Data Platform Engineer

Spirax-Sarco Ltd.; Skelmersdale; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

competitive salary (and a discreteary?

flexible working

27 days holiday allowance (before bank

3 days' paid volunteering leave

comprehensive private healthcare

enhanced pension plan

life assurance

optional participation in a Share Ow n

free onsite parking

flexible benefits

access to a personal discounts' portal

range of additional support and benefit

Everyone is Included Group Inclusion

Job summary

Spirax-Sarco Ltd. in Skelmersdale is seeking a Data Platform Engineer to join the Infrastructure Operations team.

You will maintain and develop our SQL Server, Azure SQL, PostgreSQL, TimescaleDB and Microsoft Fabric data platforms, ensuring performance, security and resilience. You’ll collaborate across IT, software development and engineering, optimise queries and procedures, support backup and DR, and contribute to cloud migrations and platform modernisation.

Qualifications

• Degree qualified in Computer Science, Information Technology, Data Engineering or a related discipline.
• Experience supporting SQL Server databases and related infrastructure environments.
• Strong understanding of SQL, T-SQL, database objects and query optimisation techniques.
• Knowledge of indexing, execution plans and database performance tuning.
• Experience with backup, recovery, maintenance and disaster recovery processes.
• Understanding of Windows Server administration and Microsoft Azure services.
• Strong troubleshooting, problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to collaborate across technical teams.
• Experience with PostgreSQL, TimescaleDB, Azure SQL, PowerShell scripting or Microsoft Fabric would be advantageous.
• A proactive approach to learning and developing new technical skills within modern data and cloud platforms.

Responsibilities

• Administer, maintain and optimise SQL Server and Azure SQL environments.
• Monitor database and platform performance, identifying opportunities for improvement.
• Work closely with Development teams to optimise queries, stored procedures, functions, views and indexes.
• Support backup, recovery, maintenance and disaster recovery activities.
• Investigate incidents, perform root cause analysis and implement corrective actions.
• Contribute to platform resilience through high availability, replication and failover solutions.
• Support the adoption and migration of Azure SQL and related cloud services.
• Assist in the development and support of PostgreSQL, TimescaleDB and Microsoft Fabric platforms.
• Maintain accurate technical documentation and operational procedures.
• Collaborate with teams across Software, Engineering and IT to support releases and ongoing service improvements.
• Provide support for high-priority and occasional out-of-hours incidents when required.

Job description

Data Platform Engineer

Location: Skelmersdale, Lancashire

The role

We're looking for a Data Platform Engineer to join our Infrastructure Operations team and play a key role in supporting, maintaining and developing our database and data platform services. Working across IT, Software Development and Engineering teams, you'll help ensure the performance, availability, security and resilience of our growing data estate. This includes Microsoft SQL Server, Azure SQL, PostgreSQL and emerging technologies such as TimescaleDB and Microsoft Fabric.

This is an exciting opportunity for someone with a strong database background who is passionate about optimisation, troubleshooting and modern data platforms. As our data capabilities continue to evolve, you'll have the opportunity to expand into broader data engineering activities and cloud technologies.

Key responsibilities

• Administer, maintain and optimise SQL Server and Azure SQL environments.
• Monitor database and platform performance, identifying opportunities for improvement.
• Work closely with Development teams to optimise queries, stored procedures, functions, views and indexes.
• Support backup, recovery, maintenance and disaster recovery activities.
• Investigate incidents, perform root cause analysis and implement corrective actions.
• Contribute to platform resilience through high availability, replication and failover solutions.
• Support the adoption and migration of Azure SQL and related cloud services.
• Assist in the development and support of PostgreSQL, TimescaleDB and Microsoft Fabric platforms.
• Maintain accurate technical documentation and operational procedures.
• Collaborate with teams across Software, Engineering and IT to support releases and ongoing service improvements.
• Provide support for high-priority and occasional out-of-hours incidents when required.

Your skills

• Degree qualified in Computer Science, Information Technology, Data Engineering or a related discipline.
• Experience supporting SQL Server databases and related infrastructure environments.
• Strong understanding of SQL, T-SQL, database objects and query optimisation techniques.
• Knowledge of indexing, execution plans and database performance tuning.
• Experience with backup, recovery, maintenance and disaster recovery processes.
• Understanding of Windows Server administration and Microsoft Azure services.
• Strong troubleshooting, problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to collaborate across technical teams.
• Experience with PostgreSQL, TimescaleDB, Azure SQL, PowerShell scripting or Microsoft Fabric would be advantageous.
• A proactive approach to learning and developing new technical skills within modern data and cloud platforms.

Why join us?

This role offers the chance to work with modern data technologies in a collaborative engineering environment while developing your expertise across cloud, database and data engineering disciplines. You'll have the opportunity to contribute to platform modernisation initiatives and help shape the future of our data capabilities.

Interested? We'd love to hear from you. Apply today and join us on our journey to build scalable, reliable and innovative data platforms.

The Steam Thermal Solutions business is one of three businesses within Spirax Group. Spirax Sarco and Gestra, are our two brands that form Steam Thermal Solutionsand are global leaders in the supply of engineered solutions for the design, provision and maintenance of efficient industrial and commercial steam systems.Steam Thermal Solutions has global coverage across 67 operating units (called OpCos), organised into four Divisions: EMEA, APAC, Americas, Gestra.

Spirax Groupis a FTSE100 and FTSE4Good multi-national industrial engineering Group with expertise in the control and management of steam, electric thermal solutions, peristaltic pumping and associated fluid technologies.

Our Purpose is to create sustainable value for all our stakeholders as we engineer a more efficient, safer and sustainable world. Our technologies play an essential role in critical industrial processes and industrial equipment across industries as diverse as Food & Beverage, Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology, Power Generation, Semiconductors and Healthcare. With customers in 165 countries, we provide the solutions that sit behind the production of many items used in daily life, from baked beans to mobile phones!

Our Purpose, supported by our inclusive culture and Values, unites us, guides our decisions and inspires us everywhere that we operate. We support our colleagues to make their difference for each other as well as customers, communities, suppliers, our planet and shareholders by creating a truly equitable working environment where everyone feels included.

Benefits

• competitive salary (and a discretionary bonus)
• flexible working
• 27 days holiday allowance (before bank holidays)
• 3 days' paid volunteering leave
• comprehensive private healthcare
• enhanced pension plan
• life assurance
• optional participation in a Share Ownership Plan
• free onsite parking
• flexible benefits
• access to a personal discounts' portal
• range of additional support and benefits through our Everyone is Included Group Inclusion Plan

Everyone is Included at Spirax Group

We are passionate about creating inclusive and equitable working cultures where everyone can be themselves and achieve their full potential. For us, that means supportive teams and strong relationships where everyone's contribution is valued - across social and cultural backgrounds, ethnicities, ages, genders, gender identities, abilities, neurodiversity, sexual orientation, religious beliefs, and everything else that makes us human and unique.

We want everyone to be able to make their difference here, so we will always consider requests for flexible working.

We know that everyone needs some extra help from time to time too, so we have introduced a range of additional benefits through our Group Inclusion Commitments. These include gender-neutral parental leave, 15 days of extra paid caregiver leave, paid time off and support for anyone experiencing pregnancy loss or domestic abuse, menopause-friendly workplace principles and more. Learn more at https://www.spiraxgroup.com/en/life-at-spirax/our-inclusive-group/our-inclusion-commitments.

We are also a Disability Confident Committed Employer. If you would like to apply using this scheme, please select this option in our application form or notify our recruitment partners.