Cloud Data Platform Architect - Databricks & Azure Ops

WESCO; Glenview (IL); On-site; USD 170,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Wesco is seeking a Data Platform Administration Architect to own the enterprise data platform's architecture, governance, and operations. You will lead Databricks and Azure-based platforms, ensuring reliability, security, and scalability across production and non-production environments.

You will partner with engineering, security, governance, and business teams to drive platform modernization, automation, and cost optimization while mentoring platform engineers and administrators.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in enterprise data platforms or platform engineering.
• Hands-on with Databricks and Azure data platforms in production.
• Strong expertise across Databricks, ADLS, Synapse, Azure SQL and ADF.
• Experience with CI/CD and DevOps practices.
• Security governance and SOX controls knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Lead administration, architecture, governance, and operational support of enterprise data platforms.
• Manage Databricks and Azure data services across production environments.
• Own platform reliability, security, and operational excellence.
• Define platform standards, monitoring, and governance controls.
• Oversee change and release management processes and CAB activities.
• Coordinate incident response and RCA investigations with cross-functional teams.
• Develop runbooks, knowledge articles, and disaster recovery plans.
• Report on operational KPIs like uptime, MTTR, and release success.

Tools

Databricks

Azure Data Factory

ADLS

Azure Synapse

Azure SQL

Azure Data Factory (ADF)

Azure DevOps

Azure IAM

Azure Monitor

REST/HTTP/JSON/XML

OAuth

SSL/SAML

Jenkins

Maven

Munit

Jmeter

Postman

Swagger

Job description

Wesco is seeking a Data Platform Administration Architect to own the enterprise data platform's architecture, governance, and operations. You will lead Databricks and Azure-based platforms, ensuring reliability, security, and scalability across production and non-production environments.

You will partner with engineering, security, governance, and business teams to drive platform modernization, automation, and cost optimization while mentoring platform engineers and administrators.