Data Platform Engineer - Scale, Automate & Observability

The Hershey Company; Hershey (PA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

The Hershey Company is seeking a Platform Engineer, Data & Analytics Platforms to run and continuously improve enterprise data platforms powering Hershey’s data products. This role focuses on platform operations, standardizing environments, automating delivery, and improving reliability across development, test, and production.

The Data Platform Engineer collaborates with Senior Data Engineers, Solution Architects, the Cloud COE, and Security to define guardrails, deliver self-service tooling,

Qualifications

• Hands-on administration and operations for Databricks and Azure data platform services.
• Strong understanding of environment provisioning, secrets management, identity/access, and networking patterns.
• Infrastructure-as-code experience (e.g., Terraform) is strongly preferred.
• Proficient in Python and SQL for automation and troubleshooting.
• Experience with CI/CD in Azure DevOps and managing releases.

Responsibilities

• Own and operate core data platform components (Databricks and Azure) across development, test, and production.
• Build and maintain CI/CD and environment standardization using Azure DevOps and Terraform.
• Implement observability (logging, monitoring, alerting, dashboards) and maintain runbooks for proactive detection and faster recovery.
• Implement identity/access controls, secrets management, and configuration standards with the Cloud COE and Security.
• Plan and execute platform releases and upgrades and coordinate change communications to minimize disruption.
• Enable MLOps capabilities (MLflow standards, deployment patterns, automation) with Data Science teams.
• Governance, security, and compliance standards through platform guardrails and clear documentation.
• Monitor usage, optimize costs, and drive cost transparency and efficiency.

Skills

Databricks

Azure

Python

SQL

CI/CD

MLOps

Observability

IAM

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, Data Science, or related field

2–5 years in platform engineering roles

Tools

Databricks

Azure

Terraform

Azure DevOps

Job description

The Hershey Company is seeking a Platform Engineer, Data & Analytics Platforms to run and continuously improve enterprise data platforms powering Hershey’s data products. This role focuses on platform operations, standardizing environments, automating delivery, and improving reliability across development, test, and production.

The Data Platform Engineer collaborates with Senior Data Engineers, Solution Architects, the Cloud COE, and Security to define guardrails, deliver self-service tooling,