Data Platform Operations Engineer

Bloomington, MN


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Type: Contract-to-Hire

Category: DevOps

Industry: Insurance

Reference ID: JN -122025-104745

Date Posted: 12/14/2025

Shortcut: http://careers.eliassen.com/nDOjuw


Description:

Hybrid on site in Bloomington, MN


Our client is currently hiring a Data Platform Operations Engineer. This pivotal role is responsible for deploying, maintaining, and monitoring Azure Data Landing Zone resources, ensuring optimal performance and reliability across the organization. The Data Platform Operations Engineer updates and maintains documentation and processes to meet regulatory requirements and client standards. In addition, this position mentors other team members and provides expert consultation to business partners, technical teams, and development staff.

 

As a cornerstone of the client's data infrastructure, this role safeguards the stability of the Azure Data Landing Zone and the enterprise analytics platform, which are essential for secure environments, responsive operations, and strategic initiatives. The Data Platform Operations Engineer enables seamless analytics workflows, accurate reporting, and data-driven decision-making by ensuring stable infrastructure for the Data Lake and other cloud related resources. This position ensures compliance, minimizes operational risk, and supports the delivery of reliable enterprise insights that drive organizational success.


This is a contract to hire opportunity. Applicants must be willing and able to work on a w2 basis and convert to FTE following contract duration. For our w2 consultants, we offer a great benefits package that includes Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits, 401k with company matching, and life insurance. Pay Rate $60-$80/hr W2


Responsibilities:

Responsibilities:

·      Automates the creation and maintenance of data platforms.

·      Provides primary support for implementing, upgrading, and maintaining data platform environments.

·      Implement solutions to optimize system stability, resilience, and security.

·      Collaborates with data engineers, data product teams, and vendors to report and resolve problems.

·      Ensures compliance of all security standards in collaboration with IS&T Security Management.

·      Debugs problematic issues, provide analysis for future enhancements and development; proactively maintaining effective and efficient systems.

·      Forecasts and analyzes future capacity needs and develops tools and utilities to mitigate future capacity issues.


Experience Requirements:

Required Qualifications:

·      2+ years' hands on experience with DevOps

·      2+ years' hands on experience deploying services and Infrastructure in Azure public cloud.

·      2+ years' hands on experience provisioning infrastructure using Terraform.

·      2+ years' experience with Ansible

·      Strong knowledge of data platforms

·      Strong problem-solving skills.

·      Experience performing and documenting in-depth analysis.

·      Excellent interpersonal and written communication skills

·      Expertise in technical documentation writing and interpreting business documentation

·      Strong understanding of the LAN and WAN network

·      Experience with disaster recovery planning 

·      Flexible to work outside standard business hours, including weekends, with participation in an on-call rotation.

·      Strong Microsoft tools skills, including Outlook, Word, Excel, Visio, and PowerPoint


Preferred Qualifications:

·      Hands on experience with Databases (Relational and No-SQL)

·      Hands on experience with Databricks

·      Hands on experience with Synapse

·      Hands on experience with Liquibase

·      Hands on experience with Azure CLI (az cli)

·      Hands on experience configuring Azure Monitoring

·      Experience working in an agile/scrum team.

·      Administration of Oracle or Microsoft SQL Databases.

·      Azure cloud certifications

·      Hands on experience provisioning a HIPAA compliant cloud services.

·      Hands on experience setting up Azure DevOps Build + Release Pipelines in YAML


Education Requirements:

·      Four (4) year college degree in Computer Science, Math, Engineering, or related field OR three plus (3+) years of IT related experience


Recruitment Transparency Notice
 
Eliassen Group values transparency in our recruitment practices. Please be advised that Eliassen Group utilizes artificial intelligence (AI) tools as part of its initial application screening process. You may receive email and SMS notifications from the Eliassen Virtual Recruiting Team (noreply@eliassen.com, 781-808-2924) inviting you to complete a brief voice screening as part of your application process. These tools assist our hiring teams in different ways, including but not limited to, assistance in reviewing application materials to help identify candidates whose qualifications most closely match the requirements of the position. All AI-assisted evaluations and responses are reviewed by human recruiters before any hiring decisions are made. The use of AI in our process is intended to support fairness, efficiency, and consistency, and Eliassen Group takes measures to prevent bias or discrimination in connection with its hiring practices. By proceeding, you acknowledge, agree, and consent to Eliassen Group’s use of these tools, including AI tools, as part of the application and hiring process.
 
Skills, experience, and other compensable factors will be considered when determining pay rate. The pay range provided in this posting reflects a W2 hourly rate; other employment options may be available that may result in pay outside of the provided range.

W2 employees of Eliassen Group who are regularly scheduled to work 30 or more hours per week are eligible for the following benefits: medical (choice of 3 plans), dental, vision, pre-tax accounts, other voluntary benefits including life and disability insurance, 401(k) with match, and sick time if required by law in the worked-in state/locality.
Please be advised- If anyone reaches out to you about an open position connected with Eliassen Group, please confirm that they have an Eliassen.com email address and never provide personal or financial information to anyone who is not clearly associated with Eliassen Group. If you have any indication of fraudulent activity, please contact InfoSec@eliassen.com.
 
About Eliassen Group:
 
Eliassen Group is a leading strategic consulting company for human-powered solutions. For over 30 years, Eliassen has helped thousands of companies reach further and achieve more with their technology solutions, financial, risk & compliance, and advisory solutions, and clinical solutions. With offices from coast to coast and throughout Europe, Eliassen provides a local community presence, balanced with international reach. Eliassen Group strives to positively impact the lives of their employees, clients, consultants, and the communities in which they operate.
 
Eliassen Group is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.
 
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