LegalAndGeneral
Platform Specialist
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Platform Specialist
Platform Specialist
Company Description
Legal & General (L&G) is a leading UK financial services group and major global investor. We’ve been safeguarding people’s financial futures since 1836, and we strive to build a better society—while improving the lives of our customers and creating value for shareholders.
We are one of the world’s largest asset managers and provide powerful asset origination capabilities. Together, these underpin our retirement and protection solutions: we are an international player in pension risk transfer, in UK and US life insurance, and in UK workplace pensions and retirement income.
About the Role – Who We Are
Our Retail business supports customers throughout their lives, helping them save, plan, protect and enjoy retirement. We are a leading provider of retirement and protection solutions and aim to support our c. 12.8 million policyholders and workplace members throughout their lifelong financial journeys.
We focus on helping both current and future customers achieve better long-term outcomes, whether we engage directly with them or work through intermediaries and employers. We leverage the latest technology to connect swiftly, efficiently, and in highly personalised ways—wherever possible.
Job Description
Role: Platform Specialist
We’re scaling up a modern, enterprise‑scale data platform that empowers our Retail business to make smarter, data-driven decisions every day. The Data Operations team enables this by designing, running—and continuously improving—the Retail & Analytics Data Hub (RADH), a strategic data platform at the heart of analytics and reporting.
We’re now seeking a Platform Specialist to take full technical ownership of RADH—and to actively shape its future influence in our data architecture evolution.
Ideal for: Candidates who thrive at the intersection of platform engineering, data architecture, and Snowflake innovation while shaping scalable, high-performance data platforms.
What You’ll Be Doing
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- Leading the ongoing development of the Retail & Analytics Data Hub (RADH) as a strategic enterprise data platform
- Driving Snowflake capabilities, optimising for improved performance, scalability, and reliability across the platform
- Serving as an Snowflake subject matter expert (SME) to shape best practices across the organisation
- Enhancing automation through CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code, and orchestration frameworks
- Embedding observability—including monitoring, alerting, lineage, and data quality—across the platform
- Supporting governance, security, and access controls in partnership with Information Security to ensure compliance
- Collaborating with engineers, analysts, and product teams to support platform adoption and delivery
- Balancing platform cost optimisation while maintaining SLA-relevant service levels for availability, performance, and data quality
Who We’re Looking For
Applicants should have:
- Strong hands-on experience in data platform or data engineering roles within cloud environments
- Deep expertise in Snowflake—including core features, best practices, and innovations
- Confidence in SQL and a modern data engineering tooling/patterns perspective
- Experience designing or managing enterprise-scale data platforms
- Knowledge of data governance, security, access management, and compliance
- Ability to communicate complex technical topics to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
- A collaborative mindset with a passion for enabling others
- Curiosity and adaptability, alongside an interest in continuous improvement and emerging technologies
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Benefits
We value performance and behaviour and offer a comprehensive benefits package, including:
- Annual performance-related bonus and share schemes
- Generous employer contribution to your UK/US pension
- Life assurance for financial security
- Comprehensive healthcare plan (UK roles only)
- 25+ days holiday annually, including public holidays. Employees benefit from an option to buy/sell holiday after 2 years.
- Competitive family leave policies
- Electric car hire scheme via tax-efficient salary sacrifice (UK permanent employees only)
- Discounts on our own products and a range of high street brands
- Net-zero carbon workplaces by 2030—with upgraded sustainable, modern UK offices to foster collaboration
Additional Information
At Legal & General, we believe profit and purpose can go hand-in-hand.
By joining us, you’ll contribute to an inclusive, welcoming culture, where diverse perspectives are valued and collaboration thrives. Our leaders prioritise integrity, team growth, and wellbeing, while upskilling programs support long-term career success.
We favour results over attendance—open to discussions for flexible working arrangements, including:
- Part-time hours
- Term-time schedules
- Job-sharing models
While some roles may have limited flexibility due to service demands, we’ll accommodate requests where possible.
Reminder: Meeting every criterion is not mandatory—highlight your strengths, potential, and alignment with our vision.
Contract Type & Location
- Type:
- Permanent (UK & Rest of World) / Regular (US)
- Business Unit: Legal & General Retail
- Sub Business Unit: RETAIL – CENTRAL
- Primary Location: Cardiff, UK (Four Central Square)
Job Family: IT & Change
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