Platform Engineer

Venquis; Hilversum; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Venquis is seeking a Senior Platform Engineer to join a data-driven environment in the Netherlands. You will bridge platform, data, cloud, and business teams to ensure scalable, governed, and transparent changes across the data platform.

The role emphasizes Snowflake, IaC, and robust CI/CD practices. You will collaborate with Platform and Data Engineers, Architects, BI, and stakeholders to translate complex problems into practical, scalable solutions and contribute to governance and security

Qualifications

• Senior-level Platform Engineering experience.
• Strong Snowflake experience.
• Strong Terraform / Infrastructure as Code.
• Experience with CI/CD and GitHub Actions.
• Good SQL knowledge.
• Experience with data platforms and infrastructure.
• Understanding of data governance and data cataloguing.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Ability to troubleshoot independently and understand wider platform impact.
• Azure experience preferred; AWS also considered.
• ADF, Databricks, Azure Storage or Power BI experience is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and further develop data platform infrastructure.
• Manage and improve Snowflake platform components.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions.
• Develop reusable deployment patterns, configurations and standards.
• Manage infrastructure using Terraform / IaC.
• Investigate and resolve platform, deployment, access and integration issues.
• Identify dependencies and downstream impact of platform changes.
• Support data delivery and data applications.
• Work with Platform Engineers, Data Engineers, Architects, BI and business stakeholders.
• Translate business and technical problems into practical solutions.
• Contribute to data governance, security and platform standards.

Skills

Platform Engineering

Snowflake

Terraform / IaC

CI/CD

GitHub Actions

SQL

Data governance

Stakeholder management

Azure

AWS

Databricks

ADF

Power BI

Job description

We're looking for a Senior Platform Engineer with strong Data Engineering experience to help maintain and further develop an established data platform.

You'll act as the link between platform, data, cloud and business teams, ensuring changes are scalable, governed and understood across the wider environment.

Senior Platform Engineer - Data Platform

What you'll do

• Maintain and further develop data platform infrastructure
• Manage and improveise Snowflake platform components
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines, particularly GitHub Actions
• Develop reusable deployment patterns, configurations and standards
• Manage infrastructure using Terraform / IaC
• Investigate and resolve platform, deployment, access and integration issues
• Identify dependencies and understand the downstream impact of platform changes
• Support data delivery and data applications
• Work with Platform Engineers, Data Engineers, Architects, BI and business stakeholders
• Translate business and technical problems into practical solutions
• Contribute to data governance, security and platform standards

What we're looking for

• Senior-level Platform Engineering experience
• Strong Snowflake experience
• Strong Terraform / Infrastructure as Code
• Experience with CI/CD and GitHub Actions
• Good SQL knowledge
• Experience working with data platforms and infrastructure
• Understanding of data governance and data cataloguing
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills
• Ability to troubleshoot independently and understand wider platform impact
• Azure experience preferred; AWS also considered
• ADF, Databricks, Azure Storage or Power BI experience is advantageous

The key: Platform Engineer first, with strong Data Engineering capabilities.

Desired Skills and Experience

Platform Engineering, Snowflake, Terraform, CI/CD, Data Governance, Azure or AWS