IT & Software

Senior Data Platform Engineer – 11884SR

Proactive Appointments

Surrey · Surrey · United Kingdom

Overview

In this role you will design, build and operate robust cloud data platforms to support data-driven initiatives. You will collaborate with the Data & Analytics team to enable scalable, secure data pipelines across Databricks and Azure Synapse. You will automate infrastructure, governance, and monitoring to ensure reliability and security at scale. This is a hands-on engineering role with a focus on cloud platform engineering, automation, and compliance. Join a team that values practical, end-to-end data platform delivery.

Responsibilities
  • Build and manage cloud data platforms with Databricks and Azure Synapse.
  • Handle Azure platform engineering tasks: ADLS, Key Vault, networking, RBAC, and private endpoints.
  • Implement Infrastructure as Code using Pulumi, Terraform or Bicep.
  • Set up and maintain CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions and/or Azure DevOps).
  • Administer Databricks workspace, Unity Catalog, and governance.
  • Implement monitoring and observability using Azure Monitor, Log Analytics and KQL.
  • Develop scalable data pipelines with Python / PySpark.
  • Focus on security, access management, automation and platform operations.
Key requirements
  • Hands-on experience building and managing data platforms in cloud environments.
  • Strong focus on cloud infrastructure, automation, security and reliability.
  • Experience with Databricks and Azure Synapse (not limited to ADF or Synapse analytics).
  • Proficiency with IaC tools (Pulumi, Terraform or Bicep).
  • CI/CD experience (GitHub Actions and/or Azure DevOps).
  • Databricks workspace administration, Unity Catalog and governance.
  • Monitoring and observability tools (Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, KQL).
  • Python / PySpark and scalable data pipeline development.
  • Databricks
  • Azure Synapse
  • Azure Data Lake Storage (ADLS)
  • Azure Key Vault
  • Networking
  • RBAC

Reference: WJ-747_30991987

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