Lead Data Platform Engineer
Title: Lead Data Platform EngineerIndustry: Cloud Data & AnalyticsLocation: Plano, TXDuration: September 22, 2026 – January 30, 2027ResponsibilitiesDesign, implement, and manage cloud infrastructure and analytics platform services across AWS, Snowflake, Tableau, MicroStrategy, Datameer, and Airflow.Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure as code to automate provisioning, configuration, releases, and reliable deployments.Ensure platform reliability through monitoring, alerting, logging, incident response, on-call support, and performance, scalability, and cost optimization.Implement security, identity management, data protection, compliance controls, access governance, auditability, and operational standards.Provide technical leadership, establish platform standards, automate operational processes, and collaborate with and mentor data engineering, analytics, and cross-functional teams.RequirementsBachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field, plus 5+ years of platform or platform engineering experience.Strong experience administering and supporting Snowflake, MicroStrategy, Tableau, Datameer, and Airflow, along with AWS services including EC2, S3, Lambda, RDS, CloudWatch, IAM, and VPC.Hands-on experience with CI/CD tools such as GitLab CI or Jenkins and infrastructure as code using Terraform or CloudFormation.Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, Python, PySpark, Bash, monitoring and observability tools, networking, security, and cloud architecture principles.Strong troubleshooting, problem-solving, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills; experience with data platforms, secrets management, security and compliance, cloud cost optimization, or MLOps is preferred.SkillsAWSSnowflakeTableauMicroStrategyDatameerApache AirflowTerraformCI/CDKubernetesCloudWatchHourly rate is commensurate with experience and is an estimated range provided by WorkGenius.ref_id: 0ed6fdb9-f106-41db-a8c5-ae024940e2eb