Data Platform Administration & Operations
· Design, build, configure, and operate cloud‑based data and analytics platforms supporting BI, advanced analytics, data engineering, and AI/ML workloads.
· Lead platform lifecycle management activities, including onboarding, upgrades, scaling, decommissioning, and continuous improvement.
· Develop and enforce platform usage, governance, and operational standards, balancing flexibility with control.
· Implement and maintain monitoring, logging, alerting, and performance management to ensure platform reliability and resilience.
· Diagnose and resolve complex platform incidents, performance issues, and service disruptions.
· Collate and analyze tactical and operational information to diagnose underlying platform and service issues and define effective technical solutions.
Governance, Security & Compliance
· Ensure platforms comply with security, privacy, and data governance policies, remediating vulnerabilities within defined SLAs.
· Approve and contribute to database and platform specifications, ensuring data integrity and adherence to standards.
· Work closely with data governance and risk partners to ensure solutions meet regulatory, audit, and compliance expectations.
Strategic Enablement & Continuous Improvement
· Develop and maintain platform and technology roadmaps aligned to EDC’s data strategy and evolving business needs.
· Evaluate emerging technologies, tools, and services through proof of technology to validate value, feasibility, and fit.
· Minimize technical debt by driving modernization and rationalization of legacy data platforms.
· Define and track platform performance, cost, reliability, and adoption metrics, contributing to service scorecards.
Data Architecture & Solution Design
· Define, maintain, and evolve data and analytics reference architectures, standards, design patterns, and guiding principles.
· Design end‑to‑end data solution architectures, including data flows, integrations, and platform services.
· Conduct targeted data exploration and analysis to identify architectural, operational, and performance trends supporting decision‑making.
· Partner with cloud, security, integration, and solution architects to ensure cohesive enterprise design outcomes.
Collaboration, Enablement & Leadership
· Advise, mentor, and coach data engineers, architects, and platform administrators on standards, best practices, and design approaches.
· Collaborate with product owners and delivery teams to plan, prioritize, and execute platform backlogs using Agile practices.
· Contribute to knowledge management by documenting architectures, operational runbooks, standards, and lessons learned.
· Provide technical leadership and clear communication to business and technology stakeholders.