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With colleagues, customers, patients and residents in mind you’ll have the opportunity to work on innovative projects and make a real impact on their lives.\nRight from the start you’ll become part of our digital & data strategy, joining us on our journey and developing yourself along the way.\nWe're looking for a Senior Platform Engineer to contribute/lead the development of secure, scalable, and automated Snowflake services and capabilities within our enterprise data platform. You'll work with high autonomy to deliver robust infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, and governance frameworks that empower data teams to drive advanced analytics.\nIn this senior role, you'll shape platform standards, and ensure Snowflake is operated in a reliable, cost-effective, and compliant manner. Your work will directly support data-driven innovation in a healthcare and insurance environment, improving patient outcomes and operational efficiency.\nHow you’ll help us make health happen:\nAutomate Snowflake resource provisioning and lifecycle management using Terraform.\n\nDesign and maintain CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions or Azure DevOps.\n\nBuild monitoring and alerting frameworks using Snowflake-native tools.\n\nLead cost optimisation efforts to ensure efficient resource usage.\n\nImplement robust security controls including RBAC, data masking, and identity integration.\n\nDevelop automated testing and validation for platform changes.\n\nEstablish governance and compliance controls (e.g., audit logging, access reviews).\n\nDesign disaster recovery and business continuity strategies.\n\nCreate reusable templates and modules for consistent platform provisioning.\n\nMaintain clear, high-quality documentation and onboarding materials.\n\nKey Skills / Qualifications needed for this role:\nSignificant experience in platform or cloud engineering, with a strong focus on Snowflake in enterprise environments.\n\nDeep expertise in Snowflake, including warehouse management, RBAC, data sharing, and performance tuning.\n\nHands-on experience with Terraform and Infrastructure as Code for managing Snowflake and cloud resources.\n\nProficiency in designing and automating CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions or Azure DevOps.\n\nStrong scripting skills in SQL, Python, or Bash for automation and tooling.\n\nSolid understanding of Snowflake security features such as data masking, encryption, identity federation, and network policies.\n\nFamiliarity with observability practices, including query profiling, usage tracking, and integration with monitoring tools.\n\nDemonstrated ability to optimise performance and manage costs in large-scale Snowflake environments.\n\nExcellent collaboration and communication skills, with experience working across engineering, data, and compliance teams.\n\nA proactive approach to documentation, including technical standards, runbooks, and platform guides.\n\nBenefits\nOur 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.\nJoining Bupa in this role you will receive the following benefits and more:\n25 days holiday, increasing through length of service, with option to buy or sell\nBupa health insurance as a benefit in kind\nAn enhanced pension plan and life insurance\nAnnual performance-based bonus\nOnsite gyms or local discounts where no onsite gym available\nVarious other benefits and online discounts\nWhy Bupa?\nWe’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. 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