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We are seeking an experienced Data Platform Engineer to join our Group Technology team in Milton Keynes. You will play a key role in delivering the Connells Group Fabric Data Platform, including design, capacity, management and configuration management responsibilities. The role also supports the business objectives and strategy through the delivery of secure, supportable and scalable cloud data platforms.
We offer a hybrid working arrangement with one day per week in our Milton Keynes office.
Key Responsibilities:
- Support and maintain the Connells Group Fabric Data Platform.
- Monitor platform health, performance, availability, and capacity.
- Undertake platform capacity management
- Maintain the Data Platform for all Connells users, managing critical downtime and risk of disruption.
- Assist with cloud cost optimisation.
- To undertake root cause analysis and resolution of incidents.
- To undertake applicable out-of-hours support as required for operational running.
Team Roles and Responsibilities:
- Use of Agile methodologies for platform development
- Deliver Platform as Code
- Work within the Cloud Platform design pattern to implement technical and financial observability
- Support projects where appropriate
- Collaborating with other members of the team.
Experience and Skills Required:
- Experience of Microsoft Fabric
- Experience of managing SQL Server
- Demonstrable experience in similar relevant technical roles
- Experience of incident resolution, requests, changes and problem-solving activities delivered to agreed SLAs
- Experience of implementing Cloud Technologies
- Good team communication, with experiences in sharing and presenting new ideas and approaches with the team
- Willingness to learn, adopt and advance best-practices, procedures and qualitative standards
- Can operate in a complex xgikmsk environment under pressure
- Able to operate both with legacy and current technology
- Analytically minded and a strong attention to detail
Desirable:
- Experience of GitHub, Git Actions, Terraform, Platform as Code and Zero Trust architectures
- Experience of advanced tools for operational monitoring
- Ability to operate and influence at all levels within the organisation
- Experience of tools for Alerting and Monitoring
- Cloud Cost Monitoring and reporting
- STEM degree/ postgraduate qualification
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