Sr. Data Ops/Data Platform Administrator

Position:

Sr. Data Platform Administrator

Compensation:

$121,550 - $150,150 /hour, depending on experience

Location:

Denver, Colorado or Houston, Texas

Inceed has partnered with a great company to help find a skilled Sr. Data Ops/Data Platform Administrator to join their team!

This is a high-impact opportunity to own the day-to-day health of a modern hybrid data environment. In this role, you'll help keep critical platforms stable, secure, and performing at their best so the engineering team can stay focused on delivery. If you enjoy solving complex operational challenges, improving platform reliability, and working closely with technical leadership, this role offers strong visibility and room to make a real difference.

Key Responsibilities & Duties:

• Administer and maintain Denodo and SQL Server environments.
• Monitor platform health across development, QA, and production.
• Tune caching and resources for improved query performance.
• Support Snowflake access, roles, warehouses, and security settings.
• Monitor cloud consumption and help manage cost controls.
• Support dbt Cloud, Airflow, and Fivetran operations.
• Troubleshoot production issues and escalate root causes.
• Maintain deployment guardrails, documentation, and procedures.
• Partner with engineers to keep environments stable and secure.

Required Qualifications & Experience:

• 5+ years in Systems Administration, Database Administration, or DataOps.
• Hands-on Denodo administration experience.
• Strong Snowflake administration experience.
• Experience with SQL, Git, and DevOps concepts.
• Working knowledge of dbt Cloud, Airflow, and Fivetran.
• Experience supporting production incidents end to end.
• Comfort working in a hybrid data ecosystem.
• Strong troubleshooting and documentation skills.

Nice to Have Skills & Experience:

• Databricks administration or support experience.
• Azure platform support experience.
• Experience with Entra ID, SSO, or MFA.
• SOX-controlled environment experience.
• Change management and audit support experience.
• Experience with CI/CD pipeline maintenance.
• O&G or enterprise data platform experience.
• Experience with caching and performance tuning.

Perks & Benefits:

• 3 different medical health insurance plans, dental, and vision insurance
• Voluntary, Short-term and Long-term disability insurance
• Paid time off, 401k, and holiday pay
• Weekly direct deposit or pay card deposit

If you are interested in learning more about the Sr. Data Platform Administrator opportunity, please submit your resume for consideration. Our client unable to provide sponsorship at this time.

We are Inceed, a staffing direct placement firm who believes in the possibility of something better. Our mission is simple: We're here to help every person, whether client, candidate, or employee, find and secure what's better for them.

Inceed is an equal opportunity employer. Inceed prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type and affords equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.