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Data Platform Administration Architect
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What this role officially is
ICT system administrator — ESCO, the EU occupation classification
ICT system administrators are responsible for the upkeep, configuration, and reliable operation of computer and network systems, servers, workstations and peripheral devices. They may acquire, install, or upgrade computer components and software; automate routine tasks; write computer programs; troubleshoot; train and supervise staff; and provide technical support. They ensure optimum system integrity, security, backup and performance.
Also known as: enterprise administrator, IT system administrator, ICT systems administrator, ICT sysadmins, IT systems administrator, ICT sysadmin
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What the listing never says
- 39 bullet points. Long requirement lists deter qualified candidates, who read them as hard gates. Scope clarity
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- No location or timezone policy stated, so a candidate cannot tell where they may work from. Scope clarity
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The Data Platform Administration Architect is responsible for the architecture, administration, governance, operational excellence, and continuous improvement of the enterprise data platform. This role owns the stability, scalability, security, availability, and supportability of cloud-based data platforms, with a primary focus on Databricks, Azure Data Services, and enterprise platform operations.
The ideal candidate combines deep technical expertise with strong operational leadership and has extensive experience managing production environments, release processes, change governance, incident response, service management, and platform modernization initiatives. This individual will serve as the technical lead for platform administration while partnering with engineering, infrastructure, security, governance, and business teams to ensure reliable and compliant data platform operations.
Responsibilities:
• Lead the administration, architecture, governance, and operational support of enterprise data platforms.
• Manage and support Databricks, Azure Data Factory, Azure Data Lake Storage (ADLS), Azure Synapse, Azure SQL, and related Azure services across production and non-production environments.
• Own platform reliability, availability, performance, scalability, security, and operational excellence.
• Define and maintain platform standards, environment strategies, monitoring frameworks, operational procedures, and governance controls.
• Oversee Change Management and Release Management processes, including CRs, SCRs, ECRs, deployment planning, release scheduling, rollback strategies, and post-release validation.
• Participate in CAB (Change Advisory Board) activities and provide technical assessment, risk evaluation, and deployment readiness recommendations.
• Lead production support activities, including resolution of Incidents (INC), Service Requests (RITM), Problem Records, and Major Incident Management processes.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams during critical production incidents and ensure timely restoration of services.
• Perform Root Cause Analysis (RCA) investigations and drive preventative and corrective actions to reduce recurring issues.
• Develop and maintain operational runbooks, knowledge articles, support documentation, escalation procedures, and disaster recovery plans.
• Establish and report on operational KPIs including platform uptime, SLA compliance, release success rates, Mean Time to Resolution (MTTR), incident trends, and platform health metrics.
• Implement and govern CI/CD processes, deployment automation, and infrastructure-as-code best practices.
• Ensure compliance with enterprise security standards, access governance policies, audit requirements, and SOX controls.
• Drive platform modernization initiatives, automation opportunities, cost optimization, and continuous service improvement efforts.
• Mentor platform engineers and administrators while providing technical leadership and architectural direction.
Qualifications:
• 10+ years1 of experience in enterprise data platforms, platform engineering, cloud infrastructure, platform administration, or data operations.
• Hands-on experience administering and supporting Databricks and Azure data platforms in enterprise production environments.
• Strong expertise with:
• Databricks
• Azure Data Lake Storage (ADLS)
• Azure Synapse Analytics
• Azure SQL
• Azure Data Factory (ADF)
• Azure DevOps
• Azure IAM (RBAC, Service Principals, Managed Identities)
• Azure Monitor and Log Analytics
• Proven experience as a Data Platform Administrator, Databricks Administrator, Azure Platform Administrator, Platform Architect, or Platform Operations Lead, not solely a data engineer or application developer.
