Azure Data Platform

Job Title: Technology Architect | Cloud Integration | Azure Data Factory (ADF) Platform Admin Work Location: Philadelphia, PA- 19113- Hybrid (3days per week at office) Job Details: Must Have Skills: • 8-10+ years of experience in data platform or cloud administration, with strong focus on Azure Databricks. • Hands‑on experience with Azure services including ADLS Gen2, Azure Networking, Azure Monitor, and ADF. • Nice to have skills: • Azure Databricks Admin • SQL • Detailed Job Description: • Lead onshore platform operations and administration for the Azure data platform, accountable for platform stability, security, and compliance, and serving as the escalation owner for P1/P2 platform incidents and change coordination • Manage access and governance controls across Azure Portal, Entra ID/AD groups, RBAC, Key Vault/secret scopes, and platform components including Databricks workspaces/cluster policies, ADF/SHIR, ADLS ACLs/zones, and integration touchpoints such as Power BI gateway topology. • Establish and run platform observability and alert hygiene using Azure Monitor/Log Analytics/App Insights, Splunk, and operational scheduling visibility from Tidal, ensuring thresholds, alert taxonomy, and response playbooks are standardized and continuously improved • Own CI/CD operational readiness and release governance through Azure DevOps (pipelines/repos/boards), support CAB/RFC execution in Ivanti, and drive secure, repeatable platform changes (patching, certificate/secret rotation, rollback plans, audit evidence) • Collaborate with Data Ops and FinOps to implement cost/stability guardrails (tagging/limits, capacity controls, policy-as-code) and to reduce operational toil through automation and self-service patterns. • Monitor Azure Databricks usage and implement cost‑optimization strategies, including: • o Cluster right‑sizing • o Autoscaling and auto‑termination • o Instance pool configuration • Install, configure, and administer HVR Hub and agents in Azure and on‑prem environments. Configure and manage Fivetran connectors for SaaS, databases, and event sources