Data Platform Engineer
Core
Ensure Norton Rose Fulbright's enterprise data platform is a stable, secure, and supportable IT service built on Azure Databricks and Microsoft Fabric.
Role type
Senior Data Platform Engineer (Cloud Infrastructure & Operations)
Builds
Operational foundation for enterprise data platform (Azure Databricks, Microsoft Fabric, Azure services) serving EMEA and EMEAPAC regions.
Domain
Legal services industry + Cloud Data Platform (Azure)
Deliverable
production ML models | infrastructure
Required skills
Azure Databricks, Microsoft Fabric, Azure services (Monitor, Log Analytics, Entra ID, Key Vault), ITSM (incident/problem/change/release management), ServiceNow, Terraform, CI/CD, PowerShell, Python, runbook creation, capacity planning, cost optimization, security compliance.
Preferred skills
None explicitly stated.
Technologies
Azure Databricks, Microsoft Fabric, Azure, Terraform, ServiceNow, Azure DevOps, Git, PowerShell, Python
Responsibilities
Provide L2/L3 operational support for Microsoft Fabric, Azure Databricks, and associated Azure services; Maintain platform health, availability, resilience, and supportability; Perform routine platform administration, operational checks, and capacity/utilization monitoring; Monitor platform performance, identify optimization opportunities, and maintain cost awareness; Troubleshoot issues across platform, identity, networking, storage, security, and integration layers; Manage incidents, problems, and service requests in line with established ITSM processes; Investigate and resolve operational issues, ensuring timely restoration of service; Support major incident response activities; Contribute to root cause analysis and implement actions to improve platform stability; Collaborate with internal teams, suppliers, and stakeholders; Support change, release, and environment management activities; Maintain release readiness checklists and operational acceptance criteria; Validate platform changes prior to production deployment; Support the management of Development, Test, and Production environments; Ensure configuration consistency across environments; Contribute to CI/CD, version control, and release automation practices; Promote operational excellence through continuous improvement, knowledge sharing, and robust documentation; Define and execute operational QA checks for platform changes and integrations; Implement and maintain monitoring, alerting, and observability across Fabric, Databricks, and Azure services; Support governance, security, and compliance by assisting with access control, role management, privileged access processes, audit evidence, metadata, lineage, auditability, and policy enforcement.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC