SSR Data Platform Admin

Summary

We are seeking a semi-senior Data Platform Admin focused on Infrastructure as Code (IaC). This hands-on role blends platform administration and engineering to stabilize and scale a data platform through automation and reliable operational practices.

You will work primarily with Terraform and contribute using SQL and Python to improve deployment frameworks, CI/CD components, and user identity/persona configurations. This is an opportunity to influence how infrastructure and deployment processes are automated while providing timely platform support.

Responsibilities

• Manage and resolve platform tickets related to data infrastructure and user access.
• Design and maintain IaC modules and templates using Terraform.
• Develop and enhance CI/CD framework components to support data platform deployments.
• Write and maintain SQL queries and scripts to support troubleshooting and automation.
• Build Python utilities and scripts to integrate with deployment frameworks and tooling.
• Configure and manage user ID personas, permissions, and role mappings for platform access.
• Collaborate with data engineers and stakeholders to prioritize platform fixes and enhancements.
• Document operational procedures, runbooks, and deployment patterns for the team.

Requirements

• 3+ years of hands-on experience in platform or infrastructure engineering or administration.
• Strong practical experience with Terraform for IaC development and maintenance, including the creation or modification of reusable infrastructure modules.
• Proficient in SQL with experience writing queries for platform support and analysis.
• Solid Python experience for scripting, automation, and framework support.
• Experience handling ticket queues and providing timely operational support.
• Experience working with Databricks environments or integrations.
• Familiarity with CI/CD concepts and experience contributing to CI/CD frameworks.
• Comfortable performing both engineering work and administrative platform tasks.
• Strong collaboration and communication skills; able to work with engineers and non-technical stakeholders.
• Ability to prioritize operational requests and engineering improvements in a changing platform environment.
• Experience configuring or supporting identities, permissions, roles, or access-control mappings in a platform environment.