Data Platform Admin (Remote)

Myriad360•International Falls, MN

6d•Remote

About The Position

The Data Platform Admin reports to the Director of Enterprise Data & Analytics and works closely with data engineers and analysts to operate and secure the data platform. The role manages workflows, pipelines, integrations, access, and platform configuration; monitors and resolves operational issues; and supports testing and release practices. It also documents ownership, procedures, and recovery steps to keep the platform reliable as the company grows. The position includes implementing and maintaining Airflow workflows; building and supporting data pipelines and integrations; configuring platform environments and settings; administering users, roles, permissions, and service accounts; monitoring pipeline freshness, volume, and failures; supporting GitHub, CI/CD, testing, and release practices; coordinating changes with analytics engineers and analysts; and identifying and escalating security risks while contributing to remediation. The role is remote, with international location availability. Working hours are Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. US Eastern Time.

Requirements

Experience administering or supporting a cloud data platform and its production workflows.
Experience with dbt, lineage best practices, and stage-dev-prod architecture.
Working SQL skills for validating data, investigating pipeline issues, and troubleshooting warehouse queries.
Working knowledge of Python or another language used for automation.
Experience with a cloud data warehouse such as Snowflake, BigQuery, or Redshift.
Hands-on experience with workflow orchestration, scheduling, monitoring, alerting, and recovery.
Experience building scalable data systems and pipelines.
Experience configuring platform environments, integrations, users, roles, permissions, and service accounts.
Familiarity with Git and collaborative testing and release practices.
Strong troubleshooting, documentation, and follow-through.
Ability to coordinate platform changes with analytics engineers and analysts, including assessing downstream effects.
Complete ongoing security awareness training and comply with company policies.

Nice To Haves

Experience with Airflow, Snowflake, and Fivetran.
Experience with Microsoft Fabric or Azure services.
Familiarity with Power BI refreshes and their data platform dependencies.
Experience implementing CI/CD or automated testing.
Familiarity with APIs, OAuth, service accounts, and secure credential management.
Experience supporting a growing company with evolving systems or acquisitions.
IT, VAR, distribution, or supply chain data experience.

Responsibilities

Implement and maintain Airflow workflows, including scheduling, dependencies, monitoring, alerting, and troubleshooting.
Build and support data pipelines and integrations across the data platform, including the warehouse, transformation layer, and code repository.
Configure and maintain platform environments, integrations, and settings.
Administer users, roles, permissions, and service accounts; apply least-privilege access and secure credential practices, including row-level security.
Monitor pipeline freshness, volume, and failures; investigate issues, restore service, and prevent recurring problems.
Support GitHub, CI/CD, testing, and documented release practices for platform and pipeline changes.
Assess downstream effects of access and configuration changes and coordinate with analytics engineers and analysts.
Document operational procedures, ownership, and recovery steps as the environment grows.
Identify and escalate security risks to the appropriate Executive Leadership Team member and contribute to remediation efforts.
Complete other duties as assigned.