Senior Looker Administrator & Platform Engineer

GCS Recruitment; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

GCS Recruitment seeks an experienced Looker Administrator to support a large-scale analytics environment. The role emphasizes Looker administration, LookML development, API usage, and platform modernization across cloud migrations.

You will collaborate with engineering teams on automated provisioning, governance, and performance optimization while delivering L3/L4 production support and upgrades in a complex BI landscape.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS/IS/Engineering or related field.
• 5+ years of experience administering BI/Analytics platforms.
• Hands-on Looker administration and LookML development experience.
• Strong GitHub version control and CI/CD deployment knowledge.
• Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) integration experience.
• REST APIs and platform automation proficiency.
• Experience with cloud-based analytics environments.
• Strong SQL and performance troubleshooting skills.
• Excellent problem-solving and documentation abilities.

Responsibilities

• Provide L3/L4 production support for Looker environments across dev and prod.
• Lead platform upgrades, releases, patching, and validation activities.
• Support GitHub and LookML development workflows, including deployments.
• Troubleshoot performance, scalability, and data modeling issues.
• Monitor platform health, reliability, and operational performance.
• Implement automated provisioning and entitlement management processes.
• Governance, security controls, and usage guidelines documentation.
• Administer Looker APIs and enable API-driven analytics initiatives.
• Support cloud migration and data platform modernization efforts.

Skills

Looker Admin

LookML Development

SQL Performance Tuning

REST APIs

IAM / Azure AD

Cloud Analytics Platforms

Data Governance

Documentation

Production Support (L3/L4)

Platform Upgrades & Release Management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science / Information Systems / Engineering

Tools

GitHub

Snowflake

Teradata

Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

Job description

GCS Recruitment seeks an experienced Looker Administrator to support a large-scale analytics environment. The role emphasizes Looker administration, LookML development, API usage, and platform modernization across cloud migrations.

You will collaborate with engineering teams on automated provisioning, governance, and performance optimization while delivering L3/L4 production support and upgrades in a complex BI landscape.