Lead Data Platform Engineer | Hybrid (Databricks & Data Lake)

Georgia-Pacific LLC; Atlanta (GA); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

Flexible spending and health savings

Life insurance

ADD

Disability

Retirement

Paid vacation/time off

Educational assistance

Infertility assistance

Paid parental leave

Adoption assistance

Job summary

Georgia-Pacific LLC is seeking a Lead Data Platform Engineer in Atlanta to own and operate the Enterprise Data Lake, Ingestion Framework, and Databricks Platform. The role focuses on reliability, governance, and scalable data solutions across hundreds of systems.

The position is hybrid (3x in-office per week) at our Atlanta HQ on Peachtree St. You will collaborate with Data Governance, Data Delivery, Product Owners, and Solution Architects to align with business needs.

Qualifications

• Experience designing, building, and maintaining large-scale distributed systems.
• Experience as a senior technical leader overseeing multiple data engineering teams.
• Experience in architectural design and systems integration for enterprise-grade platforms.
• Experience leading operations for highly available data platforms and data lakes.
• Proficiency with Infrastructure as Code practices and skilled in Git and CI/CD design patterns.
• Must have legal authorization to work permanently in the United States for any employer without visa transfer or sponsorship.

Responsibilities

• Lead and optimize the GP data platform (Enterprise Data Lake, Ingestion Framework, Databricks).
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver features, maintain a healthy agile process, and enhance platform accessibility for customers.
• Drive automation, operational excellence, and continuous improvement through performance monitoring, issue resolution, and development of self-service tools.

Skills

Large-scale distributed systems

Senior technical leadership

Architectural design

Operations for data platforms

Infrastructure as Code

Git

CI/CD

Python

SQL

Spark

Tools

Terraform

Airflow

Databricks

AWS

Lambda

Glue

Kafka

Job description

Georgia-Pacific LLC is seeking a Lead Data Platform Engineer in Atlanta to own and operate the Enterprise Data Lake, Ingestion Framework, and Databricks Platform. The role focuses on reliability, governance, and scalable data solutions across hundreds of systems.

The position is hybrid (3x in-office per week) at our Atlanta HQ on Peachtree St. You will collaborate with Data Governance, Data Delivery, Product Owners, and Solution Architects to align with business needs.