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What You'll Do

  • Technical Strategy & Architecture Set the technical direction for DevOps and Platform Engineering — CI/CD standards, IaC patterns, orchestration, and observability.
  • Own the architecture roadmap for the ingestion layer, scheduling, and deployment automation.
  • Guide the team on modern Databricks-native operating patterns.
  • Platform Operations & Reliability Serve as the single technical escalation point for DevOps and Platform incidents and change management.
  • Drive problem management practices — reduce recurring incidents and champion permanent fixes over reactive support.
  • Ensure operational readiness for y ear- e nd activities, compliance, and audit requirements.
  • Track platform KPIs — reliability, incident volume, deployment success rate, and cost efficiency.
  • Automation & Continuous Improvement Champion automation and a gentic operations to reduce manual effort and improve reliability.
  • Drive continuous improvement in ways of working, aligned with industry-standard operating maturity models.
  • Leadership & Mentorship Mentor and grow Platform and DevOps Engineers on best practices, code quality, and career growth.
  • Shape team capacity and capability — hiring input, skills development, and workload planning across the Platform/DevOps group.
  • Represent the DevOps / Platform practice in Data & AI leadership forums and cross-functional reviews.
  • Stakeholder & Vendor Management Partner with Data Engineering leadership to align platform capabilities with data delivery needs.
  • Own vendor coordination with Databricks and adjacent platform vendors — case management, upgrade planning, and license/capacity discussions.
  • What Success Looks Like (First 6–12 Months): Y ou'll establish the platform's CI/CD and observability standards, reduce recurring incidents through problem management, mature vendor and upgrade governance, and lift the team's automation and AI-native operating maturity.
  • Required Qualifications: Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science , Information Technology, or equivalent relevant experience. 10 + years of overall experience in Data Engineering, Platform Engineering, or DevOps including 2 + years in a technical lead capacity.
  • Strong hands-on background in Databricks, cloud platforms, CI/CD, and Infrastructure-as-Code.
  • Prior experience leading platform or DevOps teams supporting enterprise data workloads.
  • Proven experience managing vendor relationships and complex upgrade programs.
  • Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills across engineering and business audiences.

Nice to Have

  • Familiarity with Unity Catalog governance and Databricks-native AI capabilities.
  • Exposure to industry-standard maturity models for data and platform operations.
  • Databricks Certified Data Engineer Professional or Cloud Solutions Architect Professional certification.
  • Competencies: Ownership and accountability — end-to-end responsibility for platform health and delivery.
  • Servant leadership — grows the team while removing blockers.
  • Strategic thinking — balances short-term operational stability with long-term platform evolution.
  • Diplomatic and clear communicator — comfortable with vendors, leadership, and engineering peers.
  • Bias for automation, KPIs, and outcome-driven service delivery.
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