Data Ops Analyst - Databricks Platform Reliability

Primark; Reading; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Primark’s Data Platform & Engineering team is seeking a Data Ops Analyst to support operational reliability, governance and release management of the modern enterprise data platform on Databricks. You’ll collaborate with Data Engineers and Platform teams to ensure data products are production-ready, well monitored and fully supportable through effective incident management and deployment coordination.

You’ll bring hands-on DataOps experience, familiarity with Databricks, dbt Cloud and Azure data

Qualifications

• Experience in Data Operations, Application/Platform Support or similar operational role within data analytics environments.
• Understanding of ETL/ELT processes and production support concepts with exposure to Databricks, dbt Cloud and Azure data services.
• Experience using monitoring, alerting and incident management tools to support operational reliability and service performance.
• Knowledge of release management, deployment processes, environment management and change control.
• Ability to maintain runbooks, handover processes and operational documentation for reliable data products.
• Strong analytical and cross-functional collaboration skills across Engineering, Platform, Security and governance teams.

Responsibilities

• Support the operational delivery of Databricks, dbt Cloud and Azure data platforms by coordinating release readiness and deployment activities.
• Monitor production data pipelines and platform services; triage incidents and coordinate escalations.
• Coordinate environment readiness, access management and operational support activities with cross-team stakeholders.
• Maintain runbooks, support guides, service documentation and operational dashboards for production readiness.
• Track pipeline health, deployment activity and service performance metrics to identify improvements.
• Collaborate with Data Engineers, Platform teams and stakeholders to improve DataOps processes and automation.
• Support the migration from Teradata to Databricks and drive automation across monitoring, deployment and support.

Skills

Databricks

dbt Cloud

Azure data services

SQL

Python

Azure DevOps

Monitoring

Service management

Cross-functional collaboration

analytical thinking

Tools

Databricks

dbt Cloud

Azure data services

SQL

Python

Azure DevOps

Job description

Primark’s Data Platform & Engineering team is seeking a Data Ops Analyst to support operational reliability, governance and release management of the modern enterprise data platform on Databricks. You’ll collaborate with Data Engineers and Platform teams to ensure data products are production-ready, well monitored and fully supportable through effective incident management and deployment coordination.

You’ll bring hands-on DataOps experience, familiarity with Databricks, dbt Cloud and Azure data