Description

• We are seeking a Senior Dataiku Platform Engineer to lead the engineering, automation, governance and enterprise integration of our Dataiku DSS platform within our modern data ecosystem, including Snowflake, AWS, dbt and Microsoft SharePoint.
• This is a hands-on platform engineering role, not a traditional data science position.
• The engineer will strengthen platform reliability and security, automate deployment and administrative processes and establish governance-as-code practices that enable business teams, including Finance, to develop and operationalize data products safely.
• The ideal candidate will have extensive experience with Dataiku DSS administration, Python-based automation, APIs, deployment engineering and enterprise integrations, with the ability to independently design, implement and support production-grade solutions.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Platform Engineering and Administration:
• Administer and maintain Dataiku DSS environments, including Design and Automation nodes, connections, code environments, plugins, permissions and platform configurations.
• Lead platform upgrades, including planning and supporting the upgrades.
• Troubleshoot complex platform issues, analyze logs, perform root-cause analysis and improve platform stability and performance.

DEPLOYMENT AUTOMATION AND GOVERNANCE:

• Enhance existing Python and Dataiku API-based automation to streamline project promotion from Design through Deployer to Automation.
• Automate bundle creation, publishing, deployment, configuration verification and post-deployment health checks.
• Validate connections, code environments, plugin versions, deployment bundles and Project Standards before deployment, blocking releases when critical checks fail.
• Implement governance-as-code through Project Standards, automated data quality checks and production-readiness controls.
• Improve automation reliability through structured logging, error handling, credential management and repeatable execution.

SECURITY AND IDENTITY AUTOMATION:

• Automate onboarding and offboarding of users, teams, connections and functional accounts using Dataiku APIs.
• Support migration to Okta/Active Directory group-based entitlements and automate cleanup of obsolete access.
• Integrate HashiCorp Vault for secure API key retrieval and partner with Information Security on Fortanix tokenization and field-level encryption.
• Maintain secure enterprise integrations, including Microsoft SharePoint Online certificate-based authentication and credential rotation.

SNOWFLAKE AND ENTERPRISE INTEGRATIONS:

• Build and maintain Dataiku integrations with Snowflake and AWS to support enterprise data products.
• Automate deployment of Data Products from Design to Automation, including connection validation, permissions and post-deployment verification.
• Support integration with dbt, Snowflake Cortex AI, Dataiku data lineage and the enterprise Data Exchange marketplace.
• Partner with data engineering and architecture teams to establish reusable patterns for secure, governed data products.

OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE AND PLATFORM ENABLEMENT:

• Integrate Dataiku monitoring and pipeline failure notifications with ServiceNow to improve incident management and operational visibility.
• Automate license reclamation, cleanup of unused projects and scenarios, disabled-user cleanup and platform configuration checks.
• Establish monitoring, documentation, operational procedures and repeatable support practices.
• Support Finance users through knowledge transfer, technical office hours, Lunch & Learn sessions and guidance on production-ready Dataiku solutions.
• Coordinate with EDO, EuOps, Information Security, Finance and Snowflake administration teams to resolve dependencies and deliver platform improvements.

MUST-HAVE TECHNICAL SKILLS:

• Extensive hands-on experience administering and supporting enterprise Dataiku DSS environments, including Design and Automation nodes.
• Strong Python programming and experience using Dataiku REST APIs/SDK for platform administration and automation.
• Proven experience with Dataiku bundles, Deployer, deployment workflows and automated promotion between environments.
• Experience managing Dataiku connections, code environments, plugins, project permissions and Project Standards.
• Experience implementing automated validation, governance controls and production deployment checks.
• Strong AWS and Snowflake integration experience, including connectivity, authentication and troubleshooting.
• Linux/Unix administration, scripting, log analysis, production support and root-cause analysis.
• Understanding of enterprise security, RBAC, API keys, secrets management and secure integration patterns.
• Ability to independently lead technical implementation and collaborate across infrastructure, security, operations and business teams.

GOOD-TO-HAVE TECHNICAL SKILLS:

• HashiCorp Vault, Fortanix, Okta/Active Directory and enterprise identity lifecycle automation.
• Terraform or other infrastructure-as-code tools.
• GitHub, Jenkins, CI/CD pipelines, automated testing and release management.
• ServiceNow integration, monitoring and observability tools such as Splunk, Dynatrace, or AWS CloudWatch.
• Microsoft SharePoint Online certificate-based authentication and integration.
• dbt, Snowflake Cortex AI, data lineage and enterprise data marketplace integration.
• Dataiku plugin development, advanced deployment automation and data quality frameworks.
• Tesseract OCR, parallel processing, or document-processing workloads

Key Skills

Education

Bachelor's degree