Azure Fabric Platform Engineer – Data Platform & Automation

Yorkshire Building Society; Aberford; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Holiday 25 days + BH + 5 days

On-target bonus 7% with up to 15% cap

Pension contributions up to 11%

Private medical insurance & healthcare

My Benefits portal discounts

Job summary

Yorkshire Building Society is seeking a Platform Engineer to own and evolve the Fabric Data Platform on Azure. You will deliver and support data platform services, provide 3rd line support, and drive automation, capacity and security management.

The role works closely with Data Engineering, Architecture, Security, and Project teams. The ideal candidate has strong Azure Fabric administration, data integration and IaC experience, with a focus on reliability and performance in enterprise

Qualifications

• Proven experience with Microsoft Azure cloud services.
• Hands-on knowledge of Microsoft Fabric administration.
• Experience with data integration tools such as Azure Data Factory and Oracle Goldengate.
• DBA skills for SQL Server and/or Oracle.
• Experience in hybrid cloud data platform environments.
• Familiarity with Microsoft Entra ID, RBAC and managed identities.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform and CI/CD pipelines.
• Scripting in PowerShell or Python; REST API automation.
• Strong monitoring and performance management in enterprise settings.
• Willingness to learn and share knowledge with the team.

Responsibilities

• Enable the business through delivery and support of the Microsoft Fabric and Azure-based Fabric Data Platform.
• Provide 3rd line support for business-critical data platform services.
• Proactively identify and implement automation, orchestration and CI/CD capabilities using IaC and platform engineering practices.
• Provide capacity, performance, resilience and security management across the platform, including monitoring, governance, and operational support.
• Provide technical consultancy and support to Data Engineering, Architecture, Security, Infrastructure and Project teams.

Skills

Azure platform services

Fabric administration

Data integration technologies

SQL Server/Oracle DB administration

Hybrid data platforms

Entra ID RBAC identity management

Terraform

GitHub

CI/CD pipelines

PowerShell

Python

REST API automation

Monitoring & performance management

Willingness to learn & share knowledge

Tools

Terraform

GitHub

CI/CD pipelines

PowerShell

Job description

Yorkshire Building Society is seeking a Platform Engineer to own and evolve the Fabric Data Platform on Azure. You will deliver and support data platform services, provide 3rd line support, and drive automation, capacity and security management.

The role works closely with Data Engineering, Architecture, Security, and Project teams. The ideal candidate has strong Azure Fabric administration, data integration and IaC experience, with a focus on reliability and performance in enterprise