Snowflake & SQL Server Platform Engineer

Norton Blake; City Of London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A data engineering firm in the City of London is seeking an experienced Snowflake and SQL Server Engineer to provide end-to-end support for critical data platforms. You will be responsible for operational support, incident handling, and performance optimisation across Snowflake and SQL Server environments. The ideal candidate will have strong hands-on experience with both platforms and familiarity with ETL/SSIS processes. This role is offered on a contractual basis with a competitive day rate.

Qualifications

• Strong hands-on experience with Snowflake and SQL Server platforms.
• Solid understanding of database administration, performance tuning, and optimisation.
• Experience with ETL/SSIS, legacy SQL processes, and parallel file-loading jobs.
• Familiarity with cloud data ecosystems.

Responsibilities

• Provide full lifecycle support for Snowflake and SQL Server environments.
• Manage incidents and operational escalations.
• Database provisioning, tuning for performance improvement.
• Implement security and access governance frameworks.

Skills

Snowflake

SQL Server

ETL/SSIS

Database Administration

Incident Management

Change Management

Observability tooling (Datadog)

Tools

Datadog

Oracle

Kafka

Job description

A data engineering firm in the City of London is seeking an experienced Snowflake and SQL Server Engineer to provide end-to-end support for critical data platforms. You will be responsible for operational support, incident handling, and performance optimisation across Snowflake and SQL Server environments. The ideal candidate will have strong hands-on experience with both platforms and familiarity with ETL/SSIS processes. This role is offered on a contractual basis with a competitive day rate.