Lead Data Consultant (Fabric)

About the Opportunity  
• Lead Data Consultant role with a NZ-owned technology consultancy delivering modern data platforms, with a strong focus on Microsoft Fabric delivery
• You’ll lead the end-to-end build of production-grade data solutions—working across Lakehouse/Warehouse patterns in Fabric, partnering closely with client stakeholders, solution architects and delivery teams
• Hybrid working model (minimum 2 days in-office) and a team culture that values delivery quality, reliability and maintainability

What You’ll Bring  
• 8+ years’ experience delivering enterprise-scale data engineering solutions (including complex integration and production support requirements)
• Strong Microsoft Fabric capability, ideally spanning:
– Fabric Data Factory (pipelines/dataflows)
– Lakehouse / Warehouse design and build, including Delta tables and pragmatic modelling patterns for analytics workloads
– OneLake concepts and workspace organisation, plus notebooks where appropriate
• Strong engineering fundamentals: advanced SQL (performance-aware transformation/modelling) and Python (PySpark where relevant)
• Strong delivery practices: Git, CI/CD, DevOps/DataOps, plus automated testing, monitoring, data validation and performance tuning
• Confident communicator who can run technical discovery, translate business requirements into clear scope, and mentor others through good patterns and peer review

What’s on Offer  
• Competitive salary package (commensurate with experience) and meaningful professional development opportunities (including certifications)
• Hybrid working model, flexible hours where practical, and a supportive, inclusive environment with a sustainable pace
• Great benefits including subsidised medical insurance, enhanced parental leave support, wellbeing programme, volunteer days and solid office perks

Next Steps? 
To keep things simple, we ask that all applications are submitted through this advert. We’ll review applications as they come in and be in touch.

For any questions give Paulina Gutek call on +64 27 206 3431 and quote Job ID: 18318 for a confidential chat.

To apply for this vacancy, you MUST be a New Zealand citizen, resident, or have already secured the right to work in New Zealand and therefore hold a valid visa.

At the appropriate stage we will request your references, we ask that you do not include them on your CV when applying.  

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