Data Platform Application Administrator

Phase: Initial phase (keeps the platform running)

Required experience: 5+ years in data platform / application administration.

Role summary

Administers and operates the Data Platform applications so the environment stays reliable, secure, and well-governed as sources and users are onboarded. The operational backbone of the program.

Key responsibilities

• •Administer and configure the data platform applications across Azure and, later, Snowflake.
• •Manage access control, security, and user provisioning.
• •Monitor platform health, capacity, and performance.
• •Support governance, audit, and compliance requirements.
• •Coordinate upgrades, patches, and environment management.
• •Support engineering teams with platform-level configuration.

Must-have skills and experience

• •Data platform application administration experience.
• •Hands-on Azure administration, with readiness for Snowflake administration.
• •Access control, security, and governance administration experience.
• •Monitoring, capacity, and performance management skills.

Nice to have

• •Snowflake administration experience.
• •Experience administering GraphDB or MLOps tooling.
• •Infrastructure-as-code and automation skills.

Relevant stack

Azure platform administration, Snowflake administration, governance and access-control tooling, monitoring stack.

General attributes

• •Proactive and self-driven, able to take ownership and move work forward without waiting to be told.
• •AI-enabled in day-to-day work, comfortable using AI tools and copilots to accelerate delivery and quality.
• •Strong self-learner who stays current with evolving tools, platforms, and practices.
• •Good team player who collaborates well across engineering, operations, and stakeholder groups.