Platform Engineer

TalkTalk; City of London; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A telecommunications company in London is seeking a Mid-Senior Data Engineer to design and maintain Azure infrastructure and develop CI/CD pipelines. The ideal candidate has expertise in Microsoft Azure, Databricks, and Terraform, with excellent problem-solving skills. This full-time role offers a competitive salary ranging from £65,000 to £90,000.

Benefits

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Qualifications

• Proven expertise with Microsoft Azure (networking, security, storage, compute).
• Strong proficiency in Databricks with hands-on Scala (Spark) and PySpark.
• Deep experience with Terraform for Azure resource deployment and governance.
• Hands-on with Azure DevOps pipelines (YAML, agents, service connections).
• Understanding of Azure Active Directory / Entra ID, RBAC, and service principals.
• Familiarity with monitoring and logging in Azure (Log Analytics, Monitor, Application Insights).
• Experience in large-scale enterprise environments and agile delivery.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain Azure infrastructure with Terraform (IaC).
• Develop and optimise CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps.
• Work with Databricks (Spark/Scala, PySpark) for data processing.
• Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimise platform reliability and performance.
• Partner with architects and product teams to enforce best practices.
• Document infrastructure, processes, and standards.

Skills

Microsoft Azure

Databricks

Terraform

Azure DevOps

Scala

PySpark

Problem-solving skills

Collaboration skills

Job description

Job Overview

TalkTalk’s Data Engineering team resides within the Delivery business unit of the IT function, part of the Data & Automation department alongside Report Engineering, Data Governance, Data Migrations and Automation teams.

Data Engineering combines Data Engineers and QA Engineers who are forward‑thinking and trail‑blazing. The team is exceptionally talented, supportive and personable, offering challenging work, excellent growth opportunities and rewards.

Base Pay Range

12m FTC

Location: London, England, United Kingdom

Salary: £65,000 – £90,000

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain Azure infrastructure with Terraform (IaC) as the single source of truth.
• Develop and optimise CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps to automate deployment of workspaces, Unity Catalog, networking, and security.
• Work with Databricks (Spark/Scala, PySpark) to support ingestion frameworks, data processing, and platform‑level libraries.
• Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimise platform reliability and performance.
• Partner with architects, engineers, and product teams to enforce best practices in governance, security, and automation.
• Document infrastructure, processes, and standards for wider engineering adoption.

Qualifications (Must Have)

• Proven expertise with Microsoft Azure (networking, security, storage, compute).
• Strong proficiency in Databricks with hands‑on Scala (Spark) and PySpark.
• Deep experience with Terraform for Azure resource deployment and governance.
• Hands‑on with Azure DevOps pipelines (YAML, agents, service connections).
• Understanding of Azure Active Directory / Entra ID, RBAC, and service principals.
• Familiarity with monitoring and logging in Azure (Log Analytics, Monitor, Application Insights).
• Excellent problem‑solving and collaboration skills.
• Experience in large‑scale enterprise environments and agile delivery.

Seniority Level

Mid‑Senior level

Employment Type

Full‑time

Job Function & Industries

Telecommunications

Benefits

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