Data Platform Engineer

Salary: £50,000 - 80,000 per year

Requirements

• Strong experience administering and optimising SQL Server environments, including high availability, disaster recovery, replication, patching and maintenance.
• Expertise with Azure SQL Database, including performance tuning, geo-replication, backup and recovery, scalability and cost optimisation.
• Advanced SQL, T-SQL and database design skills, including data modelling and query optimisation.
• Deep experience troubleshooting performance issues using execution plans, indexing strategies, Query Store, Extended Events and workload analysis.
• Strong PowerShell and Python scripting skills.
• Experience implementing monitoring, observability and alerting solutions using Azure-native services.
• Strong knowledge of Azure security and governance, including Entra ID, RBAC, PIM, managed identities and Defender for SQL.
• Experience working within regulated, security-conscious or highly governed environments.
• Knowledge of Azure networking and secure connectivity patterns.
• Experience supporting cloud migration, platform modernisation or transformation initiatives.
• Excellent problem-solving skills, sound judgement and a proactive engineering mindset.
• Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, Bicep or Azure automation tools.
• Experience with Microsoft Fabric and wider Azure data services.
• Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) practices, operational resilience and SLA/SLO frameworks.
• Azure DevOps, CI/CD pipelines and database DevOps practices.
• Experience with NoSQL technologies such as Cosmos DB or MongoDB.
• Familiarity with Redgate tooling.

Responsibilities

• Own the performance, availability, security and operational health of our SQL Server and Azure SQL environments.
• Deliver database performance optimisation, capacity planning and resilience engineering.
• Implement monitoring, alerting and observability across our data platform using Azure-native tooling.
• Maintain backup, recovery, business continuity and disaster recovery capabilities.
• Manage security and governance controls, including Entra ID integration, RBAC, auditing, encryption and access management.
• Support cloud migration and modernisation initiatives, helping move legacy workloads towards Azure-native architectures.
• Provide technical guidance and collaborate with engineering teams to improve database design, data access patterns and application performance.
• Drive continuous improvement activities, including incident response, root cause analysis and platform automation.
• Help lead the evolution of our data platform as we transition from SQL Server environments to a modern, cloud-first Azure ecosystem.
• Influence architecture, tooling and operational practices that support the next generation of data and analytics capabilities across our business.
• Work closely with engineering, architecture, operations and data teams to support our adoption of Azure-native services and Microsoft Fabric.

Technologies

• Azure
• CI/CD
• Cloud
• Cosmos DB
• DevOps
• Fabric
• Support
• MongoDB
• NoSQL
• PowerShell
• Python
• RBAC
• Redgate
• SQL
• Security
• Terraform

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We are L&C, the UKs No.1 online mortgage broker and a proudly fee-free business founded in 1999. We offer both online and telephone support, have offices in Bath and Newcastle Upon Tyne, and have helped over 2 million people find the right mortgage. We are in a dynamic period of growth and transformation, and this role offers the chance to play a key part in a major cloud modernisation programme. We value respect, equity, diversity and inclusion, and we offer benefits including 25 days starting annual leave plus your birthday and bank holidays off, a Perkbox benefits hub, a Buy Holiday scheme, an Electric Car Scheme, employee assistance and wellbeing programmes, and annual Summer and Winter parties and team-led social events. This role sits within a highly regulated environment and is subject to FCA Conduct Rules.

last updated 26 week of 2026