Data Platform Engineer

We're looking for an experienced Data Platform Engineer to join a major transformation programme within a large enterprise technology environment. This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in the development, operation and optimisation of a modern cloud-based data platform, supporting critical business initiatives and delivering scalable data capabilities.

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

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