Lead Data Platform Engineer Analytics Platforms

Overview
Client is seeking a Platform Engineer to design implement and support cloud infrastructure and analytics platform services across AWS and a modern data ecosystem. This role focuses on platform reliability automation security and operational excellence for business intelligence data and analytics environments.
The ideal candidate will partner closely with data engineering analytics and cross-functional teams to enable scalable data workflows automate operational processes and maintain high-performing analytics platforms.

Core Responsibilities
Design implement and manage cloud infrastructure and platform services across AWS Datameer Tableau MicroStrategy Snowflake Airflow and related technologies.
Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for data and analytics applications ensuring reliable and automated deployments.
Manage infrastructure as code (IaC) using Terraform CloudFormation or similar technologies.
Ensure platform reliability through monitoring alerting logging incident response and operational support practices.
Optimize platform performance scalability and cost across cloud environments and analytics platforms.
Implement security best practices including identity management data protection access controls and compliance controls.
Collaborate with data engineering analytics and cross-functional teams to enable efficient data workflows and platform adoption.
Automate operational processes to improve efficiency and reduce manual intervention.
Support environment provisioning configuration management and release management activities.
Contribute to platform governance auditability operational standards and access management.
Provide technical leadership establish platform standards and mentor engineers contributing to the analytics platform.
Participate in on-call rotations and lead incident response activities for platform-related outages.

Essential Qualifications Skills and Technologies
Bachelors degree in Computer Science Engineering or a related field with 5 years of platform engineering or platform support experience.
Strong experience administering and supporting Snowflake MicroStrategy and Tableau platforms.
Strong experience with AWS services including EC2 S3 Lambda RDS CloudWatch IAM and VPC.
Hands-on experience with CI/CD tools such as GitLab CI Jenkins or similar solutions.
Experience with infrastructure as code using Terraform CloudFormation or comparable tools.
Experience managing and supporting analytics platforms such as Airflow Datameer and Tableau.
Experience with containerization technologies such as Docker and orchestration platforms including Kubernetes.
Proficiency with scripting and automation using Python PySpark Bash or similar languages.
Familiarity with monitoring and observability tools such as CloudWatch Prometheus and Grafana.
Strong understanding of networking security and cloud architecture principles.
Strong troubleshooting analytical and problem-solving skills.
Excellent communication skills with the ability to collaborate effectively across teams.

Preferred Skills or Experience
Experience with data platform ecosystems and integration with AWS services.
Familiarity with data pipeline orchestration tools such as Apache Airflow.
Experience implementing platform engineering practices for BI and analytics tools particularly MicroStrategy and Tableau.
Experience working with data warehouses such as Snowflake or Amazon Redshift.
Knowledge of Datameer platform administration optimization and troubleshooting.
Experience with secrets management solutions such as AWS Secrets Manager or HashiCorp Vault.
Experience implementing security and compliance frameworks within cloud environments.
Familiarity with cloud infrastructure cost optimization strategies.
Experience working in retail e-commerce or consumer-facing environments.
Exposure to AI/ML platform deployment and MLOps practices.

Nesco Resource offers a comprehensive benefits package for our associates which includes a MEC (Minimum Essential Coverage) plan that encompasses Medical Vision Dental 401K and EAP (Employee Assistance Program) services.

Nesco Resource provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race color religion age sex national origin disability status genetics protected veteran status sexual orientation gender identity or expression or any other characteristic protected by federal state or local laws.