The Data Platform Administration Architect is responsible for the architecture, administration, governance, operational excellence, and continuous improvement of the enterprise data platform. This role owns the stability, scalability, security, availability, and supportability of cloud-based data platforms, with a primary focus on Databricks, Azure Data Services, and enterprise platform operations.
The ideal candidate combines deep technical expertise with strong operational leadership and has extensive experience managing production environments, release processes, change governance, incident response, service management, and platform modernization initiatives. This individual will serve as the technical lead for platform administration while partnering with engineering, infrastructure, security, governance, and business teams to ensure reliable and compliant data platform operations.
Responsibilities:
- Lead the administration, architecture, governance, and operational support of enterprise data platforms.
- Manage and support Databricks, Azure Data Factory, Azure Data Lake Storage (ADLS), Azure Synapse, Azure SQL, and related Azure services across production and non-production environments.
- Own platform reliability, availability, performance, scalability, security, and operational excellence.
- Define and maintain platform standards, environment strategies, monitoring frameworks, operational procedures, and governance controls.
- Oversee Change Management and Release Management processes, including CRs, SCRs, ECRs, deployment planning, release scheduling, rollback strategies, and post-release validation.
- Participate in CAB (Change Advisory Board) activities and provide technical assessment, risk evaluation, and deployment readiness recommendations.
- Lead production support activities, including resolution of Incidents (INC), Service Requests (RITM), Problem Records, and Major Incident Management processes.
- Coordinate cross-functional teams during critical production incidents and ensure timely restoration of services.
- Perform Root Cause Analysis (RCA) investigations and drive preventative and corrective actions to reduce recurring issues.
- Develop and maintain operational runbooks, knowledge articles, support documentation, escalation procedures, and disaster recovery plans.
- Establish and report on operational KPIs including platform uptime, SLA compliance, release success rates, Mean Time to Resolution (MTTR), incident trends, and platform health metrics.
- Implement and govern CI/CD processes, deployment automation, and infrastructure-as-code best practices.
- Ensure compliance with enterprise security standards, access governance policies, audit requirements, and SOX controls.
- Drive platform modernization initiatives, automation opportunities, cost optimization, and continuous service improvement efforts.
- Mentor platform engineers and administrators while providing technical leadership and architectural direction.
Qualifications:
- 10+ years of experience in enterprise data platforms, platform engineering, cloud infrastructure, platform administration, or data operations.
- Hands-on experience administering and supporting Databricks and Azure data platforms in enterprise production environments.
- Strong expertise with:
- Databricks
- Azure Data Lake Storage (ADLS)
- Azure Synapse Analytics
- Azure SQL
- Azure Data Factory (ADF)
- Azure DevOps
- Azure IAM (RBAC, Service Principals, Managed Identities)
- Azure Monitor and Log Analytics
- Proven experience as a Data Platform Administrator, Databricks Administrator, Azure Platform Administrator, Platform Architect, or Platform Operations Lead, not solely a data engineer or application developer.
- Working knowledge on Jenkins, Maven, Munit, Jmeter, Postman
- Experience in Open Specification, Swagger
- Experience in CI/CD Pipeline
- Strong working knowledge on REST, HTTP, Any point MQ, JSON, XML
- Hands-on experience with security implementations (OAUTH, SSL, SAML)
- Working knowledge on Jenkins, Maven, Munit, Jmeter, Postman
- Experience in working Agile projects
- 9-10 years of hands-on experience in analysis, design, development, and deployment of large-scale Integration projects preferred
- Good to have working knowledge on Mulesoft, Azure Service Bus, Oracle Integration Services Experience in importing APIs into API management writing policies, policy expression, setting up authentication, certificates, caching preferred
- Good to have working knowledge on Azure Service Bus, Oracle Integration Services preferred
- 2-3 Years of experience the CICD pipeline for Mulesoft deployments using Git Actions preferred
- Ability to travel up to 25%
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About UsThis amount is what we reasonably believe we will pay for the position; however, offer amounts may vary based on factors such as geographic location, relevant education, experience, qualifications, skills, shift, or any collective bargaining agreements.In addition, Wesco offers a benefits program for eligible employees, which may include paid time off, medical, dental, and vision coverage, and retirement savings plans. Additional details about benefits are available here.
Skills Required
- 10+ years of experience in enterprise data platforms, platform engineering, cloud infrastructure, platform administration, or data operations
- Hands-on experience administering and supporting Databricks and Azure data platforms in enterprise production environments
- Strong expertise with Databricks, Azure Data Lake Storage, Azure Synapse Analytics, Azure SQL, Azure Data Factory, Azure DevOps, Azure IAM, Azure Monitor, and Log Analytics
- Experience as a Data Platform Administrator, Databricks Administrator, Azure Platform Administrator, Platform Architect, or Platform Operations Lead
- Working knowledge of Jenkins, Maven, MUnit, JMeter, and Postman
- Experience with OpenAPI or Swagger
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines
- Strong working knowledge of REST, HTTP, Anypoint MQ, JSON, and XML
- Hands-on experience implementing OAuth, SSL, and SAML security
- Experience working on Agile projects
- 9–10 years of hands-on experience in analysis, design, development, and deployment of large-scale integration projects
- Working knowledge of MuleSoft, Azure Service Bus, and Oracle Integration Services
- Experience importing APIs into API Management, writing policies and policy expressions, and configuring authentication, certificates, and caching
- 2–3 years of experience building CI/CD pipelines for MuleSoft deployments using GitHub Actions
- Ability to travel up to 25%
WESCO International Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about WESCO International and has not been reviewed or approved by WESCO International.
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Retirement Support — Feedback suggests the 401(k) with company match is a relative strong point and is consistently part of the package. Retirement offerings are frequently cited as a solid element within the total rewards.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Feedback suggests PTO policies are favorable, including self‑managed or generous banks in some roles along with paid holidays. Paid parental leave and related time‑off options add to the perceived strength of leave benefits.
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Flexible Benefits — Feedback suggests employees have meaningful choice through medical plan options with HSA/FSA alongside ancillary programs like EAP, discounts, and supplemental coverages. The breadth of selectable add‑ons supports tailoring benefits to individual needs.
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At Wesco, we believe life should run smoothly. As a leading provider of business-to-business distribution, logistics services and supply chain solutions, we create a world that you can depend on. Harnessing 100 years of ingenuity and expertise, we increase profitability, improve productivity and mitigate risk for approximately 150,000 customers worldwide. With nearly 1.5 million products and locations in more than 50 countries, Wesco is your partner in progress. Our company’s greatest asset is our people. From our corporate and field offices to our distribution sites, Wesco employs over 20,000 professionals around the globe. We’re committed to fostering diversity and inclusion across our workforce by embracing the unique perspectives, authenticity, and individuality our team members contribute to the company. Headquartered in Pittsburgh, Wesco is a publicly traded (NYSE: WCC) FORTUNE 500® company with 2022 net sales of $21.4 billion.









