Platform Engineer – DataOps

Hollstadt & Associates; Arden Hills, Northern (MN, KY); Hybrid; USD 130,891,000 - 135,391,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Retirement plan

Job summary

Hollstadt Consulting is seeking a Platform Engineer - DataOps to join the data platform team and design reliable data solutions. You will collaborate with Data Architects, Data Engineers, and Data Scientists to deliver trusted data assets for the Enterprise Data Platform and support DevOps tooling.

The role focuses on automating data platform tasks, maintaining cloud platforms (Snowflake, Databricks, Power BI, Qlik), and enabling data quality checks and monitoring.

Qualifications

• College or vocational training in Computer Science, Programming, or similar technical areas.
• OR 1–2 years work experience in data processing, programming languages (SQL, Python, SAS, R, etc.), infrastructure, DevOps, etc.

Responsibilities

• Automate admin tasks with Python and SQL for APIs and CLIs to enhance the data platform.
• Collaborate with technical staff to optimize environments.
• Manage cloud platforms like Snowflake, Databricks, Qlik, Event Hubs, Power BI, and Azure services.
• Create notification solutions to ensure platforms are operational.
• Install patches and upgrades.
• Support issue resolution and escalation.
• Report on business metrics of the platform (adoption, goals alignment, product team needs).
• Develop custom DevOps capabilities when not built-in.
• Engage with vendors to learn new platform capabilities.
• Set platform standards.
• Measure data pipeline compliance and platform uptime.
• Participate in MVP and PoC activities to explore new tech capabilities.
• Perform root cause analysis for issues.
• Implement data quality checks and monitoring systems.
• Redesign compute clusters to optimize costs and ensure workload isolation.
• Provide cost monitoring and visibility tools to track cloud compute expenses.

Skills

Data lifecycle knowledge

Python

CI/CD

DevSecOps

Data Engineer

Education

College or vocational training in Computer Science, Programming, or similar technical areas.

1–2 years work experience in data processing, programming languages (SQL, Python, SAS, R, etc.), infrastructure, DevOps

Tools

Snowflake

Databricks

Power BI

Qlik Data Integration

Fivetran

Job description

Hollstadt Consulting is a management and technology consulting firm dedicated to placing professionals at engagements where they will excel. When you work with us, you'll work with a refreshingly real company led and staffed by seasoned experts who are also down-to‑earth, good people. We're committed to treating you with respect and helping you achieve your career aspirations.

Since 1990, Hollstadt has been a trusted partner to more than 150 domestic and global companies and has successfully completed over 3,000 projects. Our continued growth has created challenging and rewarding opportunities for accomplished IT and Business Consultants.

Hollstadt Consulting is an equal opportunity employer including disability/veteran.

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Job Description

Role: Platform Engineer - DataOps

Location: Hybrid, Arden Hills, MN- 3 days/week onsite

Rate: $45.68- $47.25/hour W2 dependent on skills and qualifications

Work Authorization: This is a contract-to-hire opportunity. Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States and be eligible to convert to direct employment without current or future employer sponsorship.

Summary

The Platform (DataOps) Engineer understands that data is vital for information-driven environments and crucial for business success. They will collaborate with Data Architects, Data Engineers, and Data Scientists to design solutions that deliver consistent, reliable, and efficient data using best practices and standards. These efforts result in accurate and trusted data assets for the Enterprise Data Platform and the organization. Additionally, they will support tools to build the data platform for DevOps processes, enhancing the platform and utilities to improve existing data pipelines and engineer new ones.

Required Experience/Education

• College or vocational training in Computer Science, Programming, or similar technical areas.
• OR 1–2 years work experience in data processing, programming languages (SQL, Python, SAS, R, etc.), infrastructure, DevOps, etc. This experience could be in school or a work environment.

Required Competencies/Skills

• Data lifecycle knowledge
• Python
• CI/CD
• Snowflake(priority over Databricks)
• Data Engineer with a DevSecOps background

Nice-to-Have:

• Experience with Fivetran(replication tool being introduced in coming months).
• Proficiency in modern data platforms (Snowflake, Databricks, Power BI, Qlik Data Integration).
• Basic technical knowledge and understanding of data processing.
• Understanding and applying data quality principles.
• Identifying potential technical issues and risks.
• Collaborating across all levels and areas of the data platform team and analytics teams.
• Participating in PoC efforts to research emerging technologies.
• Working closely with technical personnel, including hands-on implementation.
• Proficiency in Python and SQL.
• Tech-focused career enthusiasm.
• Experience with CI/CD.

Preferred Experience/Education

• Post-high school college or technical training.

Preferred Competencies/Skills

• Knowledge of infrastructure as code.
• Adaptability to a fast-paced environment.

Key Responsibilities

Technical Platform Operations

• Automate admin tasks with Python and SQL for APIs and CLIs to enhance the data platform.
• Collaborate with technical staff to optimize their environments.
• Manage cloud platforms like Snowflake, Databricks, Qlik, Event Hubs, Power BI, and other Azure services.
• Create notification solutions to ensure cloud platforms are operational.
• Install patches and upgrades.
• Support issue resolution and escalation.
• Report on business metrics of the platform (adoption, goals alignment, product team needs).
• Develop custom DevOps capabilities when not built-in.
• Engage with vendors to learn new platform capabilities.
• Set platform standards.
• Measure data pipeline compliance and platform uptime.
• Participate in MVP and PoC activities to explore new tech capabilities.
• Perform root cause analysis for issues.
• Implement data quality checks and monitoring systems based on source data gaps and business rules.
• Redesign compute clusters to optimize costs and ensure workload isolation.
• Provide cost monitoring and visibility tools to track and report on cloud platform compute expenses.

Product Development Operations

• Communicate with technical staff.
• Automate release processes for data applications.
• Implement frameworks for varied data ingestion.
• Resolve technical and process issues.
• Document processes and onboard new engineers.
• Measure and report cloud platform usage.

Improve Interoperability

• Communicate platform status to technical product team members.
• Develop regression testing solutions to ensure alignment across various teams and prevent conflicting implementations on the platform.
• Collaborate effectively with cross-functional IT stakeholders to develop DevOps solutions.
• Proactively communicate potential risks across functions.

Hollstadt offers medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, paid sick leave, and retirement benefits to eligible employees. With three different medical plans to choose from, you can enroll in the coverage you need from individual to family, or anywhere in between!

Remarketing Process

Hollstadt is based on retention and relationships. We get to know your strengths and career wishes throughout your assignment and then start remarket discussions 6-8 weeks prior to your end date. By being proactive, we are able to keep your down time between assignments as short as possible, unless you choose otherwise.

Professional Development

Hollstadt offers on-demand training through our consultant portal. Trainings give our consultants the continuing education they need to excel on their projects. Many of our courses apply towards continuing education credits and we have an entire training hub dedicated to upskilling in Artificial Intelligence (AI).

401k + Matching

One popular benefit is our 401(k) match on the first 4% of your contributions. Hollstadt wants to help you reach your long-term financial goals and understands that planning for your future is critical. Consultants also have access to support from a Financial Advisor.

We appreciate and reward loyalty. Join Hollstadt, stay for 5 years, and we’ll give you a $5,000 Longevity Award bonus! Additionally, we know great talent knows other great talent. If you are on contract with Hollstadt and refer one of your connections who gets placed, we’ll pay you $1,000!

Ongoing Support & Networking

We have made a significant investment in building a support program for our consultant team - so you never have to feel like you are going it alone. We also have a Consultant Coach program which acts like a 'work buddy' to provide a safe ear for questions or concerns at your client site.