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Senior Data Platform Engineer - Snowflake
Job in
Manchester, Greater Manchester, M21 0, England, UK
Listed on 2026-07-16
Listing for:
ed Resourcing Ltd
Full Time
position Listed on 2026-07-16
Job specializations:
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IT/Tech
Data Engineering, Data Security, Cloud Computing: Infrastructure & Operations, SRE/Site Reliability
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Type: Permanent, Full-Time (37.5 hours)
Salary: £90,000 - 120000 + 10% Bonus + Excellent Benefits
Overview We're hiring a Senior Data Platform Engineer to play a key role in designing, building, and operating a secure, scalable enterprise data platform with a strong focus on Snowflake.
This is a senior-level position where you'll take ownership of platform engineering capabilities- driving automation, governance, and performance optimisation, while enabling data teams to deliver advanced analytics at scale.
You'll operate with a high level of autonomy, contributing to platform standards, improving reliability, and ensuring cost-effective, compliant data operations.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, build, and manage Snowflake platform capabilities within an enterprise data environment
- Automate infrastructure and resource provisioning using Terraform (IaC)
- Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines (Git Hub Actions / Azure Dev Ops)
- Implement monitoring, alerting, and observability frameworks
- Lead cost optimisation initiatives across Snowflake workloads
- Define and enforce security best practices (RBAC, data masking, identity integration)
- Establish governance and compliance frameworks (audit logging, access reviews)
- Design and implement disaster recovery and business continuity strategies
- Create reusable modules, templates, and platform standards
- Produce high-quality documentation, runbooks, and onboarding materials
- Strong experience in platform or cloud engineering within enterprise environments
- Deep expertise in Snowflake (warehousing, RBAC, data sharing, performance tuning)
- Hands-on experience with Terraform and Infrastructure as Code
- Proven experience building CI/CD pipelines (Git Hub Actions or Azure Dev Ops)
- Strong scripting skills (SQL, Python, or Bash)
- Solid understanding of Snowflake security features (masking, encryption, identity federation)
- Experience with monitoring, query profiling, and usage tracking
- Demonstrated ability to optimise performance and manage costs in large-scale environments
- Strong communication skills with the ability to work across engineering, data, and compliance teams
- Proactive approach to documentation and platform standards
- 25 days holiday (with option to buy/sell)
- Annual bonus
- Private healthcare
- Enhanced pension and life insurance
- Flexible working arrangements
- Wellbeing support and lifestyle benefits
- Access to discounts and additional perks
Position Requirements
10+ Years
work experience
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