC), end-to-end encryption, and audit trails across all layers.
Build CI/CD pipelines and monitoring for automated deployments and observability.
Collaboration & Leadership:
Collaborate with UI engineers, solution architects, product owners, and compliance stakeholders.
Lead and mentor a team of data engineers; establish coding and documentation standards.

Experience:
8-12 years of hands-on experience in data engineering, including 3+ years in a leadership or architecture role.
Core Skills:
Strong expertise in Microsoft Azure, especially:
Microsoft Fabric (Data Lakehouses, Pipelines, Real-Time Analytics, Synapse).
Azure Data Factory, Azure Functions, Event Hub / Service Bus.
Delta Lake on ADLS Gen2.
Azure API Management and App Services.
Advanced knowledge of Python, PySpark, SQL, and workflow orchestration.
Experience building event-driven, serverless architectures in a production environment.
Deep understanding of schema-agnostic ingestion, validation logic, and dynamic rule engines.
Knowledge of data privacy, regulatory compliance, lineage, and auditability.
Experience integrating with transactional UIs and REST APIs for CRUD operations.
Proven track record delivering large-scale, cloud-native data platforms.

Domain knowledge in insurance, financial services, or regulatory systems.
Familiarity with RE7/FSRI, master data integration, or third-party systems.
Experience with retention, premium, or commission calculations.
Prior exposure to Microsoft Purview, Azure Monitor, and Azure Key Vault.
Understanding of multilingual support, global data residency compliance, and deployment automation.

Lead Data Engineer