Onsite Data Platform Ops Engineer – 24x7 Support

JSG (Johnson Service Group, Inc.); Chattanooga (TN); On-site; USD 90,000 - 142,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

401(k)

Weekly pay

Short-term disability

Job summary

Johnson Service Group (JSG) seeks an IT Operations Engineer - Data Platform Administrator for a 12‑month onsite contract in Chattanooga, TN. U.S. citizenship is required and residency must be local or regional.

Hourly rate up to $68.50 on a W2 basis. The ideal candidate has 5+ years of relevant experience, strong platform administration, cloud and security expertise, and a track record in automation, monitoring, and vendor management.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS, engineering, business, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years in IT operations, platform administration, or related roles.
• Strong expertise across middleware, cloud hosting (VMware, AWS, Azure), and security configurations.
• Experience with change management, automation, monitoring, and vendor coordination.
• Willingness to travel to multiple locations and work onsite in Chattanooga.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the technical expert in platform operations engineering and provide authoritative design support.
• Analyze component performance, troubleshoot, and determine capacity improvements.
• Lead root-cause analysis, corrective actions, and long-term investment planning for IT services.
• Ensure infrastructure complies with configurations, patches, and approved designs.
• Act as change management coordinator to minimize service impact and drive automation.
• Provide Tier 3 IT support 24x7, including on-call duties and vendor coordination.
• Mentor A and B levels on complex infrastructure issues across teams.
• Collaborate with engineering, analytics, cybersecurity, and business units.
• Travel to various locations as required by project needs.

Skills

5+ years experience

Platform administration

Cloud technologies

Security

Automation

Monitoring

Vendor management

Change management

On-call support

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering/related field

Tools

VMware

Windows

Unix

IIS

WebSphere

WebLogic

Tomcat

Apache

SSIS

Cognos

Tableau

OBIEE

Job description

Johnson Service Group (JSG) seeks an IT Operations Engineer - Data Platform Administrator for a 12‑month onsite contract in Chattanooga, TN. U.S. citizenship is required and residency must be local or regional.

Hourly rate up to $68.50 on a W2 basis. The ideal candidate has 5+ years of relevant experience, strong platform administration, cloud and security expertise, and a track record in automation, monitoring, and vendor management.