Data Platform Engineer

Harnham - Data & Analytics Recruitment; North East; Hybrid; GBP 76,000 - 92,000; Full time

Job summary

Harnham - Data & Analytics Recruitment is seeking a Data Platform Engineer for a Newcastle-based hybrid role. You will help support, improve and scale an enterprise Azure-based data platform.

In this hands-on position, you’ll own platform health, deployments, monitoring and incident resolution, working across Microsoft Fabric, Azure Databricks and the wider Azure ecosystem to keep production-ready systems.

Qualifications

• Experience with Azure cloud services and data platforms.
• Hands-on with Azure Databricks or Fabric.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and ITSM processes.
• Scripting in Python or PowerShell.
• Production-grade monitoring and observability.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and improve Microsoft Fabric, Azure Databricks and related services.
• Monitor platform performance, availability, resilience and capacity.
• Troubleshoot cloud infra, identity, networking, storage and security issues.
• Support CI/CD, release management and production deployments.
• Build and improve monitoring, alerting and observability.
• Manage incidents and contribute to root cause analysis.
• Improve automation, runbooks and operational processes.
• Collaborate with Architecture, Security and Infrastructure teams.

Skills

Azure

Azure Databricks

Azure Fabric

Azure DevOps

CI/CD

Terraform

Python

PowerShell

Monitoring tools

ITSM

Tools

Azure Databricks

Terraform

Azure DevOps

Git

PowerShell

Job description

Data Platform Engineer

Newcastle Hybrid, 2 days per week onsite

Up to £84,000

We're working with a major global organisation looking for a Data Platform Engineer to help support, improve and scale its enterprise data platform.

This is a hands-on role focused on ensuring a modern Azure-based data platform remains reliable, secure, observable and ready for production use. You'll work across Microsoft Fabric, Azure Databricks and the wider Azure ecosystem, taking ownership of platform health, deployments, monitoring, incident resolution and continuous improvement.

What you'll be doing

• Supporting and maintaining Microsoft Fabric, Azure Databricks and associated Azure services
• Monitoring platform performance, availability, resilience and capacity
• Troubleshooting issues across cloud infrastructure, identity, networking, storage and security
• Supporting CI/CD, release management and production deployments
• Building and improving monitoring, alerting and observability
• Managing incidents and contributing to root cause analysis
• Improving automation, documentation, runbooks and operational processes
• Working closely with Architecture, Security, Infrastructure and wider technology teams

What we're looking for

Ideally, you'll have experience across:

• Microsoft Azure
• Azure Databricks and/or Microsoft Fabric
• Azure DevOps & Git
• CI/CD
• Terraform
• Python and/or PowerShell
• Monitoring and observability tooling
• Supporting cloud data platforms in production
• ITSM processes including incident, change and release management

Package & working pattern

Up to £84,000

Newcastle

Hybrid, 2 days per week in the office