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Senior Data Platform Engineer (Snowflake)

Locations:

Manchester / London / Staines (Hybrid) Type:

Permanent, Full-Time (37.5 hours) Salary:

£70,400

10% Bonus

Excellent Benefits

Overview

We’re hiring a

Senior Data Platform Engineer

to play a key role in designing, building, and operating a

secure, scalable enterprise data platform

with a strong focus on

Snowflake .

This is a senior-level position where you’ll take ownership of platform engineering capabilities- driving automation, governance, and performance optimisation, while enabling data teams to deliver advanced analytics at scale.

You’ll operate with a high level of autonomy, contributing to platform standards, improving reliability, and ensuring cost-effective, compliant data operations.

Key Responsibilities

Design, build, and manage

Snowflake platform capabilities

within an enterprise data environment

Automate infrastructure and resource provisioning using

Terraform (IaC)

Develop and maintain

CI/CD pipelines

(GitHub Actions / Azure DevOps)

Implement

monitoring, alerting, and observability frameworks

Lead

cost optimisation initiatives

across Snowflake workloads

Define and enforce

security best practices

(RBAC, data masking, identity integration)

Establish

governance and compliance frameworks

(audit logging, access reviews)

Design and implement

disaster recovery and business continuity strategies

Create reusable

modules, templates, and platform standards

Produce high-quality

documentation, runbooks, and onboarding materials

Required Skills & Experience

Strong experience in

platform or cloud engineering

within enterprise environments

Deep expertise in

Snowflake

(warehousing, RBAC, data sharing, performance tuning)

Hands-on experience with

Terraform and Infrastructure as Code

Proven experience building

CI/CD pipelines

(GitHub Actions or Azure DevOps)

Strong scripting skills ( SQL, Python, or Bash )

Solid understanding of

Snowflake security features

(masking, encryption, identity federation)

Experience with

monitoring, query profiling, and usage tracking

Demonstrated ability to

optimise performance and manage costs

in large-scale environments

Strong communication skills with the ability to work across

engineering, data, and compliance teams

Proactive approach to

documentation and platform standards

What’s on Offer

25 days holiday (with option to buy/sell)

Annual performance-based bonus

Private healthcare

Enhanced pension and life insurance

Flexible working arrangements

Wellbeing support and lifestyle benefits

Access to discounts and additional perks