Senior Data Platform Engineer

Have Skills & Experience: Experience integrating the Snowflake and Databricks Terraform providers specifically (not just AWS)Policy-as-code tooling (OPA / Sentinel / Checkov) for pre-apply guardrails Programming proficiency in Python or Go for automation and tooling Data orchestration exposure (Airflow / MWAA, dbt, or Databricks Workflows)Fin Ops / cloud cost management experience across data platforms Prior work standardizing IaC across multiple teams via shared module libraries Relevant certifications: Snow Pro, Databricks Certified Data Engineer, AWS (Solutions Architect / Dev Ops Engineer), Hashi Corp Terraform Associate

Job Description: We are seeking two Senior Data Platform Engineers to design, build, and maintain cloud-native data infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (IaC). This role sits at the intersection of data platform engineering and Dev Ops, responsible for standing up and operating our Snowflake, Databricks, and AWS environments entirely through Terraform, with fully automated CI/CD delivery pipelines. The ideal candidate treats infrastructure as a software product: version-controlled, tested, peer-reviewed, and deployed without manual intervention. Target start date for both positions is October 1st.

CORE RESPONSIBILITIES: Infrastructure as Code (Terraform)Build and maintain reusable, versioned Terraform modules that provision Snowflake, Databricks, and AWS resources Manage remote state (locking, encryption, workspace isolation per environment)Keep environment configuration (dev/stage/prod) DRY and parameterized Integrate the Snowflake, Databricks, and AWS Terraform providers into a cohesive, dependency-aware workflowCI/CD & Automation Design pipelines that run format, validate, plan, policy checks, and gated apply on every change Implement automated testing and drift detection for infrastructure Enforce peer review, plan-output review, and approval gates before production applies Integrate secrets management and least-privilege service credentials into the delivery pipeline Platform Engineering & Operations Provision and govern Snowflake (RBAC, warehouses, resource monitors) via code Provision and govern Databricks (workspaces, Unity Catalog, cluster policies, jobs) via code Build the AWS foundation (networking, IAM, encryption, storage) supporting both platforms Implement monitoring, cost visibility, and alerting across all three platforms Own reliability, security posture, and incident response for platform infrastructure This position is 2 days a week onsite in Greenwood Village CO and will pay between $50-$60 per hour