Head of Enterprise Data Platform Engineering (Azure)

Vizient; Edina (MN); On-site; USD 135,000 - 237,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

Incentive eligible

Job summary

Vizient in Edina, MN, is seeking a senior leader to define and drive the enterprise data platform strategy, architecture, and modernization across Azure Databricks, Delta Lake, and related Azure data technologies.

You will lead platform engineering and governance, establish Platform-as-a-Product practices, mentor engineering teams, and partner with data science and governance teams to deliver scalable data products and AI capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute enterprise data platform strategy, architecture, and multi-year roadmaps with a focus on Azure Databricks and related Azure data technologies
• Lead platform engineering and administration teams to deliver reliable, secure, scalable enterprise data services
• Drive Azure Databricks platform engineering including Unity Catalog, Delta Lake, MLflow, access controls, workload management, automation, observability, performance, and cost optimization
• Establish Platform-as-a-Product practices, Infrastructure-as-Code, CI/CD automation, and self-service capabilities to improve engineering productivity
• Lead modernization of enterprise data platforms and migration to Azure and Lakehouse architectures while strengthening resilience and disaster recovery
• Establish platform governance, security, data classification, lineage, auditing, access management, and compliance controls in collaboration with Data Governance, Security, IAM, and Enterprise Architecture teams
• Enable scalable platform capabilities for analytics, data products, machine learning, AI, and operational reporting
• Establish service-level objectives, operational metrics, monitoring, incident management, capacity planning, and continuous improvement practices
• Manage platform investments, budgets, capacity forecasts, vendor relationships, licensing, and FinOps practices to optimize technology consumption and operational costs
• Develop and mentor engineering leaders and technical teams while fostering collaboration, automation, innovation, and operational excellence

Job description

Vizient in Edina, MN, is seeking a senior leader to define and drive the enterprise data platform strategy, architecture, and modernization across Azure Databricks, Delta Lake, and related Azure data technologies.

You will lead platform engineering and governance, establish Platform-as-a-Product practices, mentor engineering teams, and partner with data science and governance teams to deliver scalable data products and AI capabilities.