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Job Description
Role: Data Platform Operations Engineer (Contract-to-Hire) Start Date: June 2026 Duration: 6 months with possibility of extension. We may choose to convert to FTE pending performance. Location: Hybrid, in Bloomington, MN Rate: $53-$70/hour W2, dependent on skills and qualifications
The client is currently hiring a Data Platform Operations Engineer. This is a hands-on engineering role focused on building, automating, and evolving the Azure-based data platform using Infrastructure as Code (Terraform). The majority of this role involves designing and implementing solutions to support evolving data platform needs. This pivotal role is responsible for deploying, maintaining, and monitoring Azure Data Landing Zone resources, ensuring optimal performance and reliability across the organization. The Data Platform Operations Engineer updates and maintains documentation and processes to meet regulatory requirements and standards. In addition, this position mentors other team members and provides expert consultation to business partners, technical teams, and development staff.
As a cornerstone of the client’s data infrastructure, this role safeguards the stability of the Azure Data Landing Zone and the enterprise analytics platform, which are essential for secure environments, responsive operations, and strategic initiatives. The Data Platform Operations Engineer enables seamless analytics workflows, accurate reporting, and data-driven decision-making by ensuring stable infrastructure for the Data Lake and other cloud related resources. This position ensures compliance, minimizes operational risk, and supports the delivery of reliable enterprise insights that drive organizational success.
Required Qualifications: - Four (4) year college degree in Computer Science, Math, Engineering, or related field OR three plus (3+) years of IT related experience
- Strong hands-on (at least 2+ years') experience with Terraform and Azure infrastructure deployment is required. Candidates should have proven experience building and managing cloud infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code.
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines, including GitHub Actions, is required.
- 2+ years' hands on experience with DevOps
- 2+ years' hands on experience deploying services and Infrastructure in Azure public cloud.
- Experience with PostgreSQL and/or NoSQL databases is strongly preferred.
- Experience with configuration management tools (e.g., Ansible) is a plus.
- Strong knowledge of data platforms
- Excellent interpersonal and written communication skills. Communication skills are critical. Candidates must be able to clearly articulate technical concepts and collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.
- Strong problem solving skills.
- Experience performing and documenting in-depth analysis.
- Expertise in technical documentation writing and interpreting business documentation
- Strong understanding of the LAN and WAN network
- Experience with disaster recovery planning
- Flexible to work outside standard business hours, including weekends, with participation in an on-call rotation.
- Strong Microsoft tools skills, including Outlook, Word, Excel, Visio, and PowerPoint
Preferred Qualifications: - Hands on experience with Databases (Relational and No-Sql)
- Hands on experience with Databricks
- Hands on experience with Synapse
- Hands on experience with Liquibase
- Hands on experience with Azure CLI (az cli)
- Hands on experience configuring Azure Monitoring
- Experience working in an agile/scrum team.
- Administration of Oracle or Microsoft SQL Databases.
- Azure cloud certifications
- Hands on experience provisioning a HIPAA compliant cloud services.
- Hands on experience setting up Azure DevOps Build + Release Pipelines in YAML
Hours/Location: - Monday – Friday; core business hours
- This is a hybrid position. During the onboarding process, we anticipate requiring on-site presence a couple of days per week. Future on-site requirements will be determined based on business needs.
- Participation in a shared on-call rotation to support team needs.
Responsibilities: - Automates the creation and maintenance of data platforms.
- Provides primary support for implementing, upgrading, and maintaining data platform environments.
- Implement solutions to optimize system stability, resilience, and security.
- Collaborates with data engineers, data product teams, and vendors to report and resolve problems.
- Ensures compliance of all security standards in collaboration with IS&T Security Management.
- Debugs problematic issues, provide analysis for future enhancements and development; proactively maintaining effective and efficient systems.
- Forecasts and analyzes future capacity needs and develops tools and utilities to mitigate future capacity issues.
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