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Data Platform Engineer
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Data Platform Engineer
I am seeking a Data Platform Engineer to join our client's Group Technology team in Milton Keynes. You will play a key role in delivering the Connells Group Data Platform, including design, capacity, management, and configuration management responsibilities.
As a Data Platform Engineer, you will be working in a team of technical specialists on a day-to-day basis, liaising with 3rd party providers to develop your core skills and expertise while maturing the overall processes and procedures in relation to the service. The role also supports the business objectives and strategy through the delivery of secure, supportable, and scalable cloud data platforms.
Key Responsibilities:
- Have expertise around the Data Platform capability
- Maintain the Data Platform for all Connells users, managing critical downtime and risk of disruption.
- Undertake root cause analysis and resolution of incidents.
- Undertake applicable out-of-hours support as required for operational running.
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Team Roles and Responsibilities
- Use of Agile methodologies for platform development
- Deliver Platform as Code
- Work within the Cloud Platform design pattern to implement technical and financial observability
- Undertake platform capacity management
- Support projects where appropriate
- Undertake proactive monitoring and react to escalations from other IT teams
- Collaborating with other members of the team.
Experience and Skills Required:
Essential:
- Demonstrable experience in similar relevant technical roles
- Experience of incident resolution, requests, changes, and problem-solving activities delivered to agreed SLAs
- Experience of implementing Cloud Technologies
- Experience of Microsoft Fabric
- Experience of managing SQL Server
- Good team communication, with experience in sharing and presenting new ideas and approaches with the team
- Willingness to learn, adopt, and advance best-practices, procedures, and qualitative standards
- Can operate in a complex environment under pressure
- Able to operate both with legacy and current technology
- Analytically minded and a strong attention to detail
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Desirable:
- Experience of GitHub, Git Actions, Terraform, Platform as Code, and Zero Trust architectures
- Experience of advanced tools for operational monitoring
- Ability to operate and influence at all levels within the organisation
- Experience of tools for Alerting and Monitoring
- Cloud Cost Monitoring and reporting
- STEM degree/postgraduate qualification
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