Data Platform Engineer

Location:

Skelmersdale, Lancashire

We're looking for a Data Platform Engineer to join our Infrastructure Operations team and play a key role in supporting, maintaining and developing our database and data platform services. Working across IT, Software Development and Engineering teams, you'll help ensure the performance, availability, security and resilience of our growing data estate. This includes Microsoft SQL Server, Azure SQL, PostgreSQL and emerging technologies such as Timescale DB and Microsoft Fabric.

This is an exciting opportunity for someone with a strong database background who is passionate about optimisation, troubleshooting and modern data platforms. As our data capabilities continue to evolve, you'll have the opportunity to expand into broader data engineering activities and cloud technologies.

• Administer, maintain and optimise SQL Server and Azure SQL environments.
• Monitor database and platform performance, identifying opportunities for improvement.
• Work closely with Development teams to optimise queries, stored procedures, functions, views and indexes.
• Support backup, recovery, maintenance and disaster recovery activities.
• Investigate incidents, perform root cause analysis and implement corrective actions.
• Contribute to platform resilience through high availability, replication and failover solutions.
• Support the adoption and migration of Azure SQL and related cloud services.
• Assist in the development and support of PostgreSQL, Timescale DB and Microsoft Fabric platforms.
• Maintain accurate technical documentation and operational procedures.
• Collaborate with teams across Software, Engineering and IT to support releases and ongoing service improvements.
• Provide support for high-priority and occasional out-of-hours incidents when required.

• Degree qualified in Computer Science, Information Technology, Data Engineering or a related discipline.
• Experience supporting SQL Server databases and related infrastructure environments.
• Strong understanding of SQL, T-SQL, database objects and query optimisation techniques.
• Knowledge of indexing, execution plans and database performance tuning.
• Experience with backup, recovery, maintenance and disaster recovery processes.
• Understanding of Windows Server administration and Microsoft Azure services.
• Strong troubleshooting, problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to collaborate across technical teams.
• Experience with PostgreSQL, Timescale DB, Azure SQL, Power Shell scripting or Microsoft Fabric would be advantageous.
• A proactive approach to learning and developing new technical skills within modern data and cloud platforms.

This role offers the chance to work with modern data technologies in a collaborative engineering environment while developing your expertise across cloud, database and data engineering disciplines. You'll have the opportunity to contribute to platform modernisation initiatives and help shape the future of our data capabilities.

Interested? We'd love to hear from you. Apply today and join us on our journey to build scalable, reliable and innovative data platforms.

The Steam Thermal Solutions business is one of three businesses within Spirax Group. Spirax Sarco and Gestra, are our two brands that form Steam Thermal Solution sand are global leaders in the supply of engineered solutions for the design, provision and maintenance of efficient industrial and commercial steam systems.

Steam Thermal Solutions has global coverage across 67 operating units (called OpCos), organised into four Divisions: EMEA, APAC, Americas, Gestra.

Spirax Groupis a FTSE
100 and FTSE4

Good multi-national industrial engineering Group with expertise in the control and management of steam, electric thermal solutions, peristaltic pumping and associated fluid technologies.

Our Purpose is to create sustainable value for all our stakeholders as we engineer a more efficient, safer and sustainable world. Our technologies play an essential role in critical industrial processes and industrial equipment across industries as diverse as Food & Beverage, Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology, Power Generation, Semiconductors and Healthcare. With customers in 165 countries, we provide the solutions that sit behind the production of many items used in daily life, from baked beans to mobile phones!

Our Purpose, supported by our inclusive culture and Values, unites us, guides our decisions and inspires us everywhere…