Alpha Financial Markets Consulting (Alpha) is a leading global consultancy to the financial services industry. We are a boutique management consulting firm that offers the world’s top industry players a competitive edge through our expertise and industry insight. Our team is of a uniquely high calibre and works across regulated financial markets, bringing deep expertise in insurance, alternative asset markets — including private equity, private credit, infrastructure and real estate — and other specialised financial sectors. This focus enables us to bring relevant, hands-on experience to our clients’ most important challenges. We have our headquarters located the United Kingdom, as well as offices in major global financial centres across the United States, France, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Switzerland, and Asia.
About the role
We're looking for a Consultant to deliver data integration, migration, and general development work for our clients, primarily in the UK financial services and alternative assets sectors. You'll work hands-on across the delivery lifecycle — from scoping and design through to build, test, and deployment — with growing ownership of workstreams and increasing client-facing responsibility.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, build, and test data integration and migration pipelines, primarily on the Azure platform.
- Contribute to solution design and technical documentation, translating client requirements into working deliverables.
- Perform data mapping, transformation, validation, and reconciliation across source and target systems.
- Develop and maintain application and integration code following good engineering practices (version control, code review, testing).
- Support deployment and environment management, including Infrastructure as Code where applicable.
- Troubleshoot and resolve data quality, performance, and pipeline issues.
- Work directly with client stakeholders to gather requirements and demonstrate progress.
- Support Senior Consultants and Managers on estimation, planning, and risk identification.
Essential Skills & Experience
- Typically 2–4 years' experience in data engineering, integration, or software development (adjust to your banding).
- Strong hands-on experience with the Microsoft Azure data stack (e.g. Data Factory, Synapse, Azure SQL, Storage, Functions).
- Proficiency in SQL and at least one general-purpose language (Python, C#, or similar).
- Solid understanding of ETL/ELT patterns, data modelling, and data migration methodologies.
- Experience with source control (Git) and CI/CD workflows.
- Ability to work in client-facing delivery environments and communicate clearly with technical and non-technical audiences.
Desirable / Nice to Have
- Experience with Databricks and/or Snowflake.
- Cloud development experience, particularly Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Bicep, ARM).
- Exposure to data orchestration tools, APIs, and event-driven integration.
- Financial services, private equity, or alternative assets domain experience.
- Relevant certifications (e.g. Azure Data Engineer Associate, Azure Fundamentals).
What We Offer
- Competitive base salary
- Annual performance bonus tied to individual and company outcomes.
- Comprehensive benefits package including private medical insurance, life assurance, and income protection.
- Hybrid working model with flexible arrangements to support work-life balance.
- Generous pension scheme with enhanced employer contributions.
- Continuous learning budget and access to industry conferences, certifications, and training programmes.
- 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, with option to buy additional days.
- Employee assistance programme and wellbeing support.