Senior Platform Engineer

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