Azure & Databricks Platform Lead: Terraform, Kubernetes

Optomi; St. Louis (MO); On-site; USD 130,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consulting firm seeks a highly skilled Platform Engineer Lead based in St. Louis to support Azure and Databricks platforms. The role involves overseeing platform operations, leading onshore and offshore engineers, and ensuring cloud-native environment security and reliability. Ideal candidates should have extensive experience in Terraform, Kubernetes, and Azure DevOps. This position offers the opportunity to blend technical leadership with hands-on engineering in a dynamic cloud setting.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of hands-on platform engineering experience supporting large-scale Azure environments.
• Strong production experience with Terraform, including building reusable modules.
• Deep experience with Kubernetes, Helm, and Docker.

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day operations of the Azure and Databricks platforms.
• Build and maintain cloud infrastructure using Terraform and Kubernetes.
• Manage and optimize CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps.

Skills

Platform engineering experience

Terraform

Kubernetes

CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps)

Databricks

IAM and Azure AD

Scripting (Python, PowerShell, Bash)

Tools

Terraform

Docker

Azure Data Factory

Airflow

Job description

A leading consulting firm seeks a highly skilled Platform Engineer Lead based in St. Louis to support Azure and Databricks platforms. The role involves overseeing platform operations, leading onshore and offshore engineers, and ensuring cloud-native environment security and reliability. Ideal candidates should have extensive experience in Terraform, Kubernetes, and Azure DevOps. This position offers the opportunity to blend technical leadership with hands-on engineering in a dynamic cloud setting.