Remote Lakehouse Platform Engineer

FedEx Freight; Harrison (AR); Hybrid; USD 94,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

FedEx Freight is seeking a Data Platform Engineer to design, operate, and secure an enterprise Lakehouse platform powering analytics and AI. The role focuses on cloud-native engineering, governance, automation, and cost efficiency.

The candidate will implement Terraform/Bicep deployments, manage access controls, and partner with cloud teams to enable data engineering and analytics teams while optimizing platform cost.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in data science, computer science, information systems, or related field.
• 5 years in Data Platform Engineering, Cloud DBA, or related field.
• Experience leading multi-function project teams.

Responsibilities

• Design, operate, and secure the enterprise Lakehouse platform.
• Manage platform configuration, catalogs, schemas, and access controls.
• Implement governance and security policies (Unity Catalog, Purview).
• Optimize performance, cost, and capacity planning.
• Develop Infrastructure-as-Code and CI/CD pipelines.
• Collaborate with cloud infra on networking and identity.

Skills

Leadership experience

Strong communication

Executive coordination

Education

Bachelor's Degree in data science, computer science, information systems, or related field

Tools

Databricks

Microsoft Fabric

Terraform

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

FedEx Freight is seeking a Data Platform Engineer to design, operate, and secure an enterprise Lakehouse platform powering analytics and AI. The role focuses on cloud-native engineering, governance, automation, and cost efficiency.

The candidate will implement Terraform/Bicep deployments, manage access controls, and partner with cloud teams to enable data engineering and analytics teams while optimizing platform cost.