Data Platform Administrator

Job Description:

Job Requirement – Data Platform Administrator

Position Summary

We are seeking an Data Platform Administrator to support and manage Data & Analytics platforms with primary focus on Databricks and Fivetran. The role will be responsible for platform administration, production support, user onboarding, security administration, monitoring, incident management, and platform reliability.

Key Responsibilities

Databricks Platform Administration

• Administer Databricks workspaces across Development, Non-Production, Pre-Production, and Production environments.
• Manage cluster policies, SQL Warehouses, Jobs, Workflows, and workspace configurations.
• Administer Unity Catalog, catalogs, schemas, tables, external locations, and storage credentials.
• Manage user provisioning, group administration, and role-based access control.
• Support platform upgrades, and environment configuration.
• Monitor platform health, performance, utilization, and cost optimization.
  
  

Fivetran Administration

• Administer Fivetran SaaS and HVR environments.
• Configure and manage connectors, destinations, schedules, and transformations.
• Monitor connector health, pipeline failures, replication latency, and data freshness.
• Troubleshoot ingestion failures and coordinate resolution with source system teams.
• Support onboarding of new data sources and destinations.
  
  

Platform Operations & Support

• Provide L2/L3 support for production incidents and service requests.
• Participate in on-call support and incident management processes.
• Perform root cause analysis and implement preventive measures.
• Monitor platform SLAs, job failures, infrastructure alerts, and service health.
• Manage operational runbooks, SOPs, and knowledge articles.
• Coordinate maintenance activities and release deployments.
  
  

Security & Governance

• Ensure compliance with organizational security standards.
• Support audit requests and evidence collection.
• Monitor and remediate access and security-related issues.
  
  

Automation & Continuous Improvement

• Develop operational automation using Python, SQL, APIs, or scripting tools.
• Automate platform monitoring and alerting.
• Identify opportunities to improve platform stability, operational efficiency, and user experience.
• Contribute to documentation and operational best practices.
  
  

Required Technical Skills

Databricks

• Databricks Workspace Administration
• Unity Catalog Administration
• SQL Warehouses
• Workflows / Jobs
• Cluster Management
• Databricks Security & Access Controls
• Monitoring & Troubleshooting
• Cost Management & Optimization
  
  

Fivetran

• Fivetran SaaS Administration
• HVR Administration
• Connector Configuration & Management
• Connector Monitoring & Troubleshooting
• Pipeline Support & Operations
  
  

Cloud & Data Technologies

• AWS Services
• S3
• IAM
• VPC Networking Concepts
• SQL
• Python
• Git
  
  

Required Experience

• 5+ years of Data Platform Administration & Operations experience.
• 2+ years of hands-on Databricks administration and support.
• 2+ years of hands-on Fivetran administration and support.
• Experience managing platform access, onboarding, and operational support.
• Strong troubleshooting and incident management skills.
  
  

Location:

This position can be based in any of the following locations:

Chennai

Current Guardian Colleagues: Please apply through the internal Jobs Hub in Workday