Senior Data Platform Engineer - Snowflake

BUPA; Staines-upon-Thames; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading health insurer in the United Kingdom is seeking a Senior Data Platform Engineer with expertise in Snowflake to join their team. The successful candidate will have significant platform engineering experience and will be responsible for automating Snowflake services, designing CI/CD pipelines, and optimizing costs. The role offers flexibility in working location and hours, along with competitive benefits, including 25 days holiday and health insurance. This position aims to improve patient outcomes and operational efficiency.

Benefits

25 days holiday

B health insurance

Enhanced pension plan

Annual performance-based bonus

Onsite gyms or local discounts

Qualifications

• Significant experience in platform or cloud engineering, particularly with Snowflake.
• Deep expertise in Snowflake's management and optimization.
• Hands-on experience with Terraform for managing resources.

Responsibilities

• Automate Snowflake resource management using Terraform.
• Design and maintain CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions or Azure DevOps.
• Monitor and alert using Snowflake-native tools.

Skills

Snowflake

Terraform

CI/CD pipelines

SQL

Python

Bash

Data Security

Cost Optimisation

Collaboration

Job description

Senior Data Platform Engineer - Snowflake

Primary location: Salford (M50 3SP) or Staines (TW18 3DZ) or London (EC2R 7HJ)

Flexible / Hybrid working options.

Permanent

Salary Negotiable depending on experience & location

10% Bonus+ fantastic benefits

Full time 37.5 hours

We consider all types of flexibility, including locations, hours and working patterns.

We make health happen

At Bupa, we're passionate about technology. With colleagues, customers, patients and residents in mind you'll have the opportunity to work on innovative projects and make a real impact on their lives. Right from the start you'll become part of our digital & data strategy, joining us on our journey and developing yourself along the way.

We're looking for a Senior Platform Engineer to contribute/lead the development of secure, scalable, and automated Snowflake services and capabilities within our enterprise data platform. You'll work with high autonomy to deliver robust infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, and governance frameworks that empower data teams to drive advanced analytics.

In this senior role, you'll shape platform standards, and ensure Snowflake is operated in a reliable, cost-effective, and compliant manner. Your work will directly support data-driven innovation in a healthcare and insurance environment, improving patient outcomes and operational efficiency.

How you'll help us make health happen:

• Automate Snowflake resource provisioning and lifecycle management using Terraform.
• Design and maintain CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions or Azure DevOps.
• Build monitoring and alerting frameworks using Snowflake-native tools.
• Lead cost optimisation efforts to ensure efficient resource usage.
• Implement robust security controls including RBAC, data masking, and identity integration.
• Develop automated testing and validation for platform changes.
• Establish governance and compliance controls (e.g., audit logging, access reviews).
• Design disaster recovery and business continuity strategies.
• Create reusable templates and modules for consistent platform provisioning.
• Maintain clear, high-quality documentation and onboarding materials.

Key Skills / Qualifications needed for this role:

• Significant experience in platform or cloud engineering, with a strong focus on Snowflake in enterprise environments.
• Deep expertise in Snowflake, including warehouse management, RBAC, data sharing, and performance tuning.
• Hands‑on experience with Terraform and Infrastructure as Code for managing Snowflake and cloud resources.
• Proficiency in designing and automating CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions or Azure DevOps.
• Strong scripting skills in SQL, Python, or Bash for automation and tooling.
• Solid understanding of Snowflake security features such as data masking, encryption, identity federation, and network policies.
• Familiarity with observability practices, including query profiling, usage tracking, and integration with monitoring tools.
• Demonstrated ability to optimise performance and manage costs in large‑scale Snowflake environments.
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills, with experience working across engineering, data, and compliance teams.
• A proactive approach to documentation, including technical standards, runbooks, and platform guides.

Benefits

Our benefits are designed to make health happen for our people. Viva is our global wellbeing programme and includes all aspects of our health - from mental and physical, to financial, social and environmental wellbeing. We support flexible working and have a range of family friendly benefits.

Joining Bupa in this role you will receive the following benefits and more:

• 25 days holiday, increasing through length of service, with option to buy or sell.
• B health insurance as a benefit in kind.
• An enhanced pension plan and life insurance.
• Annual performance‑based bonus.
• Onsite gyms or local discounts where no onsite gym available.
• Various other benefits and online discounts.

Why Bupa?

We're a health insurer and provider. With no shareholders, our customers are our focus. Our people are all driven by the same purpose - helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world. We make health happen by being brave, caring and responsible in everything we do.

We encourage all of our people to ”Be you at Bupa”, we champion diversity, and we understand the importance of our people representing the communities and customers we serve. That's why we especially encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.

Bupa is a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer. This means we aim to offer an interview/assessment to every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the role. We'll make sure you are treated fairly and offer reasonable adjustments as part of our recruitment process to anyone that needs them.