Senior Data Platform Reliability Engineer | Onsite

About OpsWerks
OpsWerks is a technical consulting company specializing in operational services for the high-tech industry. We partner with platform and infrastructure teams to operate multi-cloud environments, execute complex migrations, and enable seamless, scalable application deployments.

Your Role

As a Senior Data Platform Engineer, you will be responsible for the operation, reliability, and continuous improvement of data platforms running on Kubernetes (on-premise and/or AWS/GCP), including frameworks such as DoEKS (Data on EKS) and AIoEKS (AI on EKS).

Key Responsibilities

• Operate, maintain, and enhance data platforms deployed on Kubernetes environments

• Deploy platform updates, releases, and configuration changes using GitOps/DevOps practices

• Monitor system health using logs, metrics, and observability tools to ensure high availability

• Participate in incident response, root cause analysis (RCA), and 24x7 on‑call rotations

• Improve platform reliability through automation, observability, and self‑service tooling

• Troubleshoot user and system issues, including integrations, performance bottlenecks, and misconfigurations

• Collaborate with cross‑functional teams to ensure seamless data platform operations

• Provide technical mentorship and guidance to junior engineers

• Champion platform standards, security best practices, and operational excellence

Qualifications

• 3+ years experience supporting production data platforms (e.g., Spark, Airflow, Jupyter)

• 5+ years hands‑on experience in ETL/ELT pipelines, data processing, and transformation (Python/Java & SQL)

• Strong experience with Kubernetes, including managed services (AWS EKS / GCP GKE)

• Solid understanding of Linux systems, microservices architecture, and service communication patterns

• Strong troubleshooting skills (application failures, latency, scaling, resource contention)

• Proficiency in monitoring, logging, and observability tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Splunk)

Nice to Have

• Experience with modern data/AI platforms: Flink, Trino, Druid, Ray.io

• Automation and scripting skills (Bash, Python)

• Relevant certifications (e.g., CKAD, AWS Certified Data Engineer)

Why Join OpsWerks?

• Work on cutting‑edge data platforms in multi‑cloud environments

• Exposure to large‑scale, enterprise‑grade infrastructure

• Collaborative, engineering‑driven culture focused on reliability and innovation

• Opportunities for technical growth, certification, and mentorship