Data Platform Administration Architect

WESCO; Glenview (IL); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Wesco is seeking a Data Platform Administration Architect to lead the architecture, administration, governance, and operation of the enterprise data platform, with a focus on Databricks and Azure services.

You will partner with engineering, security, governance and business teams to ensure reliable, compliant data platform operations, incident response, and platform modernization. This role demands extensive production experience and strong leadership for CI/CD and IaC initiatives.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in enterprise data platforms, platform engineering, cloud infrastructure, platform administration, or data operations.
• Hands-on experience administering and supporting Databricks and Azure data platforms in enterprise production environments.
• Strong expertise with Databricks, ADLS, Synapse Analytics, Azure SQL, and Azure data services.
• Experience in CI/CD, IaC, and security controls (OAuth, SSL, SAML).
• Working knowledge of REST, HTTP, JSON, XML and monitoring/log analytics.
• Experience in Change/Release Management, CAB, incident and problem management, and DevOps.

Responsibilities

• Lead the administration, architecture, governance, and operational support of enterprise data platforms.
• Manage and support Databricks, Azure Data Factory, ADLS, Synapse, SQL, and related Azure services across prod and non-prod environments.
• Own platform reliability, availability, performance, security, and operational excellence.
• Define and maintain platform standards, environment strategies, monitoring frameworks, and governance controls.
• Oversee Change Management and Release Management processes, including CRs, SCRs, ECRs, deployment planning, and rollback strategies.
• Participate in CAB activities and provide technical assessment and deployment readiness recommendations.
• Lead production support activities, including incident resolution and major incident management processes.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams during critical incidents and restoration of services.
• Perform RCA investigations and drive preventative actions to reduce issues.
• Develop and maintain runbooks, knowledge articles, and disaster recovery plans.
• Establish and report on operational KPIs such as uptime, SLA, MTTR, and incident trends.
• Implement and govern CI/CD, deployment automation, and IaC best practices.
• Ensure compliance with security standards and SOX controls.
• Drive platform modernization, automation, and cost optimization initiatives.
• Mentor engineers and provide architectural direction.

Skills

Databricks

Azure data platforms

Platform administration

Cloud infrastructure

CI/CD

Incident response

Security governance

Tools

Azure Data Factory

ADLS

Azure Synapse

Azure SQL

Azure DevOps

Azure IAM

Azure Monitor

Log Analytics

Jenkins

Maven

Munit

Jmeter

Postman

Swagger/OpenAPI

Job description

The Data Platform Administration Architect is responsible for the architecture, administration, governance, operational excellence, and continuous improvement of the enterprise data platform. This role owns the stability, scalability, security, availability, and supportability of cloud-based data platforms, with a primary focus on Databricks, Azure Data Services, and enterprise platform operations.

The ideal candidate combines deep technical expertise with strong operational leadership and has extensive experience managing production environments, release processes, change governance, incident response, service management, and platform modernization initiatives. This individual will serve as the technical lead for platform administration while partnering with engineering, infrastructure, security, governance, and business teams to ensure reliable and compliant data platform operations.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the administration, architecture, governance, and operational support of enterprise data platforms.

• Manage and support Databricks, Azure Data Factory, Azure Data Lake Storage (ADLS), Azure Synapse, Azure SQL, and related Azure services across production and non-production environments.

• Own platform reliability, availability, performance, scalability, security, and operational excellence.

• Define and maintain platform standards, environment strategies, monitoring frameworks, operational procedures, and governance controls.

• Oversee Change Management and Release Management processes, including CRs, SCRs, ECRs, deployment planning, release scheduling, rollback strategies, and post-release validation.

• Participate in CAB (Change Advisory Board) activities and provide technical assessment, risk evaluation, and deployment readiness recommendations.

• Lead production support activities, including resolution of Incidents (INC), Service Requests (RITM), Problem Records, and Major Incident Management processes.

• Coordinate cross-functional teams during critical production incidents and ensure timely restoration of services.

• Perform Root Cause Analysis (RCA) investigations and drive preventative and corrective actions to reduce recurring issues.

• Develop and maintain operational runbooks, knowledge articles, support documentation, escalation procedures, and disaster recovery plans.

• Establish and report on operational KPIs including platform uptime, SLA compliance, release success rates, Mean Time to Resolution (MTTR), incident trends, and platform health metrics.

• Implement and govern CI/CD processes, deployment automation, and infrastructure-as-code best practices.

• Ensure compliance with enterprise security standards, access governance policies, audit requirements, and SOX controls.

• Drive platform modernization initiatives, automation opportunities, cost optimization, and continuous service improvement efforts.

• Mentor platform engineers and administrators while providing technical leadership and architectural direction.

Qualifications:

• 10+ years of experience in enterprise data platforms, platform engineering, cloud infrastructure, platform administration, or data operations.

• Hands-on experience administering and supporting Databricks and Azure data platforms in enterprise production environments.

• Strong expertise with:

• Databricks

• Azure Data Lake Storage (ADLS)

• Azure Synapse Analytics

• Azure SQL

• Azure Data Factory (ADF)

• Azure DevOps

• Azure IAM (RBAC, Service Principals, Managed Identities)

• Azure Monitor and Log Analytics

• Proven experience as a Data Platform Administrator, Databricks Administrator, Azure Platform Administrator, Platform Architect, or Platform Operations Lead , not solely a data engineer or application developer.

• Working knowledge on Jenkins, Maven, Munit, Jmeter, Postman

• Experience in Open Specification, Swagger

• Experience in CI/CD Pipeline

• Strong working knowledge on REST, HTTP, Any point MQ, JSON, XML

• Hands-on experience with security implementations (OAUTH, SSL, SAML)

• Working knowledge on Jenkins, Maven, Munit, Jmeter, Postman

• Experience in working Agile projects

• 9-10 years of hands-on experience in analysis, design, development, and deployment of large-scale Integration projects preferred

• Good to have working knowledge on Mulesoft, Azure Service Bus, Oracle Integration Services Experience in importing APIs into API management writing policies, policy expression, setting up authentication, certificates, caching preferred

• Good to have working knowledge on Azure Service Bus, Oracle Integration Services preferred

• 2-3 Years of experience the CICD pipeline for Mulesoft deployments using Git Actions preferred

• Ability to travel up to 25%

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At Wesco, we build, connect, power and protect the world. As a leading provider of business-to-business distribution, logistics services and supply chain solutions, we create a world that you can depend on.

Our Company’s greatest asset is our people. Wesco is committed to fostering a workplace where every individual is respected, valued, and empowered to succeed. We promote a culture that is grounded in teamwork and respect. With a workforce of over 20,000 people worldwide, we embrace the unique perspectives each person brings. Through comprehensive benefits (https://www.wesco.com/us/en/our-company/careers/work-at-wesco.html#benefits) and active community engagement, we create an environment where every team member has the opportunity to thrive.

Founded in 1922 and headquartered in Pittsburgh, Wesco is a publicly traded (NYSE: WCC) FORTUNE 500® company.

Wesco International, Inc., including its subsidiaries and affiliates (“Wesco”) provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, religion, color, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, or other characteristics protected by law. US applicants only, we are an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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This posting is for a current, active vacancy intended for immediate hire.