Posted: 1 June
The role
Job Description We’re building a modern, enterprise‑scale data platform that helps our Retail business make smarter, data‑driven decisions every day. Our Data Operations team enables this by designing, running and continuously improving the Retail & Analytics Data Hub (RADH), a strategic data platform at the heart of analytics and reporting. We’re looking for a Platform Specialist to take technical ownership of RADH and help shape its future. This is a great opportunity for someone who enjoys working at the intersection of platform engineering, data architecture and Snowflake innovation, and who wants to influence how data platforms evolve at scale. What you'll be doing: Leading the ongoing development of the Retail & Analytics Data Hub as a strategic enterprise data platform Introducing and optimising Snowflake capabilities to improve performance, scalability and reliability Acting as a Snowflake subject matter expert, shaping best practice across the organisation Improving automation through CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code and orchestration frameworks Embedding observability across the platform, including monitoring, alerting, lineage and data quality Implementing and influencing robust governance, security and access controls in partnership with Information Security Collaborating with engineers, analysts and product teams to support platform adoption and delivery Optimising platform costs while maintaining agreed service levels for availability, performance and data quality Who we're looking for: Strong experience in data platform or data engineering roles within cloud environments Deep hands‑on knowledge of Snowflake and its core features and capabilities Confidence working with SQL and modern data engineering tooling and patterns Experience designing or supporting enterprise‑scale data platforms and architectures Understanding of data governance, security, access management and compliance Ability to communicate complex technical topics to both technical and non‑technical audiences A collaborative mindset with a desire to support and enable others Curiosity, adaptability and an interest in continuous improvement and emerging technologies Whatever your role, we reward performance and behaviour with a package that looks after all the things that are important to you. Here are some of the benefits we offer: The opportunity to participate in our annual, performance -related bonus plan and valuable share schemes Generous pension contribution Life assurance Healthcare Plan (permanent employees only) At least 25 days holiday, plus public holidays, 26 days after 2 years’ service. There’s also the option to buy and sell holiday Competitive family leave Participate in our electric car scheme, which offers employees the option to hire a brand-new electric car through tax efficient salary sacrifice (permanent employees only) There are the many discounts we offer – both for our own products and at a range of high street stores and online We’re creating net‑zero carbon workplaces by 2030 by investing in our sustainable, modern offices across the UK, all designed to bring people together and elevate the in‑person experience
