Senior Data Platform Engineer

🔒 Confidential Employer
Posted 20 April 2026
LOCATION
London
TYPE
Full-time
LEVEL
Mid-Senior level
CATEGORY
IT
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SKILLS

Azure Snowflake Terraform CI/CD pipelines PowerShell Bash Python

FULL DESCRIPTION

Senior Data Platform Engineer

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 [Employer hidden — view at passion-project.co.uk], 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.

Job Description:

Join our team as a Senior Platform Engineer, where you'll contribute to the design and operation of a scalable, secure enterprise data platform supporting advanced analytics and business intelligence in a healthcare and insurance setting. You'll work with high autonomy, mentor junior engineers, and drive technical excellence while ensuring compliance and performance. This is a key role in shaping a robust, automated data platform that powers better patient care and smarter insurance services.

Please note: this is a Platform Engineering role rather than a Data Engineering position. We welcome applications from data engineers who also bring strong platform engineering experience - for example, working with IaC, Terraform, or similar tooling.

How you'll help us make health happen:

  • Contribute to the design and delivery of robust, automated, and scalable Azure and Snowflake data platform components.
  • Develop and maintain infrastructure-as-code using Terraform, ensuring consistency and reusability across environments.
  • Build and optimize CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps and GitHub Actions to support rapid, reliable deployments.
  • Implement observability practices including logging, metrics, and alerting using observability tools.
  • Collaborate with the Lead Engineer and Architects to align implementation with platform standards and patterns.
  • Provide technical guidance and mentorship to mid-level engineers, promoting best practices in automation and. monitoring

Key Skills / Qualifications needed for this role:

  • Extensive experience in platform engineering, with a strong emphasis on Azure-based data solutions.
  • Expert-level knowledge of Azure and/or Snowflake services, including Data Factory, Data Lake, Azure ML, and Power BI/Fabric.
  • Proven experience with infrastructure-as-code using Terraform and building CI/CD pipelines via Azure DevOps and GitHub Actions.
  • Strong grasp of observability practices, including logging, metrics, alerting, and performance optimization.
  • Deep understanding of cloud security, with experience applying secure-by-design principles in Azure and/or Snowflake (e.g., network isolation, IAM, data protection).
  • Proficiency in scripting and automation using PowerShell, Bash, or Python.
  • Collaborative mindset, with a proven track record of working effectively across engineering, data science, and business teams.
  • Clear communicator, capable of documenting technical designs, contributing to platform standards, and presenting solutions to stakeholders.
  • Leadership experience, including mentoring junior engineers and fostering a culture of continuous improvement and knowledge sharing - highly desirable.
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