Data Platform Engineer

The Role

As a Data Platform Engineer, you'll work alongside Data Architects, Data Engineers and other technical specialists to support the ongoing evolution of a cloud data platform built on Microsoft technologies.

You'll be responsible for ensuring platform reliability, performance and scalability while contributing to the delivery of strategic data projects.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain and optimise cloud data platform capabilities
• Manage platform performance, capacity and availability
• Investigate, troubleshoot and resolve platform incidents and service issues
• Conduct root cause analysis and implement preventative measures
• Support the delivery of scalable data solutions across Azure and Microsoft Fabric
• Implement Platform as Code and DataOps best practices
• Monitor platform health and respond proactively to operational issues
• Support analytical workloads and business adoption through Power BI
• Collaborate closely with engineering, architecture and platform teams
• Contribute to continuous improvement of processes, standards and procedures

Skills & Experience Required

• Previous experience in a Data Platform Engineer, Cloud Engineer or similar role
• Strong experience supporting and operating cloud-based data platforms
• Commercial experience with Microsoft Fabric and/or Azure data services
• SQL Server administration and management experience
• Experience handling incidents, problem management and change requests within SLA-driven environments
• Strong troubleshooting and analytical skills
• Ability to work effectively in complex and fast-paced environments
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills

Desirable

• GitHub and GitHub Actions
• Terraform and Infrastructure/Platform as Code
• Cloud monitoring and observability tooling
• Alerting and operational monitoring platforms
• Cloud cost management and optimisation
• Zero Trust architecture experience