Data Platform Engineer
At a glance
Mid-level Data Engineering role at Bupa. Staines · full-time · no salary stated · we estimate £46,675–£65,625 across the United Kingdom.
Bupa has not published a salary for this role. The figure below is our estimate, not theirs.
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What you'll do
- Build and maintain Azure and Snowflake platform components that support analytics, reporting and data science
- Use Terraform to automate repeatable infrastructure deployments in cloud environments
- Create and operate CI/CD pipelines with Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions
- Monitor platform health, investigate issues and escalate problems when needed
- Work with engineering, architecture and data teams to provision secure environments and maintain operational guides
What you bring
- At least three years in platform, cloud or data platform engineering
- Strong Terraform and IaC delivery skills, backed by a relevant certification or equivalent cloud experience
- Hands-on use of Azure data services and experience with Snowflake or another cloud relational data platform
- Experience creating CI/CD pipelines and scripting automation with PowerShell, Bash or Python
Who this fits
This role suits an engineer moving deeper into cloud platform work, including applicants from data engineering with strong infrastructure-as-code skills. It is a platform engineering position, not a conventional data engineering role. The job is based in Staines or Salford, with flexible or hybrid working options.
From the employer
Job Description:
Data Platform Engineer
Primary locations: Staines (TW18 3DZ) or Salford (M50 3SP)
Flexible / Hybrid working options
Permanent | Full-time (37.5 hours)
Salary: Neg. depending on experience + 10% bonus + excellent benefits
We make health happen
At Bupa, technology underpins everything we do. You’ll join a growing digital and data community working across innovative platforms that support colleagues, clinicians, patients and our insurance customers. As part of our enterprise data platform team, you’ll help build and operate the cloud infrastructure that powers analytics, reporting and data science across Bupa.
This role is ideal for an engineer with hands‑on Azure and/or Snowflake experience who is ready to deepen their cloud engineering skills, contribute to automation and platform operations, and work in a highly regulated, mission‑driven environment.
Please note: This is a platform engineering role rather than a traditional data engineering position. We welcome applicants from data engineering backgrounds with strong platform/IaC skills.
How you’ll help us make health happen:
Support the design, build and maintenance of core Azure and Snowflake data platform components.
Develop and maintain Infrastructure‑as‑Code using Terraform, enabling repeatable and automated deployments.
Build and run CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps and/or GitHub Actions.
Contribute to platform monitoring, including logging, metrics and alerting through observability tooling.
Troubleshoot platform issues and escalate where appropriate.
Collaborate with engineers, architects and data teams to provision secure and performant environments.
Contribute to documentation, runbooks and operational procedures.
Support continuous improvement by identifying enhancements to automation, performance and reliability.
Key Skills & Experience
~3+ years’ experience in platform, cloud, or data platform engineering.
Mandatory: Strong Terraform experience with a relevant HashiCorp Terraform certification (e.g., HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate) or equivalent demonstrable expertise in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) delivery within cloud environments.
Hands‑on experience with key Azure data services (e.g., Data Factory, Data Lake, Power BI/Fabric).
Experience working with Snowflake or other relational cloud data platforms.
Experience building CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions.
Working knowledge of monitoring tools such as Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, or Application Insights.
Scripting skills (PowerShell, Bash, or Python) for automation tasks.
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 timeJob Area:
ITLocations:
Bupa Place, Staines - Willow House
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