Senior Data Platform Engineer

Job summary

Join Bupa as a Senior Data Platform Engineer to design and operate a scalable, secure enterprise data platform for advanced analytics and business intelligence in healthcare and insurance. This role involves high autonomy, mentoring junior engineers, and driving technical excellence while ensuring compliance and performance. This is a Platform Engineering role, not a Data Engineering position, but strong platform engineering experience from data engineers is welcome.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in platform engineering, with 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.
• Proven experience building CI/CD pipelines via Azure DevOps and GitHub Actions.
• Strong grasp of observability practices, including logging, metrics, alerting, and performance optimization.
• Deep understanding of cloud security, with experience applying secure-by-design principles in Azure and/or Snowflake.
• 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).

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 for consistency and reusability.
• Build and optimize CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps and GitHub Actions for rapid, reliable deployments.
• Implement observability practices including logging, metrics, and alerting.
• Collaborate with Lead Engineer and Architects to align implementation with platform standards.
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to mid-level engineers, promoting best practices in automation and monitoring.

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