Senior Data Platform Engineer - Snowflake

Senior Data Platform Engineer (Snowflake) Locations: Manchester / London (Hybrid)
Type: Permanent, Full-Time (37.5 hours)
Salary: £90,000 - 120000 + 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 bonus
  
  
• Private healthcare
  
  
• Enhanced pension and life insurance
  
  
• Flexible working arrangements
  
  
• Wellbeing support and lifestyle benefits
  
  
• Access to discounts and additional perks