Senior Data Platform Engineer - Remote, Cloud & Automation

Proactive Appointments; Greater London; Remote; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Proactive Appointments is seeking a Senior Data Platform Engineer to join the Data & Analytics team on a remote basis. This role focuses on building and maintaining data platforms with a hands-on approach to cloud infrastructure, automation, security and reliability.

Key work areas include Databricks, Azure Synapse, ADLS, Key Vault, RBAC, private endpoints, IaC (Pulumi/Terraform/Bicep), CI/CD (GitHub Actions/Azure DevOps), Unity Catalog governance, and Azure Monitor for observability.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience building data platforms with cloud infrastructure, automation, security and reliability.
• Broad data platform exposure beyond traditional ADF or Synapse analytics.
• Experience delivering robust, scalable data pipelines and platform operations.

Responsibilities

• Build and manage cloud data platforms with a strong automation focus.
• Implement security, access control and governance for data platforms.
• Maintain monitoring and observability for data pipelines and platforms.

Skills

Databricks

Azure Synapse

Python

PySpark

CI/CD

GitHub Actions

Tools

Pulumi

Terraform

Bicep

GitHub Actions

Azure DevOps

Databricks

Unity Catalog

Job description

Proactive Appointments is seeking a Senior Data Platform Engineer to join the Data & Analytics team on a remote basis. This role focuses on building and maintaining data platforms with a hands-on approach to cloud infrastructure, automation, security and reliability.

Key work areas include Databricks, Azure Synapse, ADLS, Key Vault, RBAC, private endpoints, IaC (Pulumi/Terraform/Bicep), CI/CD (GitHub Actions/Azure DevOps), Unity Catalog governance, and Azure Monitor for observability.