Remote Data Platform Engineer - Azure & Databricks

Odfjell Technology; New Jersey; Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Learning and development

Inclusive environment

Global opportunities for growth

Flexible home office opportunities

Job summary

Odfjell Technology is seeking a Data Platform Engineer to build and operate robust data solutions on Databricks and the Azure data platform, enabling intelligent decision making and world-class BI capabilities. You will collaborate with architects and platform teams to design secure data flows and standardized services across the enterprise.

The role emphasizes modern data frameworks, distributed processing, and strong governance, reporting to the Enterprise Architect.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in IT, data engineering, or related field.
• Experience with Azure Data Platform and Databricks.
• Experience with ETL/ELT processes and building data pipelines.
• Understanding of data architecture, data modelling, and data governance.
• Experience with IaC, CI/CD, and DevOps/DataOps for data platforms.
• Knowledge of declarative data engineering approaches (dbt, Dagster, Spark Declarative Pipelines) and distributed engines like Spark.
• Knowledge of security, access control, and data protection within cloud environments.
• Excellent written and verbal communication in Norwegian and English.
• Strong collaboration across technical teams.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and evolve data pipelines and enterprise data platform services.
• Build and operate scalable, reliable, and cost-efficient solutions on Databricks and Azure.
• Implement data ingestion, transformation, and storage mechanisms.
• Ensure high availability, performance, and scalability of the data platform.
• Collaborate with the Integration Architect and platform teams on data flows and architecture decisions.
• Implement monitoring and data quality controls to support analytics and business intelligence use cases.
• Ensure secure handling of data and strict compliance with governance and security standards.
• Contribute to continuous improvement, standardization, and the reuse of data services.

Skills

Azure Data Platform

Databricks

ETL/ELT pipelines

Data governance

Data modelling

Data architecture

IaC/CI/CD/DevOps

Spark

Security in cloud

Norwegian & English comms

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in IT/data engineering

Tools

dbt

Dagster

Spark Declarative Pipelines

Job description

Odfjell Technology is seeking a Data Platform Engineer to build and operate robust data solutions on Databricks and the Azure data platform, enabling intelligent decision making and world-class BI capabilities. You will collaborate with architects and platform teams to design secure data flows and standardized services across the enterprise.

The role emphasizes modern data frameworks, distributed processing, and strong governance, reporting to the Enterprise Architect.