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Our purpose is simple: empowering our members to live well for longer. We're here to give peace of mind through timely access to quality care, inspire healthier living, and lead positive change across the health system. As a New Zealand-owned, member-based organisation, we're building a future where wellbeing is at the heart of everything we do -- delivering exceptional value for our members and creating an environment where our people thrive.\nNow is an exciting time to join us. You'll be part of a high-performing, values-driven team where people are at the heart of everything we do -- and in return for your talent, you'll have the opportunity to grow, make an impact, and be proud of the difference your work makes.\nAbout the role\nSouthern Cross is guided by purpose, powered by people and technology. 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We’re looking for a Data Platform Engineer to keep the Snowflake platform everything else depends on reliable, secure and trusted.\nThis is a technical role for someone who wants to own the platform data runs on: building automated pipelines and infrastructure, securing sensitive data by design, and giving teams across Southern Cross a foundation they can act on with confidence.\nAbout the role\nReporting into the Lead, Data Platform Engineering, you’ll manage the Snowflake platform - performance, storage, roles and security access - and run the ingestion pipelines that bring data in at pace and at quality.\nYou’ll work with a DevOps mindset alongside Analytics Engineers, approving their schema changes into the platform, and partner with the wider Data & AI team to keep governance, lineage and access controls embedded across everything that runs through Snowflake.\nThis function is still being built, so you’ll help shape how the platform scales - infrastructure as code, shared CI/CD patterns, and the controls that keep member and health data safe and compliant.\nWhat you’ll do\nManage the Snowflake platform - performance, storage, roles and security access \nApply governance controls across access, classification and lineage \nRun and evolve the ingestion platform (ADF and its replacement) across APIs, storage and databases \nControl database change through DCM, reviewing and approving schema change releases \nMaintain shared GitHub CI/CD patterns and checks used consistently across repos \nProvision and manage platform infrastructure as code \nSafeguard sensitive and health data in line with the Privacy Act and internal policy \nDevelop and maintain MLOps pipelines for model versioning, testing and deployment \nPartner with Analytics Engineers, approving their schema change fixes into the platform \nWhat you’ll bring\n5+ years building and operating production data pipelines \nStrong experience with Snowflake and Azure, with ADF or similar ingestion tooling \nExcellent SQL and modern languages such as Python \nExperience with GitHub and shared CI/CD patterns and checks across repos \nDCM and schemachange-style database deployment, plus infrastructure as code \nPlatform monitoring, observability and cost-aware operations \nA sound understanding of data governance, security and Snowflake role/access design \nAwareness of privacy and compliance requirements for sensitive data \nA great communicator with strong stakeholder management and a collaborative, solution-oriented style \nWhy join us\nWe’re investing - in people, in technology, and in the mission. 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We offer exceptional work/life balance, and our people are encouraged - and rewarded - for living well.\nSouthern Cross employee benefits include:\nFive days of wellbeing leave per year \nHealth insurance for you and your immediate whānau \nLife insurance cover and discounts on pet and travel insurance \nExtra parental leave benefits and financial wellbeing support \nParticipation in our workplace wellbeing programme \nThe option to purchase flexi leave for study, volunteering, or supporting your whānau \nAn annual volunteer day to contribute to a cause with your team \nThis role is Auckland based. While we appreciate interest from candidates in other locations, we’re unfortunately not able to consider remote options. Have questions? Check out our FAQs for help with the application and recruitment process.\nWe are proud to have taken the Pride Pledge, reflecting our commitment to inclusion and belonging. 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