Data Engineer (Microsoft Fabric)

RESPONSIBILITIES:
Kforce's client, a growing technology company in the Mesa/Phoenix, AZ area, is seeking a Mid-Level to Senior Data Engineer with strong Microsoft Fabric expertise. This is a direct hire opportunity working closely with the hiring manager. The company offers a competitive compensation package and a hybrid work model (must reside in the Phoenix metro area).

Position Overview:
This role focuses on designing, building, and optimizing scalable data pipelines and platform components within Microsoft Fabric. The Data Engineer will play a key role in enabling analytics and machine learning initiatives, ensuring data is high-quality, governed, and performant while collaborating across IT and business teams.

Responsibilities:
* Design and manage Fabric Lakehouse architectures (OneLake, medallion patterns)
* Build and orchestrate ETL/ELT pipelines using Data Factory, Spark, and SQL
* Optimize and administer Fabric workloads, capacity, and performance
* Support delivery of ML-ready datasets, feature stores, and inference pipelines
* Implement CI/CD pipelines and support model deployment lifecycle (MLOps)
* Establish data quality, lineage, governance, and monitoring standards
* Optimize Spark/SQL performance for scalability and cost efficiency
* Collaborate cross-functionally and contribute to best practices and reusable assets

REQUIREMENTS:
* Bachelor's or Masters degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Engineering or related field
* At least 3-5+ years of Data Engineering experience
* Strong hands-on experience with Python and SQL
* Proven experience with Microsoft Fabric (Lakehouse, OneLake, Data Factory, Spark) and Power BI integration
* Experience with modern data formats (Delta Lake, Parquet, Spark)
* Familiarity with data governance (Purview, RBAC)
* Experience with CI/CD, Git, and automated testing for data platforms

Preferred Qualifications:
* Experience integrating Fabric with Azure services (ADLS, Azure SQL/MI, Event Hubs, Synapse)
* Exposure to MLOps practices (feature stores, model registry, monitoring)
* Knowledge of Power BI semantic models, Direct Lake/DirectQuery
* Experience with streaming or near real-time data architectures

The pay range is the lowest to highest compensation we reasonably in good faith believe we would pay at posting for this role. We may ultimately pay more or less than this range. Employee pay is based on factors like relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, location, performance, union contract and business needs. This range may be modified in the future.

We offer comprehensive benefits including medical/dental/vision insurance, HSA, FSA, 401(k), and life, disability & ADD insurance to eligible employees. Salaried personnel receive paid time off. Hourly employees are not eligible for paid time off unless required by law. Hourly employees on a Service Contract Act project are eligible for paid sick leave.

Note: Pay is not considered compensation until it is earned, vested and determinable. The amount and availability of any compensation remains in Kforce's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified in its discretion consistent with the law.

This job is not eligible for bonuses, incentives or commissions.

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