Senior Data Engineer

Migrant Help have an exciting opportunity to recruit a Senior Data Engineer to join our team!

Location:  Home based Contract:  Permanent Salary: £47,000

About us: 

Migrant Help is a leading charity that has been established for over 60 years and delivers a range of support and advice services to migrants across the UK. Our vision is for a global society that protects vulnerable migrants, treats them with respect and enables them to reach their full potential. 

The Senior Data Engineer role:

Part of the Technology and Transformation Analytics team, the Senior Data Engineer is a new and exciting role at Migrant Help. You will lead the design and development of ‘single source of truth’ data systems, ensuring our architecture is scalable, secure, and fit for purpose. You will implement layered architecture within Microsoft Fabric to reduce duplicative data processes and enable data lineage, validation against raw data, and seamless integration of diverse sources. The Senior Data Engineer will champion best practices in data management, governance and assurance, working closely with the Analytics team to embed these standards across our work. You will implement version control, testing and validation processes throughout our codebase, ensuring accuracy and reliability at every stage.

If you have demonstrable experience ensuring data quality and compliance with analytical and problem-solving abilities, and are looking for an exciting role that makes a difference, we’d love to hear from you!

Key responsibilities of our Senior Data Engineer:

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable ‘single source of truth’ data systems within Microsoft Fabric.
• Integrate and consolidate diverse data sources, ensuring seamless data flow and minimising duplication.
• Help Migrant Help to implement a layered data architecture with clear separation of raw, transformed, and curated data to support data lineage and validation.
• Establish and uphold rigorous data governance protocols, ensuring compliance with internal and external standards.
• Champion best practices in data management, including documentation, cataloguing, and endorsement of data assets using Microsoft Purview.
• Implement comprehensive source control, testing, and validation processes to ensure accuracy and reliability.
• Partner with the Head of Analytics and key stakeholders to map, catalogue, and consolidate data assets.
• Collaborate with the Analytics team to embed data management and assurance standards across all analytics activities.
• Provide technical expertise and solutions to support data-driven decision-making across directorates.
• Monitor emerging technologies and analytics trends, recommending and adopting new tools and techniques where they deliver clear business value.
• Identify opportunities to enhance operational efficiency and reporting capabilities through automation and process improvement.
• Line manage an expanding team of Data Engineers.
• Mentor and support Data Analysts and Data Engineers, sharing technical expertise and promoting best practices.
• Deliver training and guidance on new tools, technologies, and methodologies, fostering a culture of continuous learning.
• Help to establish quality assurance and peer review practices across the Analytics team to build confidence in our pipelines and data products.
• Encourage collaboration and knowledge sharing, helping team members solve complex data challenges and develop innovative solutions.

The experience and skills you need to become our Senior Data Engineer:

• Hands-on experience designing and maintaining scalable data architectures, preferably using Microsoft Fabric or Azure Synapse Analytics.
• Proven track record in implementing data governance protocols, ensuring data quality, lineage, and compliance.
• Demonstrated ability to build the capacity of colleagues through mentoring, training, or supporting professional development within analytics or data teams.
• Experience building and consuming APIs for data integration and automation.
• Outstanding communication and stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to convey technical concepts to non-technical audiences.

Migrant Help is committed to safeguarding those we provide a service to, applicants will have to undergo strict vetting procedures throughout different stages of the recruitment process therefore:  

• This post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check
• This post is subject to a Counter Terrorism Check (CTC) therefore applicants must:
• Be able to provide a valid passport eg. 10 year full British passport, EU or non-EU Passport with indefinite leave to remain
• Be able to provide continuous UK address history for the previous 5 years
• Provide full employment history for the previous 3 years and/or suitable documentation to cover any gaps in employment

These are some of the benefits we offer:

• Our working week is 35 hours per week offering flexibility and work life balance
• Enhanced family friendly provisions
• Employees will gain an extra day annual leave per year to a maximum of 39 days, including bank holidays (pro-rata).
• Option to buy or sell up to 5 days of annual leave
• Access to Perkbox, an employee rewards and benefits platform with over 9,000 deals and discounts, a range of free perks, employee wellbeing support and other additional employee benefits and recognitions.
• Wellbeing support.
• Migrant Help offers employees a non-contributory pension scheme Migrant Help pays 8% worth of employee salary into the pension scheme.

Closing Date: 27 February 2026

If you are interested in becoming our new Senior Data Engineer, please click 'APPLY' today. We look forward to hearing from you!

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Please note this vacancy may close early depending on applications receivedAs part of your role, it is important you operate within Migrant Help’s values: Protection, Diversity, Equality, Partnership, Innovation and Excellence.Migrant Help is proud to be an equal opportunities employer.