Senior Lakehouse Data Platform Engineer (Remote/Hybrid)

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

Job summary

FedEx Freight, Inc. is seeking a Data Platform Engineer to design, operate, and secure an enterprise Lakehouse platform powering analytics, AI, and data products.

The role focuses on cloud-native platform engineering with emphasis on reliability, governance, automation, scalability, and cost efficiency. You will build with Databricks or Microsoft Fabric, manage catalogs and access controls, implement CI/CD pipelines, enable data teams, and drive FinOps and regulatory compliance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in data science, CS, IS, or related field.
• 5 years of experience in Data Platform Engineering, Cloud DBA, or related field.
• Experience leading multi-function project teams.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to lead in planning or consulting settings.
• Ability to lead multi-functional project teams.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and operate the enterprise Lakehouse platform (e.g., Databricks, Microsoft Fabric, or similar).
• Manage platform configuration, storage architecture, catalogs, schemas, and access controls.
• Administer governance capabilities such as Unity Catalog, Microsoft Purview, and enterprise security policies.
• Optimize platform performance, workload management, and query execution.
• Implement monitoring, observability, alerting, backup, disaster recovery, and SLAs.
• Develop Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform/Bicep) and CI/CD pipelines for platform deployment.
• Partner with cloud infrastructure teams on networking, identity, and compute.
• Enable data engineering, analytics, and AI teams through reusable platform capabilities.
• Manage platform cost optimization (FinOps) and capacity planning.
• Support regulatory compliance, auditing, and data protection requirements.
• Comply with all applicable laws/regulations, as well as company policies/procedures.

Skills

Data Platform Engineering

Cloud DBA

Leadership

Stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in data science, CS, IS, or related field

Tools

Databricks

Microsoft Fabric

Terraform

Bicep

Job description

FedEx Freight, Inc. is seeking a Data Platform Engineer to design, operate, and secure an enterprise Lakehouse platform powering analytics, AI, and data products.

The role focuses on cloud-native platform engineering with emphasis on reliability, governance, automation, scalability, and cost efficiency. You will build with Databricks or Microsoft Fabric, manage catalogs and access controls, implement CI/CD pipelines, enable data teams, and drive FinOps and regulatory compliance.