Snowflake DevOps Engineer

Luxoft; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Luxoft is seeking a skilled DevOps Engineer to build and operate the cloud infrastructure powering our Snowflake data warehouse and integration platform. You will implement infrastructure-as-code, automate deployments, and ensure secure, scalable environments across dev/test/prod.

You will design and maintain CI/CD pipelines, provision Snowflake resources, manage RBAC and secrets, and collaborate with data engineers to optimize deployment patterns while focusing on reliability, monitoring, and

Qualifications

• Experience with Snowflake and data platforms.
• Strong background in DevOps or platform engineering.
• Experience building CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or Azure DevOps.
• Knowledge of Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) using Terraform or CloudFormation.
• Familiarity with ELT/ETL data workflows.
• Experience with monitoring, observability and incident response.
• Security best practices, IAM, and secrets management.

Responsibilities

• Design and manage cloud infrastructure supporting Snowflake and related data services.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for data platform components.
• Automate deployment, testing, and promotion across environments.
• Integrate version control and release management processes.
• Support provisioning and configuration of Snowflake environments and RBAC.
• Collaborate with data engineers to optimize deployment patterns.
• Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting across the data platform.

Skills

Snowflake

DevOps / Platform Engineering

CI/CD & Tooling

Data Platform Awareness

Monitoring & Reliability

Security & Compliance

Communication & Collaboration

Tools

Terraform

GitHub Actions

GitLab CI

Azure DevOps

Docker

Kubernetes

dbt

AWS

Prometheus

Grafana

Datadog

Job description

Project description

We are looking for a skilled DevOps Engineer to build and operate the cloud infrastructure, automation, and deployment pipelines underpinning our next-generation Snowflake data warehouse and integration platform.This role is critical to ensuring our data platform is secure, scalable, and reliably delivered through modern DevOps practices. You will work closely with data engineers, architects, and the project team to enable continuous delivery, environment consistency, and operational excellence across the platform.

Responsibilities

• Infrastructure & Platform Engineeringo Design and manage cloud infrastructure supporting Snowflake and associated data serviceso Implement infrastructure-as-code (IaC) using tools such as Terraform or CloudFormationo Ensure environments (dev/test/prod) are consistent, secure, and scalable
• CI/CD & Automationo Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for data platform components (e.g., Snowflake objects, dbt models, ingestion pipelines)o Automate deployment, testing, and promotion of code across environmentso Integrate version control and release management processes
• Snowflake Enablemento Support automated provisioning and configuration of Snowflake environmentso Manage role-based access control, secrets, and environment isolationo Collaborate with data engineers to optimize deployment patterns for Snowflake workloads
• Monitoring & Reliabilityo Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting across the data platformo Ensure high availability and performance of pipelines and integrationso Troubleshoot production issues and drive root cause analysis
• Security & Complianceo Embed security best practices across infrastructure and pipelineso Manage secrets, encryption, and access controls in line with financial services standardso Support audit and compliance requirements for client and regulatory needs
• Collaboration & Best Practiceso Work closely with engineering teams to promote DevOps culture and practiceso Define standards for deployment, branching, and environment managemento Contribute to documentation and knowledge sharing across the team

SKILLS

Must have

• o Experience with Snowflake
• DevOps & Cloud Engineeringo Strong experience in DevOps or platform engineering roleso Proven use of infrastructure-as-code tools (e.g., Terraform)
• CI/CD & Toolingo Experience building CI/CD pipelines using tools such as GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or Azure DevOpso Strong understanding of version control (Git) and release management practices
• Data Platform Awarenesso Experience supporting data platforms or data engineering teamso Understanding of ELT/ETL pipelines and data workflows
• Monitoring & Operationso Experience with monitoring and observability tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, or cloud-native services)o Strong troubleshooting and incident management skills
• Securityo Knowledge of cloud security best practices, IAM, and secrets managemento Awareness of compliance requirements in regulated environments

Nice to have

• Experience with dbt and modern data stack tooling
• Familiarity with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Exposure to streaming or real-time data technologies (e.g., Kafka)
• Experience in financial services or asset management environmentso Hands-on experience with AWS