Senior Data Platform Engineer

Senior Data Platform Engineer

Johnson Controls Inc. are seeking a Senior Data Platform Engineer to design and operate a secure, scalable data platform that powers Workforce Analytics.

This role is focused on enabling high-quality, governed data consumption in Snowflake, with a strong emphasis on secure access patterns for humans, applications, and AI-driven tools.

In addition, this role will own and evolve the Posit (RStudio) platform, ensuring data scientists and advanced analysts have a seamless, secure, and performant environment for developing and operationalizing analytical workflows.

You will work across Data Engineering, Analytics, and Data Integration to ensure data is trusted, protected, and easily consumable across modern use cases.

Key Responsibilities

Secure Consumption Enablement

• Design and mature secure data access patterns in Snowflake for:
• Analysts and business users
• Applications and downstream integrations
• AI/ML tools and agent-based consumers
• Implement and evolve RBAC / policy-based access models
• Define patterns for least-privilege access, scoped datasets, and governed sharing
• Ensure secure handling of PII and sensitive workforce data
• Partner with security and governance teams on auditability and compliance
• Anticipate future access patterns driven by AI and automation

Snowflake Platform & Data Optimization

• Own and optimize the Snowflake platform (performance, compute strategy, cost management)
• Design best practices for data organization, modeling layers, and access structures
• Enable scalable and governed data domains for Workforce Analytics

Posit Platform Ownership (R / Data Science Enablement)

• Own and manage the Posit (RStudio) platform for Workforce Analytics
• Ensure secure, performant connectivity between Posit and Snowflake
• Enable best practices for:
• Data access within R environments
• Package and environment management
• Reproducibility and version control
• Support operationalization of Python & R-based analytics, models, and workflows
• Partner with data scientists and advanced analysts to improve platform usability
• Establish patterns for governed, scalable analytical development

Transformation & Pipeline Enablement

• Partner with Data Engineers to productionize pipelines using Coalesce.io
• Define standards for modular, reusable, and testable transformation logic
• Improve pipeline reliability and maintainability

Data Reliability & Quality

• Implement and enforce data quality checks and validation frameworks
• Ensure reliability of critical workforce datasets (headcount, attrition, recruiting)
• Troubleshoot data issues with strong lineage awareness

CI/CD for Data Workflows

• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for data transformations and platform changes
• Integrate workflows using Azure DevOps / GitHub
• Enable consistent deployment practices across environments

Data Developer Experience

• Improve platform usability for engineers, analysts, and data scientists
• Create reusable templates and patterns across:
• Snowflake
• Coalesce
• Posit workflows
• Reduce friction while maintaining governance

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years in data engineering or data platform engineering
• Deep experience with Snowflake, including performance tuning and access control
• Strong SQL and experience working with complex data systems
• Experience with data transformation tools (Coalesce.io, dbt, or similar)
• Experience designing data access and security models
• Experience supporting or working with R / Posit (RStudio) environments

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience enabling data science platforms or analytical environments
• Exposure to Workforce / HR data and PII governance
• Experience supporting multi-modal consumption (BI, APIs, AI/ML tools)
• Familiarity with Azure ecosystem
• Experience with data quality and observability tooling

HIRING SALARY RANGE: $100,000-145,000 (Salary to be determined by the education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities of the applicant, internal equity, and alignment with market data.) This role offers a competitive Bonus plan that will take into account individual, group, and corporate performance. This position includes a competitive benefits package. The posted salary range reflects the target compensation for this role. However, we recognize that exceptional candidates may bring unique skills and experiences that exceed the typical profile. If you believe your background warrants consideration beyond the stated range, we encourage you to apply. To support an efficient and fair hiring process, we may use technology assisted tools, including artificial intelligence (AI), to help identify and evaluate candidates. All hiring decisions are ultimately made by human reviewers.