Senior Data Platform Engineer

Bupa Insurance Limited; Salford; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading health insurance provider in the UK is seeking a Senior Data Platform Engineer to design and operate a scalable data platform. This role involves contributing to Azure and Snowflake components, building CI/CD pipelines, and mentoring junior engineers. Candidates should have extensive experience with Azure-based solutions, Terraform, and observability practices. Benefits include health insurance, enhanced pension plan, and flexible working options. Join a company that champions diversity and aims to help people live healthier lives.

Benefits

25 days holiday

Health insurance

Enhanced pension

Annual performance-based bonus

Onsite gyms or local discounts

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in platform engineering focused on Azure solutions.
• Expert-level knowledge of Azure services like Data Factory and Power BI.
• Proven experience with infrastructure-as-code using Terraform.
• Strong grasp of observability and performance optimization.
• Deep understanding of cloud security principles.
• Proficiency in scripting and automation.
• Proven collaboration across engineering and business teams.
• Strong documentation and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to design and delivery of Azure and Snowflake data platform.
• Maintain infrastructure-as-code ensuring environment consistency.
• Build CI/CD pipelines for rapid deployments.
• Implement observability practices including logging and metrics.
• Align implementation with platform standards and practices.
• Mentor junior engineers and promote automation best practices.

Skills

Azure-based data solutions

Infrastructure-as-code using Terraform

CI/CD pipelines via Azure DevOps

Observability practices

Cloud security principles

Scripting with PowerShell, Bash, or Python

Collaborative mindset

Clear communication

Job description

Job Description:

Senior Data Platform Engineer

Primary location: Salford (M50 3SP) or Staines (TW18 3DZ) or London (EC2R 7HJ)

Flexible / Hybrid working options.

Permanent

Salary Negotiable depending on experience & location

10% Bonus+ fantastic benefits

Full time 37.5 hours

We consider all types of flexibility, including locations, hours and working patterns.

We make health happen

At Bupa, we're passionate about technology. With colleagues, customers, patients and residents in mind you'll have the opportunity to work on innovative projects and make a real impact on their lives. Right from the start you'll become part of our digital & data strategy, joining us on our journey and developing yourself along the way.

Join our team as a Senior Platform Engineer, where you'll contribute to the design and operation of a scalable, secure enterprise data platform supporting advanced analytics and business intelligence in a healthcare and insurance setting. You'll work with high autonomy, mentor junior engineers, and drive technical excellence while ensuring compliance and performance. This is a key role in shaping a robust, automated data platform that powers better patient care and smarter insurance services.

How you'll help us make health happen:

• 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.

Key Skills / Qualifications needed for this role:

• 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

Our benefits are designed to make health happen for our people. Viva is our global wellbeing programme and includes all aspects of our health - from mental and physical, to financial, social and environmental wellbeing. We support flexible working and have a range of family friendly benefits.

Joining Bupa in this role you will receive the following benefits and more:

• 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

Why Bupa?

We're a health insurer and provider. With no shareholders, our customers are our focus. Our people are all driven by the same purpose - helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world. We make health happen by being brave, caring and responsible in everything we do.

We encourage all of our people to ”Be you at Bupa”, we champion diversity, and we understand the importance of our people representing the communities and customers we serve. That's why we especially encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.

Bupa is a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer. This means we aim to offer an interview/assessment to every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the role. We'll make sure you are treated fairly and offer reasonable adjustments as part of our recruitment process to anyone that needs them.

Time Type: Full time

Job Area: IT

Locations: Angel Court, London, Bupa Place, Staines - Willow House