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Data Platform Administrator

guardianlife · Chennai, India

Data Science / AI / Machine LearningExternal listingfull-timeabout 1 hour ago

About The Role

Job Requirement – Data Platform Administrator

Position Summary

We are seeking an Data Platform Administrator to support and manage Data & Analytics platforms with primary focus on Databricks and Fivetran . The role will be responsible for platform administration, production support, user onboarding, security administration, monitoring, incident management, and platform reliability.

Key Responsibilities

Databricks Platform Administration

  • Administer Databricks workspaces across Development, Non-Production, Pre-Production, and Production environments.
  • Manage cluster policies, SQL Warehouses, Jobs, Workflows, and workspace configurations.
  • Administer Unity Catalog, catalogs, schemas, tables, external locations, and storage credentials.
  • Manage user provisioning, group administration, and role-based access control.
  • Support platform upgrades, and environment configuration.
  • Monitor platform health, performance, utilization, and cost optimization.

Fivetran Administration

  • Administer Fivetran SaaS and HVR environments.
  • Configure and manage connectors, destinations, schedules, and transformations.
  • Monitor connector health, pipeline failures, replication latency, and data freshness.
  • Troubleshoot ingestion failures and coordinate resolution with source system teams.
  • Support onboarding of new data sources and destinations.

Platform Operations & Support

  • Provide L2/L3 support for production incidents and service requests.
  • Participate in on-call support and incident management processes.
  • Perform root cause analysis and implement preventive measures.
  • Monitor platform SLAs, job failures, infrastructure alerts, and service health.
  • Manage operational runbooks, SOPs, and knowledge articles.
  • Coordinate maintenance activities and release deployments.

Security & Governance

  • Ensure compliance with organizational security standards.
  • Support audit requests and evidence collection.
  • Monitor and remediate access and security-related issues.

Automation & Continuous Improvement

  • Develop operational automation using Python, SQL, APIs, or scripting tools.
  • Automate platform monitoring and alerting.
  • Identify opportunities to improve platform stability, operational efficiency, and user experience.
  • Contribute to documentation and operational best practices.

Required Technical Skills

Databricks

  • Databricks Workspace Administration
  • Unity Catalog Administration
  • SQL Warehouses
  • Workflows / Jobs
  • Cluster Management
  • Databricks Security & Access Controls
  • Monitoring & Troubleshooting
  • Cost Management & Optimization

Fivetran

  • Fivetran SaaS Administration
  • HVR Administration
  • Connector Configuration & Management
  • Connector Monitoring & Troubleshooting
  • Pipeline Support & Operations

C loud & Data Technologies

  • A WS Services
  • S3
  • IAM
  • VPC Networking Concepts
  • SQL
  • Python
  • Git

Required Experience

  • 5 + years of Data Platform Administration & Operations experience.
  • 2 + years of hands-on Databricks administration and support .
  • 2+ years of hands-on Fivetran administration and support.
  • Experience managing platform access, onboarding, and operational support.
  • Strong troubleshooting and incident management skills.

Location

This position can be based in any of the following locations

Chennai Current Guardian Colleagues: Please apply through the internal Jobs Hub in Workday

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