Azure Data Platform Engineer - Data Mesh & Cloud Innovation

Aberdeen Standard Investments; City of Edinburgh; Hybrid; GBP 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading investment firm in the UK is seeking a Data Platform Engineer to build and evolve a modern, cloud-based data platform. The role involves working with Azure, Snowflake, and DBT to enable decentralized data ownership and empower teams with self-service capabilities. The ideal candidate should have strong expertise in Azure services and experience with Snowflake administration, optimizing data solutions for performance and compliance. Benefits include 40 days of annual leave and a 16% employer pension contribution.

Benefits

40 days’ annual leave

16% employer pension contribution

Discretionary performance-based bonus

Private healthcare

Gym discounts

Access to employee discount portal

Qualifications

• Strong hands-on experience with Azure services like resource groups and networking.
• Proven expertise in Snowflake including user management and data sharing.
• Experience with Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement a Data Mesh architecture for decentralized data ownership.
• Develop and maintain scalable cloud data infrastructure.
• Optimize data warehousing workflows for reliability.

Skills

Azure services expertise

Snowflake administration

DBT for data transformation

Infrastructure-as-code using Terraform

Scripting in SQL, PowerShell, and Python

Tools

Azure Data Factory

Azure Fabric

Terraform

Job description

A leading investment firm in the UK is seeking a Data Platform Engineer to build and evolve a modern, cloud-based data platform. The role involves working with Azure, Snowflake, and DBT to enable decentralized data ownership and empower teams with self-service capabilities. The ideal candidate should have strong expertise in Azure services and experience with Snowflake administration, optimizing data solutions for performance and compliance. Benefits include 40 days of annual leave and a 16% employer pension contribution.