Platform Engineer

Role Description

The Platform Engineer, Data & Analytics Platforms runs and continuously improves the enterprise data and analytics platforms that power Hershey’s data products. This role focuses on platform operations and enablement—standardizing environments, automating delivery, improving reliability and observability, and reducing time-to-value for Data Product teams across development, test, and production.

The Data Platform Engineer partners with Senior Data Engineers, Solution Architects, the Cloud COE, and Security to define guardrails and operating standards, deliver self-service tooling, and keep the platform cost-effective, secure, observable, reliable, and scalable.

This role supports Hershey’s enterprise data strategy by operating and enabling a trusted, governed data platform at scale. The platform team turns one-off solutions into reusable templates, guardrails, and automated workflows—improving reliability, cost transparency, and developer experience so Data Product teams can deliver high-quality data products faster.

Qualifications

• Hands-on administration and operations for Databricks and Azure data platform services.
• Strong understanding of environment provisioning, secrets management, identity/access, and networking patterns.
• Infrastructure-as-code experience (e.g., Terraform) is strongly preferred.
• Proficient in Python and SQL for automation and troubleshooting.
• Experience with modular coding, APIs, scripting, and source control (Git).
• Experience implementing CI/CD in Azure DevOps, managing releases, and improving deployment safety.
• Familiarity with MLflow and operational patterns for model lifecycle management (nice to have).
• Experience implementing monitoring/alerting and using operational metrics to drive reliability improvements.
• Familiarity with incident management and root-cause analysis.
• Ability to communicate best practices and technical solutions effectively across teams.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, Data Science, or related field.
• 2–5 years in platform engineering roles.

Benefits

• The Hershey Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
• Opportunities extended to qualified applicants and employees on an equal basis.
• Reasonable accommodations available for applicants with disabilities.