Senior Data Platform Engineer: Azure-Snowflake & Scalable

Jobtailor; Salford; On-site; GBP 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor is seeking a seasoned Platform Engineer to design, build, and operate a scalable Azure and Snowflake data platform. You will collaborate with architects, mentor engineers, and align implementations with enterprise standards to deliver robust analytics capabilities for healthcare and insurance.

You will own infrastructure-as-code with Terraform, develop CI/CD pipelines via Azure DevOps and GitHub Actions, and advance observability, security, and performance across environments.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in platform engineering with a focus on Azure-based data solutions.
• Expert-level knowledge of Azure and/or Snowflake services, including Data Factory, Data Lake, Azure ML, and Power BI/Fabric.
• Infrastructure-as-code experience using Terraform.
• Experience building CI/CD pipelines with Azure DevOps and GitHub Actions.
• Strong observability practices: logging, metrics, alerting, and performance optimization.
• Cloud security and secure-by-design principles in Azure and/or Snowflake.
• Scripting and automation with PowerShell, Bash, or Python.
• Proven collaboration across engineering, data science, and business teams.
• Ability to document designs and present solutions to stakeholders.
• Leadership experience mentoring junior engineers and promoting knowledge sharing.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the design and delivery of robust, automated, and scalable Azure and Snowflake data platform components.
• Develop and maintain reusable infrastructure-as-code with Terraform across environments.
• Build and optimize CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps and GitHub Actions.
• Implement observability practices including logging, metrics, and alerting.
• Collaborate with the Lead Engineer and Architects to align implementation with platform standards and patterns.
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to mid-level engineers.
• Shape and operate a scalable, secure enterprise data platform supporting advanced analytics and business intelligence in healthcare and insurance.
• Ensure platform compliance, performance, automation, and technical excellence.

Skills

Azure Data Solutions

Snowflake

Terraform

CI/CD Pipelines

Azure DevOps

GitHub Actions

Logging

Metrics

PowerShell

Python

Tools

Azure Data Factory

Azure Data Lake

Azure ML

Power BI

GitHub

Job description

Jobtailor is seeking a seasoned Platform Engineer to design, build, and operate a scalable Azure and Snowflake data platform. You will collaborate with architects, mentor engineers, and align implementations with enterprise standards to deliver robust analytics capabilities for healthcare and insurance.

You will own infrastructure-as-code with Terraform, develop CI/CD pipelines via Azure DevOps and GitHub Actions, and advance observability, security, and performance across environments.