Platform Administrator II

CLA (CliftonLarsonAllen) • Houston, TX

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About The Position

CLA is seeking a Platform Administrator to join its Business Technology Solutions team. The role assists with the administration, maintenance, and support of enterprise data and analytics platforms, helping ensure reliability, performance, and secure access. The Platform Administrator collaborates with data, analytics, and engineering teams to support operations across cloud data services, analytics tools, and containerized environments. The position offers growth, flexibility, and a collaborative work environment.

Requirements

• Two years of relevant experience required.
• Bachelor’s degree required; a combination of relevant experience, education, and training may be accepted in lieu of a degree.

Nice To Haves

• Degree in computer science, information technology, or a related field preferred.
• Databricks Platform Administration Fundamentals certification is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Assist with setup, configuration, and maintenance of cloud data platform compute, clusters, and workloads.
• Monitor system performance, troubleshoot issues, and escalate as needed.
• Implement security best practices and help ensure compliance with data governance policies.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to optimize workflows and document processes and procedures.
• Support role-based access across data governance and catalog services, including implementing service principals and access tokens for external users.
• Track unused assets for pruning and participate in privilege reviews.
• Create administrative queries and dashboards to monitor critical systems, and assist with automation via notebooks.
• Support enforcement of workflow and cluster tags and naming conventions; assist with backups and recovery.
• Assist with automation and CI/CD workflows for platform configuration, infrastructure changes, and operational tasks, following established DevOps practices and runbooks.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefit options including health, dental, vision, and 401(k), among other benefits.
• Wellness support focused on physical, financial, social, and emotional well-being.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level