Skills

Decision-making Architecture Data Architecture Confluence Analytics

Job Specifications

Lead – Data Models for Microsoft Fabric

Location: London, UK - (with occasional on-site collaboration)

Contract Type: 3-6 month Contract

Department: Data & Analytics

About the Role

Seeking an experienced Lead, Data Models for Microsoft Fabric to spearhead the design and oversight of semantic data models, metadata, and end-to-end lineage. This senior, hands-on role ensures full data traceability from ingestion to consumption for quality reporting, strong governance, and confident decision-making. You will build and manage robust master data and metadata, ensuring definition, risk-assessment, and alignment with enterprise standards. Collaborate closely with Data Architecture, BI & Analytics, and Change Engineering to underpin all reporting with high-quality semantic models, logical lineage, and data glossaries.

Key Responsibilities

Metadata & Lineage

Partner with business analysts and solution designers to embed metadata capture into change and operational processes.
Maintain metadata and process mapping artefacts, escalating issues and resolving gaps where needed.
Oversee logical and physical lineage across data domains, ensuring accurate mapping to Microsoft Fabric and Purview.

Enterprise Data Models

Co-lead with data architects on developing enterprise and system-supporting data models.
Identify and define ontology, semantics, and support knowledge graph initiatives.
Contribute to logical data modelling and co-own master data management frameworks.
Maintain documentation in Confluence and support business updates for reports and models.

Critical Data Management

Support the definition and management of critical data using tools such as Solidatus and Purview.
Maintain logical lineage for critical data elements and lead conversations with stakeholders to address lineage issues.

Data Management Tooling & Platforms

Support implementation and enhancement of Purview within the Microsoft Fabric ecosystem.
Assist with integrating Solidatus, Aperture and other metadata platforms with enterprise tooling.
Contribute to automation initiatives and develop improved metadata and lineage metrics.

Skills, Knowledge & Experience

Essential

Extensive experience as a Metadata Manager, Metadata Architect, or similar.
Demonstrable success implementing improvements in metadata tooling and processes.
Strong experience designing metadata/lineage controls and producing lineage metrics/KPIs.
Knowledge of DAMA, EDM or other industry best-practice frameworks.
Proficiency with metadata technologies and lineage visualisation.
Strong understanding of logical data modelling and data normalisation.

Highly Desirable

Experience in Investment or Commercial Banking, Asset Management, or related financial services.
Experience managing mixed teams (direct and indirect reports).
Skilled in running stakeholder requirements sessions and owning user story backlogs.
Architecture framework qualification or experience (e.g., TOGAF).

How to Apply

If you are a proactive, detail-oriented data leader with deep expertise in metadata, lineage, and Microsoft Fabric environments, we would love to hear from you. Please submit your CV and availability.

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