• Working knowledge on Jenkins, Maven, Munit, Jmeter, Postman
• Experience in Open Specification, Swagger
• Experience in CI/CD Pipeline
• Strong working knowledge on REST, HTTP, Any point MQ, JSON, XML
• Hands-on experience with security implementations (OAUTH, SSL, SAML)
• Working knowledge on Jenkins, Maven, Munit, Jmeter, Postman
• Experience in working Agile projects
• 9-10 years of hands-on experience in analysis, design, development, and deployment of large-scale Integration projects preferred
• Good to have working knowledge on Mulesoft, Azure Service Bus, Oracle Integration Services Experience in importing APIs into API management writing policies, policy expression, setting up authentication, certificates, caching preferred
• Good to have working knowledge on Azure Service Bus, Oracle Integration Services preferred
• 2-3 Years of experience the CICD pipeline for Mulesoft deployments using Git Actions preferred
• Ability to travel up to 25%
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The ideal candidate combines deep technical expertise with strong operational leadership and has extensive experience managing production environments, release processes, change governance, incident response, service management, and platform modernization initiatives. This individual will serve as the technical lead for platform administration while partnering with engineering, infrastructure, security, governance, and business teams to ensure reliable and compliant data platform operations.
Responsibilities:
• Lead the administration, architecture, governance, and operational support of enterprise data platforms.
• Manage and support Databricks, Azure Data Factory, Azure Data Lake Storage (ADLS), Azure Synapse, Azure SQL, and related Azure services across production and non-production environments.
• Own platform reliability, availability, performance, scalability, security, and operational excellence.
• Define and maintain platform standards, environment strategies, monitoring frameworks, operational procedures, and governance controls.
• Oversee Change Management and Release Management processes, including CRs, SCRs, ECRs, deployment planning, release scheduling, rollback strategies, and post-release validation.
• Participate in CAB (Change Advisory Board) activities and provide technical assessment, risk evaluation, and deployment readiness recommendations.
• Lead production support activities, including resolution of Incidents (INC), Service Requests (RITM), Problem Records, and Major Incident Management processes.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams during critical production incidents and ensure timely restoration of services.
• Perform Root Cause Analysis (RCA) investigations and drive preventative and corrective actions to reduce recurring issues.
• Develop and maintain operational runbooks, knowledge articles, support documentation, escalation procedures, and disaster recovery plans.
• Establish and report on operational KPIs including platform uptime, SLA compliance, release success rates, Mean Time to Resolution (MTTR), incident trends, and platform health metrics.
• Implement and govern CI/CD processes, deployment automation, and infrastructure-as-code best practices.
• Ensure compliance with enterprise security standards, access governance policies, audit requirements, and SOX controls.
• Drive platform modernization initiatives, automation opportunities, cost optimization, and continuous service improvement efforts.
• Mentor platform engineers and administrators while providing technical leadership and architectural direction.
Qualifications:
• 10+ years1 of experience in enterprise data platforms, platform engineering, cloud infrastructure, platform administration, or data operations.
• Hands-on experience administering and supporting Databricks and Azure data platforms in enterprise production environments.
• Strong expertise with:
• Databricks
• Azure Data Lake Storage (ADLS)
• Azure Synapse Analytics
• Azure SQL
• Azure Data Factory (ADF)
• Azure DevOps
• Azure IAM (RBAC, Service Principals, Managed Identities)
• Azure Monitor and Log Analytics
• Proven experience as a Data Platform Administrator, Databricks Administrator, Azure Platform Administrator, Platform Architect, or Platform Operations Lead, not solely a data engineer or application developer.
• Working knowledge on Jenkins, Maven, Munit, Jmeter, Postman
• Experience in Open Specification, Swagger
• Experience in CI/CD Pipeline
• Strong working knowledge on REST, HTTP, Any point MQ, JSON, XML
• Hands-on experience with security implementations (OAUTH, SSL, SAML)
• Working knowledge on Jenkins, Maven, Munit, Jmeter, Postman
• Experience in working Agile projects
• 9-10 years of hands-on experience in analysis, design, development, and deployment of large-scale Integration projects preferred
• Good to have working knowledge on Mulesoft, Azure Service Bus, Oracle Integration Services Experience in importing APIs into API management writing policies, policy expression, setting up authentication, certificates, caching preferred
• Good to have working knowledge on Azure Service Bus, Oracle Integration Services preferred
• 2-3 Years of experience the CICD pipeline for Mulesoft deployments using Git Actions preferred
• Ability to travel up to 25%
Originally posted on Himalayas