Hybrid Senior Data Platform Engineer

at Bupa

• Job title: Senior Data Platform Engineer
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: £NaN per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: Azure, Cloud, Python, Terraform
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Salford, United Kingdom

About the role

• Join Bupa as a Senior Platform Engineer to design and build a scalable, secure data platform. Collaborate and mentor in a healthcare and insurance setting with innovative technology.

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

Requirements

• Extensive experience in platform engineering, with a strong 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 and 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 (e.g., network isolation, IAM, data protection).
• 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.

Benefits

• 25 days holiday, increasing through length of service, with option to buy or sell
• Bupa health insurance as a benefit in kind
• An enhanced pension plan and life insurance
• Annual performance-based bonus
• Onsite gyms or local discounts where no onsite gym available
• Various other benefits and online discounts