Senior Consultant Snowflake UK

Job Description
Role Platform Lead/ Senior Consultant
Technology Snowflake Confluent Cloud CICD Fivetran AKS K8
Location London UK
Business Unit DNAINS
Compensation Competitive (including bonus)


Job Description

We are seeking a highly motivated and technically strong Platform Lead to lead a modern Data & Integration Platform comprising Snowflake Confluent Kafka Azure Cloud Kubernetes Fivetran and CI/CD ecosystem. The ideal candidate will combine deep technical expertise with strong delivery and people leadership capabilities to drive platform reliability operational excellence governance automation observability and stakeholder management.
The role requires hands-on expertise in at least two platform technologies with mandatory expertise in either Snowflake or Confluent Kafka. The individual will lead cross-functional teams mentor technical leads drive Agile ways of working and ensure successful delivery of platform services aligned to business objectives.


Your role & Responsibilities

Own end-to-end platform delivery operations governance and service management.
Define and execute platform strategy roadmap and modernization initiatives.
Drive platform scalability resilience automation and operational maturity.
Establish engineering best practices governance controls and operating procedures.
Serve as the primary escalation point for critical production incidents and service disruptions.
Lead planning execution and delivery of platform initiatives across multiple technology tracks.
Drive Agile ways of working using Scrum Kanban and continuous improvement practices.
Ensure adherence to SLAs KPIs operational metrics and customer commitments.
Proactively manage risks dependencies and technical compliance security audit readiness and cost optimization.
Implement effective monitoring observability and service management processes.
Hands on experience
Mentor and guide Snowflake Kafka Cloud DevOps and Platform engineers.
Provide architectural oversight and technical governance across the platform landscape.
Drive platform architecture related discussion with Leads Platform architect & Client
Contribute to solution designs operational processes and technical implementation approaches.
Build mentor and develop high-performing Platform engineering team
Foster a culture of ownership accountability collaboration and continuous learning.


Required

7 years leading Data Platform Cloud Integration or Platform Engineering teams.
Proven experience managing large enterprise production environments.
Experience working in global Agile delivery environments.
Strong stakeholder and client engagement experience.
Strong expertise in Snowflake Administration and/or Confluent Kafka Platform.
Experience with Azure/AWS/GCP cloud platforms.
Good understanding of SCM tool like Github and CI/CD pipelines and automation frameworks.
Experience with Kubernetes containerization and cloud-native platforms.
Strong understanding of Data Mesh Data Governance Security and Compliance.
Experience in monitoring observability and platform operationss.
Experience in Agile environments and CI/CD practices.
Familiarity with SNOW workflows.
Exposure to and Manta.




Personal
Besides the professional qualifications of the candidates we place great importance in addition to various forms personality profile. These include:
High analytical skills
A high degree of initiative and flexibility
High customer orientation
High quality awareness
Excellent verbal and written communication skills


Overview
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Infosys is a global leader in next-generation digital services and consulting. We enable clients in 59 countries to navigate their digital transformation.
With over four decades of experience in managing the systems and workings of global enterprises we expertly steer clients in 59 countries as they navigate their digital transformation powered by cloud and AI. We enable them with an AI-first core empower the business with agile digital at scale and drive continuous improvement with always-on learning through the transfer of digital skills expertise and ideas from our innovation ecosystem. We are deeply committed to being a well-governed environmentally sustainable organization where diverse talent thrives in an inclusive workplace.
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All aspects of employment at Infosys are based on merit competence and performance. We are committed to embracing diversity and creating an inclusive environment for all employees. Infosys is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

Required Experience:

Senior IC

Employment Type : Contract
Experience: years
Vacancy: 1