At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead the design and implementation of innovative platform architectures using cutting-edge technologies.
- Company: Join a leading international recruiting agency with a focus on tech talent in Europe.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, bonuses, hybrid work model, and opportunities for professional growth.
- Other info: Work in a collaborative team with excellent career advancement opportunities.
- Why this job: Shape the future of data platforms and make a significant impact in a dynamic environment.
- Qualifications: Experience in platform engineering and strong expertise in Snowflake and Confluent Kafka required.
The predicted salary is between 72000 - 88000 £ per year.
K&K Talents is an international recruiting agency that has been providing technical resources in the European region since 1993. This position is with one of our clients in the UK who is actively hiring candidates to expand their teams.
Location: London, UK (Hybrid Remote)
Employment type: Permanent Employment
Compensation – Base Salary + Competitive (including bonus)
Roles and Responsibilities:
- Define enterprise platform architecture, reference architecture, standards, and engineering guardrails.
- Build modernization roadmaps for Data, Streaming, Integration, and Platform Engineering ecosystems.
- Drive architecture reviews, technology evaluations, and platform transformation initiatives.
- Establish governance, security, resilience, scalability, and cost-optimization frameworks.
- Lead Snowflake architecture covering security, governance, RBAC, data sharing, performance optimization, and multi-environment strategy.
- Define enterprise data platform standards and operational best practices.
- Guide warehouse sizing, workload management, performance tuning, and cost optimization.
- Design event-driven architecture using Confluent Cloud.
- Define topic governance, schema management, security controls, HA/DR, and cluster strategy.
- Establish enterprise integration patterns using Kafka, Kafka Connect, APIs, and streaming architectures.
- Define and implement CI/CD standards using GitHub Actions.
- Drive Infrastructure-as-Code, automation, release governance, and quality gates.
- Establish platform engineering practices supporting continuous delivery and automation.
- Define Data Mesh principles, domain ownership models, governance, metadata management, and interoperability standards.
- Establish integration architecture across Snowflake, Kafka, cloud platforms, APIs, ETL/ELT, and downstream systems.
- Collaborate with business and engineering teams to enable scalable data products.
Required:
- Multiple years in Platform Engineering, Cloud, Integration, or Data Platforms.
- Must have 1 large program where the person has implemented a multi-technology platform for data on cloud.
- Strong expertise in Snowflake and/or Confluent Kafka.
- Experience with Confluent Cloud, Kafka Connect, Schema Registry, and event-driven architecture.
- Hands-on experience with GitHub Actions, CI/CD, DevOps automation, and Infrastructure-as-Code.
- Experience with Azure/AWS/GCP cloud platforms.
- Strong knowledge of Kubernetes, containerization, and cloud-native platforms.
- Deep understanding of Data Mesh, Data Governance, Security, and Compliance.
- Experience with observability, monitoring, and platform operations.
Note: Applicants for employment in the UK should possess work authorization which does not require sponsorship by the employer for a visa.
Platform Architect in London employer: K&K Talents
K&K Talents is an exceptional employer, offering a dynamic work environment in the heart of London, where innovation meets tradition in the insurance sector. With a strong focus on employee development and growth opportunities, we empower our team to lead transformative Guidewire programs while fostering a collaborative culture that values client engagement and expertise. Join us to be part of a forward-thinking company that champions your career in the thriving P&C and specialty insurance market.
