Data Platform Engineer

Description

• Design and implement CI/CD pipelines for data pipelines (ingestion jobs) and transformation projects (e.g., dbt on Databricks, SQL, notebooks)
• Orchestrate Databricks jobs and workflows end-to-end (ingestion, transformation, quality checks)
• Integrate automated testing into CI/CD, including schema and contract checks for data models and tables
• Implement FinOps best practices to support cost monitoring and allocation across the EDP
• Automate platform operations for Databricks and related services, such as workspace and cluster provisioning, library and runtime mgmt. and job deployment/config
• Implement and maintain identity and access management for Databricks and supporting cloud resources, including workspace- and cluster-level permissions, table- and view-level access controls (e.g., Unity Catalog or equivalent), service principals, groups, and roles for automated workloads, and RBAC & TBAC models in collaboration with EDP Architect
• Provide patterns, templates, and reusable modules (Terraform modules, Airflow DAG patterns, Databricks job templates) to accelerate onboarding of new projects
• Continuously evaluate and improve tooling, pipelines, and platform architecture to increase reliability, security, and developer productivity on Databricks
• Define the code promotion process to minimize impacts across domains as code is promoted to production
• Manage end-to-end orchestration using managed Airflow. Contribute to defining and tracking SLA/SLO/SLIs for the platform and participate in incident response (triage, root cause analysis)
• Practical knowledge of IT Infrastructure technologies, cloud computing Azure), cybersecurity, and disaster recovery.
• Working knowledge of Azure ecosystem, including hands-on experience designing, building, and optimizing scalable data pipelines within cloud-native environments.

• Hands-on experience with Databricks in production environment, including workspace and cluster management, jobs/workflows and integrations with orchestration tools
• Strong experience with CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Azure DevOps, or similar) and Git-based workflows.
• Strong experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and orchestration tools for provisioning and managing Databricks and cloud infrastructure.
• Experience implementing automated tests and quality gates in CI/CD pipelines.
• Ability to partner effectively with data engineers, analytics engineers, architects, and security teams.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field preferred, or equivalent work experience.
• 4–7+ years in DevOps, Cloud Engineering, Site Reliability Engineering, or Platform Engineering, with at least 2+ years supporting data/analytics platforms.
• Experience operating production data workloads, including monitoring, logging, performance tuning, and incident response.
• Scripting skills (e.g., Python, Bash, PowerShell) for automation and integration.
• Experience in CPG, retail, manufacturing, or distribution environments preferred.

• This position pays $120,000-$150,000 per year based on experience and location.

• Comprehensive Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• Free Life and Disability Insurance
• Health and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• 401k with 3% company match and annual employer discretionary contribution
• Paid vacation, holidays and sick time
• Employee Assistance Program
• Access to thousands of free online courses
• Discounts on cell phones, movie tickets, gym memberships, and more!
• Education Assistance (both college degrees and professional certifications)
• Referral Program with cash bonus
• Access to on-demand pay
• Paid parental leave