- Company Name
- Eden Scott
- Job Title
- Data Platform Engineer
- Job Description
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Job Title: Data Platform Engineer
Role Summary: Lead the design, build, and operation of an enterprise-grade data platform spanning Snowflake, Oracle SQL, and Power BI across hybrid on‑prem and cloud environments, ensuring data reliability, trust, and alignment with strategic objectives.
Expectations: Deliver robust ELT/ETL pipelines, maintain high‑availability production data services, enforce data governance (GDPR, privacy, access controls), and actively partner with executive stakeholders to translate data into actionable insights.
Key Responsibilities
- Architect and implement enterprise data platform foundations in Snowflake and Oracle.
- Build, operate, and monitor ELT/ETL pipelines using SQL, Python, dbt, Airflow/ADF/Matillion, ensuring observability, SLAs, and cost efficiency.
- Publish curated, business‑ready datasets to leadership, manage CI/CD workflows, run‑books, dashboards, and alerting.
- Enforce security, privacy, RBAC, masking, encryption, and auditability across all data assets.
- Manage data quality, lineage, cataloguing, validation, retention, and archiving.
- Collaborate with analysts, super‑users, and leaders to convert data into decisions and coach on analytics best practices.
- Oversee key vendors/suppliers and standardise integration patterns across systems.
- Communicate transparently with cross‑functional teams, including Executive leadership, to maintain trust in data.
Required Skills
- Advanced SQL expertise in Snowflake & Oracle.
- Strong Python programming for data pipelines.
- Proficient with dbt, Airflow, Azure Data Factory, or Matillion.
- Power BI mastery: semantic modeling, DAX optimization, workspace governance, deployment pipelines.
- Demonstrated experience running production‑grade data platforms with high availability and observability.
- In‑depth knowledge of RBAC, data masking, encryption, audit logs, and GDPR compliance.
- Familiarity with hybrid/on‑prem and cloud data estates and SaaS integrations.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management across all levels, including Executive leadership.
Required Education & Certifications
- Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science, Information Technology, Data Engineering, or related field.
- Professional certifications such as SnowPro Certified, Power BI Expert, or relevant data platform/engineering certifications are desirable.