Senior Data Operations Engineer

JOB PURPOSE

Fastmarkets Data team is a new and dynamic function supporting the business in developing and delivering our data strategy through data insights and business intelligence. Highly valued by the business we are working hard to transform data function and ways of working.

Reporting directly into the Head of Cloud Engineering and working closely with our Data Platform & AI Manager we are looking for the right candidate to manage and optimize our Snowflake data platform. This is a fantastic opportunity to join us at the start of our journey to bring Data BI Analytics and Insights together into a high performing workstream in its own right.

The will play a key role in enabling our vision of a data-led culture through robust platform management security and operational excellence. This role will be responsible for the administration optimization and governance of our Snowflake environment ensuring it supports

our decentralized teams efficiently securely and cost-effectively. The Postholder will work closely with data engineers analysts and business stakeholders across the organization to maintain a scalable secure and performant data platform that enables teams to work autonomously while maintaining appropriate controls.

The Postholder will be accountable for implementing and maintaining best practices in platform administration security management and DataOps principles. The role requires a hands-on approach with strong technical expertise in Snowflake administration and a deep understanding of infrastructure-as-code and declarative configuration management. The successful candidate will also leverage AI tools to enhance productivity and streamline administrative workflows.

PRINCIPLE ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Design implement and maintain Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) frameworks to ensure secure and appropriate data access across decentralized teams and business units
• Enable self-service data access for distributed teams while maintaining security governance and compliance standards
• Manage network security configurations including firewall rules network policies and Azure Private Link connectivity
• Implement and maintain replication strategies for disaster recovery and business continuity
• Drive cost optimization initiatives through resource monitoring warehouse sizing query optimization and efficient storage management
• Manage and optimize development testing and production environments using cloning and time-travel features
• Implement CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions and other DevOps tools for automated deployment and configuration management
• Develop and maintain declarative infrastructure-as-code using tools such as Terraform SnowSQL scripts or Snowflakes SQL API
• Champion DataOps principles and eliminate manual click-ops in favor of automated version-controlled configurations
• Monitor platform performance troubleshoot issues and implement proactive optimization strategies
• Manage database objects schemas warehouses and resource monitors to ensure optimal platform performance
• Design and implement access patterns that support decentralized team structures while maintaining centralized governance
• Establish and maintain platform monitoring alerting and logging processes
• Leverage AI tools to automate routine administrative tasks generate documentation and enhance operational efficiency
• Define and track KPIs for platform performance availability and cost efficiency
• Document platform configurations procedures and best practices
• Provide technical guidance and support to data engineering and analytics teams across the organization
• Stay current with Snowflake features and updates evaluating and implementing new capabilities as appropriate

KEY INTERFACES

• Head of Cloud Engineering
• Data Platform & AI Manager
• Data Governance Manager
• Decentralized data and analytics teams across business units
• Fastmarkets Senior Leadership Team

Qualifications :

KNOWLEDGE EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

We are looking for an individual who is highly motivated driven and have a passion to be part of a fast-paced successful team. Being a strong team player is also important as well as someone who is happy to work flexibly.

• Proven experience as a Postholder or in a similar data platform administration role
• Deep understanding of Snowflake architecture features and best practices
• Expert knowledge of Snowflake security including RBAC network policies and data encryption
• Experience designing access control frameworks for decentralized or federated team structures
• Strong experience with infrastructure-as-code and declarative configuration management (e.g. Terraform Ansible)
• Proficiency in SQL and SnowSQL for platform administration and automation
• Experience implementing and managing CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions or similar tools
• Knowledge of Azure cloud services and Azure Private Link configuration
• Experience with cost optimization strategies and resource management in cloud data platforms
• Understanding of DataOps principles and practices
• Demonstrated ability to integrate AI tools (e.g. ChatGPT Claude GitHub Copilot) into day-to-day workflows for automation documentation code generation and problem-solving
• Familiarity with version control systems particularly Git and GitHub
• Experience with monitoring and observability tools
• Knowledge of database replication backup and disaster recovery strategies
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Excellent documentation and communication skills
• Ability to balance centralized governance with decentralized team autonomy
• Experience with modern data stack components (e.g. DBT Fivetran Dagster) will be advantageous
• Experience with BI tools (e.g. Qlik Tableau PowerBI) will be advantageous
• Understanding of data governance principles and practices will be advantageous
• Snowflake certifications (e.g. SnowPro Core SnowPro Advanced Administrator) will be advantageous

Additional Information :

Our Values

Fastmarkets people come from all different walks of life. Its this mix of brilliant personalities experiences and insights that gives us that warm open and friendly culture you can feel as soon as you meet us. But however wonderfully different we all are there are six things we all have in common and they form our Fastmarkets values.

Created by our own employees to reflect some of the personal traits that Fastmarkets people have our values are key to what makes our culture unique. They reflect who each of us are and theyre embedded in everything we do. Our values are:

• METRICS DRIVEN. We use insights to improve our customers experience and our business performance
• ACCOUNTABLE. We are accountable to ourselves and those we work with: we keep our promises and get things done
• GROWTH MINDSET. This value enables us to be nimble to the changing realities and operate with a sense of urgency
• INCLUSIVE. We are inclusive and respectful celebrating each of us and giving everyone a deep sense of belonging with the desire to bring their best self to work every day.
• CUSTOMER CENTRIC. We are customer-centric in all that we do
• COLLABORATIVE. We are collaborative able to work across teams and capitalise on the diversity of intellect perspectives and experiences.

We are committed to ensuring all candidates feel welcomed and supported. Should your application advance and you require accommodations for the interview process please inform us so we can make the necessary arrangements.

Youve read a little about us now its over to you!

If you like what youve read so far and think you can see yourself as a Fastmarkets person its time to fill in your application form. This form is an important part of the selection process: its used to determine whether or not youll be chosen to have an interview and acts as a basis for the questions well ask you on the day.

Its vital that you try to capture all the relevant information we have asked for on the form so we can get a good feel for who you are and why youre great.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time