Data Platform Operations Engineer (London)

Royal Bank of Canada; City Of London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Total rewards program

Professional development

Collaborative team

World-class training program

Job summary

Royal Bank of Canada in London is seeking a Data Platform Operations Engineer to monitor, maintain, and improve the Data Platform to meet SLAs for internal and external customers. The role involves automation, data quality and governance, and supporting reconciliation platforms.

The position is permanent, full-time, based at 10 Fenchurch Avenue, London, with four in-office days. Collaboration across Data & Analytics, Security, and ITSM teams is essential.

Qualifications

• Experience supporting scalable data platforms in hybrid Azure environments.
• Hands-on SQL/ETL, CI/CD, DevOps, monitoring, and data governance.
• Familiar with Agile methodologies and ITSM tools like ServiceNow and Jira.
• Incident management experience with high availability and disaster recovery.
• Strong communication and collaboration across teams.
• Experience with SRE and data tooling (Databricks, Power BI).
• Azure technologies including ADLS, ADF, Azure SQL Database, Delta Lake, Key Vaults.
• Proficiency in Terraform and Python/PySpark.
• Expertise in data modeling, integration, and security.

Responsibilities

• Ensure system reliability, uptime, and scalability while delivering changes.
• Collaborate with Data & Analytics, Security, and other teams.
• Monitor performance, resolve issues, and maintain troubleshooting docs.
• Manage deployments, data pipeline stability, and dashboard refreshes.
• Implement security, governance, and data lifecycle policies.
• Document processes and support disaster recovery planning.
• Optimize Datactics data quality platform and reconciliation workflows.
• Participate in on-call rotations for after-hours support.
• Design and maintain monitoring dashboards and SRE frameworks.
• Automate operational processes and leverage AI for efficiency.

Skills

Data platform experience

SQL/ETL tools

CI/CD

DevOps

Monitoring/logging

Data governance

Git

Agile methodologies

Incident management

SRE

SQL Server

Databricks

Power BI

Azure technologies

Terraform

Python/PySpark

Data modeling

ETL processes

Security and governance

Education

Degree in CS/Engineering/IT (nice-to-have)

Tools

Purview

Collibra

Git

Azure DevOps

ServiceNow

Jira

Job description

Job Description

What is the opportunity?

As a Data Platform Operations Engineer, your primary focus will be monitoring and maintaining availability, performance, scalability, and reliability of the Data Platform to meet the SLAs and needs of internal and external customers.

In addition, you will be working on automation and improving site reliability utilising a variety of tooling and technologies. You will also be assisting with work Data Quality and Data Assurance, including operational support of reconciliation platforms and processes.

Should you be shortlisted, do please let us know if you have any specific requirements for the interview.

This is a permanent, full-time role and requires 4 days in our 10 Fenchurch Avenue, London office.

What will you do?

Operational

• Ensure system reliability, uptime, and scalability while delivering changes.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (Data & Analytics, Security, etc.) to uphold best practices.
• Monitor performance, resolve issues proactively, and maintain a knowledge base for troubleshooting.
• Manage deployments, data pipeline stability, and dashboard refreshes.
• Implement security, compliance, and data governance frameworks (e.g., data integrity, privacy, lifecycle management).
• Maintain documentation, stay updated on industry trends, and support disaster recovery planning.
• Optimize the Datactics data quality platform and manage data reconciliation/governance processes.
• Participate in on-call rotations for out-of-hours support.

Engineering

• Design, deploy, and maintain monitoring dashboards and SRE frameworks.
• Automate and modernize operational processes for the Data Platform.
• Leverage AI (Generative/Agentic) and automation to enhance efficiency and self-healing capabilities.
• Reduce out-of-hours support needs through engineering and AI toolsets.

What do you need to succeed?

Must-have

• Experience supporting scalable, high-performance data platforms in hybrid (Azure) environments, including data lifecycle management, RDBMS, NoSQL, data warehouses, and cloud infrastructure principles.
• Hands‑on experience with SQL/ETL tools, CI/CD, DevOps, monitoring/logging, data security/governance (e.g., Purview, Collibra), and version control (Git).
• Familiarity with Agile methodologies and ITSM tools (e.g., ServiceNow, Jira).
• Incident management experience, with an understanding of high availability/disaster recovery, and application of ITSM principles.
• Excellent communication, organisational, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate across teams and produce concise documentation for technical and non-technical audiences.
• Engineering experience, particularly with Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), and the ability to work under tight deadlines.
• Databases & Tools knowledge: Microsoft SQL Server (administration, T‑SQL, DML, DDL, SSIS), Databricks, Power BI.
• Experience in Azure Technologies: ADLS, ADF, Azure SQL Database, Delta Lake, Azure DevOps, Logic Apps, Function Apps, Key Vaults, Storage Accounts.
• Infrastructure & Automation: Terraform, Python/PySpark.
• Expertise in data modeling, integration, ETL processes, governance, and security.

Nice-to-have

• Experience with Datactics (or similar platforms) and Generative/Agentic AI is a plus.
• Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, IT, or related fields is advantageous.

What is in it for you?

We thrive on the challenge to be our best - progressive thinking to keep growing and working together to deliver trusted advice to help our clients thrive and communities prosper. We care about each other, reaching our potential, making a difference to our communities, and achieving success that is mutual.

• A comprehensive Total Rewards Program including bonuses, flexible benefits and competitive compensation
• Leaders who support your development through coaching and managing opportunities
• Opportunities to work with the best in the field
• Ability to make a difference and lasting impact
• Work in a dynamic, collaborative, progressive, and high-performing team
• A world-class training program in financial services.

Agency Notice

RBC Group does not accept agency resumés. Please do not forward resumés to our employees, nor any other company location. RBC Group only pay fees to agencies where they have entered into a prior agreement to do so and in any event do not pay fees related to unsolicited resumés. Please contact the Recruitment function for additio nal details.

Job Skills

Active Learning, Application Integrations, Detail-Oriented, Group Problem Solving, Programming Languages, Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)

Additional Job Details

Address:

10 FENCHURCH AVENUE:LONDON City:

London Country:

United Kingdom

Work hours/week:

35

Employment Type:

Full time

Platform:

WEALTH MANAGEMENT Job Type:

Regular Pay Type:

Salaried Posted Date:

2026-09-08

Application Deadline:

2026-11-11 Note : Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the application deadline date above