DevOps and Data Platform Engineer - Remote

The ideal candidate for this role is a senior DevOps and Data Platform Engineer with 8+ years of progressive experience designing, administering, and optimizing enterprise data and analytics environments. This individual brings deep hands-on expertise in DevOps practices, including Infrastructure as Code using AWS CDK and Terraform, and has strong experience supporting AWS and Databricks platforms in production environments. They possess proven administration experience with Cognos and Tableau, along with solid Windows and Linux system administration skills. The candidate demonstrates practical knowledge of DBT, high-availability architectures, clustered systems, and load-balanced environments, ensuring reliability, scalability, and performance of data platforms. Ideally, they have experience supporting higher education or large enterprise environments, understand enterprise identity management and security compliance frameworks, and have a track record of mentoring junior engineers while contributing to technical leadership. A bachelor's degree in a related technical field (or equivalent experience) is expected, along with the ability to operate effectively in complex, mission-critical environments.

Required Experience and Skills

• 3 10 years of general DevOps engineering experience
• 2-4 years of experience administering Cognos environments
• 2 4 years of Tableau administration experience
• 2-4 years of Windows and Linux system administration experience
• 2 4 years of hands-on experience with AWS and Databricks
• 2 4 years of experience using Infrastructure as Code tools, specifically AWS CDK and Terraform
• 2 3 years of experience with DBT (Data Build Tool)
• Demonstrated experience supporting clustered applications, high-availability architectures, and load-balanced environments
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent combination of education and experience

Preferred Experience and Skills

• Experience supporting higher education or large enterprise data platforms
• Familiarity with enterprise identity management, security frameworks, and compliance standards
• Experience mentoring or providing technical leadership to junior engineers