Data Platform Engineer

JAM Recruitment Ltd; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus 10%

Benefits package

Job summary

ed Resourcing Ltd is seeking a Data Platform Engineer in London to manage and evolve a Snowflake/Azure data platform. You will build self-service capabilities, automate provisioning and support CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions.

The role emphasizes hands-on Terraform/IaC work, DevOps practices and collaboration across engineering teams. You will work with Data Factory, Storage/Data Lake and emerging AI services, driving reliability and standards within a proactive platform

Qualifications

• 3+ years in Platform/Cloud/Data Platform engineering or similar.
• Hands-on Terraform and IaC implementation experience.
• Strong Azure experience and data services knowledge (Data Factory, Storage/Data Lake).
• Snowflake platform experience required, ideally managing the platform itself.

Responsibilities

• Manage and evolve the Snowflake/data platform ecosystem.
• Build self-service capabilities for engineering and data teams.
• Design and maintain Terraform IaC for platforms.
• Automate provisioning of platforms and processes.
• Create/maintain CI/CD pipelines with Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions.
• Leverage Azure data services like Data Factory and Data Lake.
• Improve reliability, monitoring, observability of the platform.
• Troubleshoot infrastructure and platform issues.
• Collaborate with engineers, architects and data teams to raise standards.

Skills

Terraform

Azure

Snowflake

CI/CD

Python/Bash

Data Factory

DevOps

IaC

Tools

Azure DevOps

GitHub Actions

Terraform

Job description

This full time Data Platform Engineer position in London sits with ed Resourcing Ltd, paying £70,000 to £80,000 annually plus a 10% bonus and benefits. The successful candidate manages and evolves a complex Snowflake and Azure ecosystem, moving away from traditional pipeline construction towards infrastructure, automation and platform engineering. Responsibilities cover building self-service capabilities, automating provisioning, and supporting teams consuming the platform. As the team shifts to a DevOps model, strong technical problem-solving and hands-on infrastructure skills prove essential. Applicants should demonstrate experience with Snowflake, Azure, automation tooling and platform support, alongside a proactive approach to improving systems and resolving challenges within a collaborative engineering function.

Data Platform Engineer £70,000 – £75,000 + 10% bonus + excellent benefits

What you'll be doing

• Managing and developing the Snowflake platform and wider data platform ecosystem.
• Building self-service capabilities that make life easier for engineering and data teams.
• Designing and maintaining Terraform Infrastructure-as-Code.
• Automating platform provisioning and operational processes.
• Building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions.
• Working with Azure data services , including Data Factory, Storage/Data Lake and emerging AI services.
• Improving platform reliability, monitoring and observability.
• Troubleshooting infrastructure and platform issues.
• Working closely with engineers, architects and data teams to improve the platform.
• Helping drive engineering standards and best practice from within the team.

What we're looking for

• Around 3+ years' experience in Platform Engineering, Cloud Engineering, DevOps, Infrastructure or Data Platform Engineering.
• Strong Terraform / Infrastructure-as-Code experience — we're looking for someone who really knows their Terraform.
• Strong hands‑on Azure experience.
• Around 1–2+ years of Snowflake experience , ideally working with the platform itself rather than simply developing applications on Snowflake .
• Experience with Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions or similar CI/CD tooling.
• Experience with Azure data services such as Data Factory and Azure Storage/Data Lake .
• Scripting experience with Python, PowerShell or Bash .
• A genuine interest in automation, self-service and DevOps .
• A relevant HashiCorp Terraform certification would be great, but strong demonstrable Terraform expertise is equally important.

The kind of person we're looking for

You don't need to be a manager or have a big leadership background. We're much more interested in someone who is a solid hands‑on engineer who likes getting into the detail, figuring things out and improving how things work. If you're a Snowflake administrator who has strong development/IaC skills, a DevOps engineer moving into data platforms, or a Data Engineer who has developed a strong platform engineering skillset, we'd be interested in speaking with you. There's plenty of opportunity to learn and develop.