Data Platform Admin

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Report directly to the Director of Enterprise Data & Analytics while collaborating closely with data engineers and analysts.

• Oversee workflows, pipelines, integrations, access, and configuration of the platform.

• Monitor and address operational challenges.

• Assist in testing and release workflows.

• Document ownership, procedures, and recovery protocols.

• Implement and sustain Airflow workflows, managing scheduling, dependencies, monitoring, alerting, and troubleshooting processes.

• Develop and support data pipelines and integrations across the data platform.

• Configure and oversee platform environments, integrations, and settings.

• Manage users, roles, permissions, and service accounts with a focus on least-privilege access and secure credential practices, including row-level security.

• Monitor pipeline freshness, volume, and failures; investigate issues, restore services, and prevent recurring problems.

• Facilitate GitHub, CI/CD, testing, and documented release practices for platform and pipeline modifications.

• Evaluate downstream impacts of access and configuration alterations in coordination with analytics engineers and analysts.

• Identify and escalate security vulnerabilities and partake in remediation initiatives.

• Ensure that workflow failures, outdated data, unusual volume fluctuations, configurations, integrations, and access are detected and managed consistently and securely.

• Establish clear ownership, documentation, recovery protocols, and repeatable processes for ingestion workflows and new integrations.

⛳️ Requirements

• Proven experience in administering or supporting a cloud data platform and its production workflows.

• Familiarity with dbt, lineage best practices, and stage-dev-prod architecture.

• Proficient SQL skills for data validation, pipeline issue investigation, and troubleshooting warehouse queries.

• Working knowledge of Python or a similar language utilized for automation.

• Experience with cloud data warehouses like Snowflake, BigQuery, or Redshift.

• Practical experience in workflow orchestration, scheduling, monitoring, alerting, and recovery.

• Proven experience in building scalable data systems and pipelines.

• Experience configuring platform environments, integrations, users, roles, permissions, and service accounts.

• Familiarity with Git and collaborative testing and release methodologies.

• Strong skills in troubleshooting, documentation, and follow-through.

• Ability to coordinate platform changes with analytics engineers and analysts, including assessing downstream impacts.

• Complete ongoing security awareness training and adhere to company policies.

• Experience with Airflow, Snowflake, and Fivetran.

• Familiarity with Microsoft Fabric or Azure services.

• Understanding of Power BI refreshes and their data platform dependencies.

• Experience in implementing CI/CD or automated testing.

• Knowledge of APIs, OAuth, service accounts, and secure credential management.

• Experience supporting a growing company with evolving systems or acquisitions.

• Background in IT, VAR, distribution, or supply chain data.

🏝️ Benefits

• An inclusive environment that empowers every employee to perform at their best.

• An accessible and engaged executive team.

• Working hours aligned with US Eastern Time, Monday to Friday, 9am-5pm ET.

• Contractor engagement as specified by the office designation.