About the role
Senior Platform Engineer
Experience
5-7 Years
Location
Bangalore (Hybrid)
Job Summary
We are looking for a Platform Engineer with hands-on experience in Snowflake and Databricks to support enterprise data platform operations. The candidate will be responsible for platform administration, security, governance, access management, automation, troubleshooting, and production support across cloud-based data platforms.
Key Responsibilities
- Administer and support Snowflake and Databricks platforms, ensuring high availability, security, and operational excellence.
- Manage user provisioning, RBAC, access governance, and permissions across Snowflake, Databricks, and integrated enterprise systems.
- Administer Snowflake warehouses, databases, schemas, roles and Databricks workspaces, clusters, SQL Warehouses, Unity Catalog, jobs, and workflows.
- Monitor platform performance, resource utilization, and costs, and proactively identify opportunities for optimization.
- Troubleshoot and resolve platform-related incidents, perform root cause analysis, and ensure timely issue resolution within SLA commitments.
- Support Data Engineering teams in deploying, maintaining, and troubleshooting ETL/ELT pipelines and analytics workloads.
- Implement and maintain security, compliance, audit, and governance controls across enterprise data platforms.
- Implement and support end-to-end Disaster Recovery on Databricks and Snowflake platform
- Develop automation solutions using SQL, Python, APIs, and scripting to improve operational efficiency and reduce manual effort.
- Support CI/CD, release management, and deployment activities using Git, Azure DevOps, and related tools.
- Collaborate with Data Engineering, Analytics, Security, Infrastructure, and Business teams to deliver scalable, reliable, and secure data platform solutions
Required Technical Skills
- Snowflake
- Databricks
- Unity Catalog
- SQL
- Python
- RBAC & Access Governance
- Git / Azure DevOps
- Production Support
Good to Have
- Azure
- Spark
- CI/CD
- Terraform
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related discipline.
- 3-5 years of experience in Platform Engineering, Data Platform Administration, Data Engineering, or related fields.
Key Competencies
- Strong problem-solving and analytical skills
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management
- Ability to work independently and take ownership
- Strong collaboration and teamwork skills
- Adaptability and continuous learning mindset
- Ability to perform in a fast-paced production support environment