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This hybrid role combines hands-on technical expertise with a strong focus on data governance, quality, and collaboration.\nKey Responsibilities:\nETL/ELT Pipelines: Design, develop, and maintain robust ETL/ELT pipelines ensuring data is efficiently extracted, transformed, and loaded across systems.\nData Engineering Projects: Lead data refactoring and integration projects across the platform, optimising data flows and performance.\nDocumentation & Governance: Maintain high-quality documentation for data pipelines and architecture. Contribute to data governance initiatives to ensure data quality, security, and compliance.\nCross-Team Collaboration: Work closely with Dynamics 365, Power Platform, and other cross-functional teams to deliver integrated data solutions. Engage stakeholders to understand requirements and provide technical guidance.\nEssential Skills & Experience:\nDatabase Proficiency: Deep expertise in Microsoft SQL (T-SQL) - able to write, optimise, and troubleshoot complex queries and stored procedures.\n Azure Data Factory (ADF): Hands-on experience developing and orchestrating pipelines with Azure Data Factory.\nDynamics 365 & Power Platform: Proven experience working with Microsoft Dynamics 365 and the Power Platform ecosystem.\nDataverse: Strong experience with Microsoft Dataverse (Common Data Service) - including data modelling and integration. (This is essential or a very strong advantage.)\nData Architecture: Solid understanding of data modeling, data warehousing concepts, and ETL best practices in a cloud environment.\nCollaboration & Communication: Excellent communication skills with the ability to translate complex data concepts for technical and non-technical stakeholders. 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