Head of Data Engineering - Microsoft Fabric Contract andamp; Location: 9 month contract - 2 days per week in London office . Rate: £675/day Outside IR35 Role: Leadership andamp; Strategy: Lead the Data Engineering function and own the enterprise data engineering strategy, architecture roadmap, standards, and delivery across a Microsoft Fabric-led data estate. Microsoft Fabric Expertise: Provide senior technical leadership across Microsoft Fabric, including OneLake, Lakehouses, Warehouses, Data Pipelines, Dataflows Gen2, Spark Notebooks, KQL and Real Time Intelligence. Data Architecture andamp; Migration: Design and oversee modern cloud-first data architectures, including Delta Lake and Bronze/Silver/Gold medallion patterns, with experience migrating Legacy platforms such as Oracle or Azure Synapse. Enterprise Data Integration: Lead the integration and data engineering strategy across key enterprise platforms including Salesforce, Certinia, Workday, Dynamics 365 Fandamp;O, GMS, ECS, Avetta, Rydoo and Tipalti . Engineering Team Leadership: Lead and develop a multidisciplinary engineering team covering development, testing, release management and platform operations, establishing strong engineering standards, code reviews and agile delivery practices. Governance, Security andamp; Quality: Own data governance, security and lineage using technologies such as Microsoft Purview, Entra ID and RBAC, ensuring robust controls, data quality and compliance. DevOps andamp; ..... full job details .....