Senior Data Consultant – Microsoft Fabric

About the role

Tridant Pty Ltd is looking for an experienced Senior Consultant based in Sydney or Melbourne to design, build, and maintain robust data solutions using Microsoft Fabric and related Azure technologies. You will act as the bridge between business needs and technical delivery, working in an Agile environment to create scalable data platforms for a range of public and private sector clients.

Key responsibilities

• Lead the design and implementation of end‑to‑end data pipelines on Microsoft Fabric, ensuring performance, scalability and reliability.
• Develop and maintain data transformation processes in Python, applying best‑practice coding standards and documentation.
• Architect data warehousing, lakehouse and analytics solutions using Data Factory, Synapse Analytics and Power BI.
• Collaborate with cross‑functional teams using Scrum, participating in sprint planning, daily stand‑ups and retrospectives.
• Implement data quality frameworks and monitoring to guarantee accuracy and reliability of data.
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to technical decision‑making.
• Optimize existing pipelines and introduce automation for greater efficiency.

Required profile

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related discipline.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in data engineering or similar roles.
• Proven ability to work client‑facing and deliver solutions in Agile settings.

Required skills

• Microsoft Fabric (Data Factory, Synapse Analytics, Power BI)
• Advanced Python (pandas, numpy, pyspark)
• Azure Synapse Analytics – SQL pools, Spark pools
• Data warehousing and dimensional modelling
• Agile/Scrum methodology
• CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices
• Strong SQL and large‑scale data processing
• Databricks and Delta Lake architecture
• Data governance and security best practices
• Microsoft Fabric Data Engineer and/or Azure Data Engineer Associate certification