Senior Data Platform Engineer

Sherwin-Williams•Cleveland, OH

8h•Onsite

About The Position

The Senior Data Platform Engineer role is responsible for designing, building, problem-solving, troubleshooting, and maintaining business intelligence platforms within the current technology environment. The role involves analyzing complex technical problems, developing appropriate solutions to maintain the overall integrity of the platform, including operating systems, hardware and software infrastructure that are critical to the company's user populace and application environments. They collaborate with other IT professionals such as Data Analysis, Application, Architect, and Database Engineers to ensure that all components of the platform are working efficiently, securely, and resiliently. The Senior Data Platform Engineer uses their extensive knowledge of both traditional and modern platforms to ensure high performance and reliability of the company's infrastructure, including both cloud and on-premises systems, in support of DevOps efforts and general business and IT objectives.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or a related field. In lieu of a degree, at least 7 years of experience in the role of Platform Engineer or related position
4-6+ years of experience in platform engineering and infrastructure components
Experience in automated interaction with physical, virtual, or cloud infrastructure
Experience in managing and maintaining cloud-based environments such as Azure, GCP, or AWS
Experience with monitoring and log management tools such as SumoLogic, Graphana, and Application Insights
Experience in developing and implementing backup and disaster recovery strategies
Excellent scripting experience in languages such as Python, PowerShell, and Bash
Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and configuration management tools such as Ansible, and Terraform
Technical Skills Programming Languages
Cloud Technologies & Platforms
Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD)
DevOps Methodology
Software Packaging and Deployment Procedures
Operating Systems
Network Operations, Configuration, & Services
Containerization
Monitoring and Logging
Integration Technology

Nice To Haves

Azure Solutions Architect, Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA), or AWS Certified DevOps Engineer preferred
Platform Operations & Reliability
Experience owning production platforms end-to-end, including uptime, performance, and operational stability
Experience implementing backup, disaster recovery, and resilience strategies
Experience implementing or enforcing platform security baselines
Vulnerability and patch management
Experience implementing budgets, quotas, and cost guardrails at the platform
Cloud platform networking concepts
Familiarity with GitOps, policy-as-code, or compliance-as-code patterns
Databricks (Strong Plus)
Hands-on experience administering Databricks workspaces, clusters, and jobs
Experience with Databricks performance tuning and cost optimization.
Familiarity integrating Databricks with enterprise IAM, networking, and downstream data platforms
Developer Enablement
Experience creating templates, starter kits, and reference architectures
Strong documentation and communication skills, including writing how-tos and operational guides
Experience running design reviews, office hours, or solution advisory sessions

Responsibilities

Maintain the platform hardware, software, and network requirements in alignment with business needs and organizational standards defined
Monitor system performance and troubleshoot issues as they arise to continuously improve platforms in alignment with application goals
Manage and configure DevOps tools (such as API Gateway, Teraform) to support processes as per organizational needs
Collaborate with DevOps engineering and production team to update, troubleshoot and maintain platforms and environments to bring new features and services into production
Identify, prioritize, implement and maintain automated and orchestrated fulfillment mechanisms to optimize delivery of key platform services
Coordinate the tasks of other teams that work within the target platform to ensure smooth operations
Identify and mitigate security threats to comply with a strict security compliance
Develop and implement security and resiliency policies, standards, and procedures to protect the infrastructure and ensure compliance with regulations
Produce high-level design documentation where required
Conduct technical research regarding user requests for new/modified systems or problem resolution
Manage vendor relationships and discussions related to design docs, platform changes, and other modifications, as needed