Microsoft Fabric BI Developer - Contract

Microsoft Fabric BI Developer

Standard 8 is partnering with a heavily regulated, engineering-led business looking for someone to take full ownership of its data platform and reporting estate.

This is a hands-on role. You’ll sit across engineering, modelling and reporting — building a platform that actually works, not just looks good in a demo.

• Own Microsoft Fabric end-to-end (Warehouse + Lakehouse)
• Build and manage data pipelines via Azure Data Factory / Fabric
• Keep data flowing cleanly from source systems (including SAP environments)
• Set standards for storage, performance and platform reliability
• Run the reporting environment properly — workspaces, deployments, capacity
• Design robust Power BI semantic models (clean logic, reusable, fast)
• Deliver dashboards, paginated reports and apps people rely on
• Make reporting usable on mobile for operational teams
• Create “golden datasets” to enable proper self-service (without chaos)
• Lock down data properly — RLS, OLS, roles and access control
• Ensure everything meets strict regulatory standards (GDPR, PCI, ITAR)
• Act as the go-to person for the reporting platform
• Train users and push adoption across the business
• Move teams away from spreadsheets and into governed reporting

• Strong hands-on experience with Microsoft Fabric (Warehouse + Lakehouse)
• Proven track record building data pipelines (ADF / Fabric)
• Deep Power BI experience (modelling, DAX, admin, performance)
• Solid grasp of data modelling and transformation (Power Query, Python)
• Experience working with ERP/MRP data (messy, high-volume, real-world)
• Confidence handling financial data where accuracy matters

Nice to have:

• SAP Datasphere exposure
• PowerShell / R for automation or analysis

• Proper data engineer who understands reporting — not one or the other
• Comfortable owning a platform, not just contributing to one
• Able to challenge stakeholders and cut through bad requirements
• Brings structure, standards and a bit of backbone

• Degree helpful, not essential
• Power BI certification a bonus
• Must be eligible for UK SC Clearance