Platform Engineer Iv

Job Title: Platform Engineer IV
Job Location: Cincinnati, OH
Job Type: Contract

Job Description

Platform Administration & Engineering

• Administer and support Dataiku DSS environments, including Design and Automation nodes.
• Manage connections, code environments, plugins, permissions, and platform configurations.
• Perform platform upgrades, troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, and performance optimization.
• Monitor platform health and ensure high availability.

Automation & Deployment

• Develop and enhance Python-based automation using Dataiku APIs and SDKs.
• Automate project promotion, bundle creation, deployment validation, and post-deployment checks.
• Implement governance-as-code, deployment standards, and release controls.
• Improve deployment reliability through logging, monitoring, and exception handling.

Security & Identity Management

• Automate onboarding/offboarding processes using Dataiku APIs.
• Support integrations with Okta/Active Directory and enterprise identity management solutions.
• Implement secure credential management using HashiCorp Vault and other security tools.
• Maintain secure integrations and compliance standards.

Snowflake & Cloud Integrations

• Build and support integrations between Dataiku, Snowflake, and AWS.
• Validate connectivity, permissions, authentication, and deployment readiness.
• Collaborate with data engineering teams to establish scalable and governed data platform solutions.
• Support enterprise data product deployments and operationalization.

Operational Excellence

• Integrate monitoring and alerting tools with ServiceNow and operational support processes.
• Automate platform maintenance activities, license management, and cleanup processes.
• Create technical documentation, runbooks, and operational procedures.
• Partner with business, security, and platform teams to deliver continuous improvements.

Required Skills

• Strong hands-on experience administering Dataiku DSS platforms.
• Extensive experience with Python and Dataiku REST APIs/SDKs.
• Experience with Dataiku deployment workflows, bundles, and Deployer.
• Strong AWS and Snowflake integration experience.
• Experience managing Dataiku connections, plugins, code environments, and governance standards.
• Linux/Unix administration, scripting, troubleshooting, and production support.
• Knowledge of RBAC, API security, secrets management, and secure integration practices.
• Ability to work independently and collaborate across engineering, infrastructure, security, and business teams.

Preferred Skills

• HashiCorp Vault, Fortanix, Okta, and Active Directory integration.
• Terraform and Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC).
• GitHub, Jenkins, CI/CD pipelines, and automated testing.
• ServiceNow, Splunk, Dynatrace, CloudWatch, or similar monitoring tools.
• Microsoft SharePoint Online integrations.
• dbt, Snowflake Cortex AI, data lineage, and enterprise data marketplaces.
• Dataiku plugin development and advanced deployment automation.
• OCR technologies such as Tesseract and document-processing solutions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field.
• Proven experience supporting enterprise-scale data platforms.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience working in regulated or financial services environments is a plus.

Must-Have Keywords for Sourcing

Dataiku DSS, Python, REST APIs, Dataiku SDK, AWS, Snowflake, Linux/Unix, Platform Engineering, Deployment Automation, Governance, CI/CD, Dataiku Deployer, Security, RBAC, SharePoint, ServiceNow.