ITSS Recruitment

ITSS Recruitment

Manchester, North West

Senior & mid-level Data Platform Engineers

Full-Time£70,000 - 100,000 per yearأول أمسUnited Kingdom
IT

Job Description

Salary: £70,000 - 100,000 per year

Requirements:
  • 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 optimisation.
  • Deep understanding of cloud security, with experience applying secure-by-design principles in Azure and/or Snowflake, including network isolation, IAM, and 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.
  • Expert Terraform knowledge is an absolute must, with certifications and 5+ years of experience preferred.
Responsibilities:
  • 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 optimise 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.
  • 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.
Technologies:
  • AI
  • Azure
  • Bash
  • Business Intelligence
  • CI/CD
  • Cloud
  • DevOps
  • Fabric
  • GitHub
  • IAM
  • Support
  • Network
  • Power BI
  • PowerShell
  • Python
  • Security
  • Snowflake
  • Terraform

More:

We are a global healthcare and insurance organisation making a real difference to peoples lives. We are hiring experienced senior or mid-level Data Platform Engineers to join our AI and Data Platform teams. This is a platform engineering role rather than a data engineering position, and we welcome applications from data engineers with strong platform engineering experience, including IaC and Terraform. The role is fully remote with occasional travel to one of our offices in London or Manchester when needed. We offer a salary of £70,000 to £100,000 plus bonus and excellent benefits, and we are interviewing now for immediate consideration.

last updated 36 week of 2026

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About ITSS Recruitment

ITSS Recruitment

ITSS Recruitment

Manchester

IT

Skills & Technologies

PythonScalaAzureTerraformGitCI/CDGitHub ActionsAIData ScienceDevOpsUI

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