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Platform Specialist
Platform Specialist – Retail & Analytics Data Hub (RADH) at Legal & General
About Legal & General
Legal & General (L&G) is a leading UK financial services group and major global investor, dedicated to safeguarding financial futures since 1836. We strive to build a better society by improving customers’ lives, creating value for shareholders, and offering retirement and protection solutions worldwide.
Our Retail business supports customers throughout their financial journey—helping them save, plan, and enjoy retirement. We serve ~12.8 million policyholders and workplace members, leveraging technology to create personalised, data-driven solutions.
The Opportunity
We’re building a modern, enterprise-scale data platform to help our Retail business make smarter, data-driven decisions daily. Our Data Operations team powers this by designing, running, and improving the Retail & Analytics Data Hub (RADH), a strategic data platform at the heart of analytics and reporting.
We’re seeking a Platform Specialist to take technical ownership of RADH and shape its future. Ideal for someone who loves working at the intersection of platform engineering, data architecture, and Snowflake innovation—while influencing how data platforms evolve at scale.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the ongoing development of the Retail & Analytics Data Hub as a strategic enterprise data platform.
- Introduce and optimise Snowflake capabilities to improve performance, scalability, and reliability.
- Act as the Snowflake subject matter expert, shaping best practices across the organisation.
- Improve automation through CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code (IaC), and orchestration frameworks.
- Embed observability across the platform, including monitoring, alerting, data lineage, and quality.
- Enhance governance, security, and access controls in partnership with Information Security.
- Collaborate with engineers, analysts, and product teams to drive platform adoption and delivery.
- Optimise platform costs while maintaining agreed service levels for availability, performance, and data quality.
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Requirements
Technical & Professional Fit
- Strong experience in data platform or data engineering roles, especially in cloud environments.
- Deep, hands-on expertise in Snowflake (core features, architecture, optimisation).
- Proficiency in SQL and modern data engineering tooling/patterns (e.g., Data Lakehouse, pipelines).
- Experience designing or supporting large-scale data platforms and architectures.
- Understanding of data governance, security, access management, and compliance.
- Ability to communicate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
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Cultural & Attitudinal Fit
- A collaborative mindset and eagerness to enable and mentor others.
- Curiosity, adaptability, and passion for continuous improvement and emerging tech.
Why Join Us?
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Share incentives & bonuses: Participate in our annual performance-based bonus and share schemes.
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Generous benefits:
- Enhanced pension contributions.
- Life assurance and a healthcare plan (permanent employees).
- 25+ holiday days (26 days after 2 years).
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Flexibility & inclusivity: Performance-focused culture with open discussions on flexible working (part-time, job shares, etc.).
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Sustainability: Net-zero offices by 2030, blending work-life balance with modern, inclusive spaces.
Our Mission & Culture
At L&G, we believe in generating positive returns today while building a better future. Join a team that values: ✔ Diversity, inclusion, and mental wellbeing ✔ Opportunities for career growth & development ✔ A clear purpose aligned with inspiring outcomes
If this excites you, don’t wait—apply today! We’re looking for someone passionate about data, scale, and driving forward—wherever your skills and curiosity take us.
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