Data Platform Consultant

Role Purpose

The Data Platform Consultant configures and supports client data, analytics or catalogue platforms within approved architecture, security and operational controls. The role helps translate platform requirements into environments, access models, configurations, integrations, monitoring and deployment arrangements that are reliable, supportable and aligned with client delivery priorities. The consultant works with architects, engineers, security teams, infrastructure specialists, vendors and client administrators. It may perform authorised configuration and implementation activities, but client personnel retain production ownership, privileged authority and final change approval.

The role is expected to leave complete configuration records, support procedures, service evidence and knowledge transfer so the client can operate and govern the platform after the engagement.

• Assess platform requirements, existing environments, integrations, operating constraints, user groups and service expectations.
• Support platform selection and implementation planning through evidence-based functional and non-functional evaluation.
• Configure approved environments, work spaces, connections, roles, permissions and platform services.
• Implement integrations with source systems, identity services, catalogues, analytical tools or data pipelines as authorised.
• Apply security, privacy, classification, logging, encryption and privileged-access requirements.
• Establish monitoring, alerting, capacity, performance and service-level evidence for platform operation.
• Support backup, recovery, continuity and environment-restoration procedures relevant to the platform.
• Manage configuration records, versioning, release notes and controlled deployment through client change processes.
• Troubleshoot implementation defects, coordinate vendor support and document root causes and resolutions.
• Validate platform behaviour against approved requirements and support user or operational acceptance.
• Develop administration guides, runbooks, support models and escalation procedures.
• Train client administrators and users and complete a structured operational handover.

• Bachelor's degree or diploma in information technology, computer science or a related field.
• An equivalent combination of relevant education and directly applicable consulting or implementation experience may be considered.

• Typically 3-7 years administering enterprise data, analytics, catalog or cloud platforms.
• Experience administering, configuring or implementing enterprise data, analytics, catalogue or cloud platforms.
• Experience with identity, access, integration, monitoring, deployment and operational support.
• Experience working within formal change, security and production-access controls.
• Experience coordinating with vendors and transferring platforms to client operations.

• Enterprise or cloud data-platform administration.
• Environment, workspace and configuration management.
• Identity, roles, permissions and privileged-access controls.
• Platform integration, connectivity and service configuration.
• Monitoring, logging, alerting, capacity and performance management.
• Backup, recovery and continuity procedures.
• Release, change and incident-management practices.
• Operational documentation, support models and vendor coordination.

• Platform administration.
• Identity and access.
• Monitoring.
• Change and release management.
• Backup and recovery.
• User support.
• Operational discipline.
• Configuration accuracy.
• Service orientation.
• Troubleshooting.
• Gathering platform requirements and documenting configuration decisions.
• Explaining technical constraints and options to client stakeholders.
• Working safely within controlled access and change processes.
• Producing test evidence, runbooks and support documentation.
• Coordinating vendors, infrastructure, security and delivery teams.
• Demonstrating platform functions and training administrators.
• Supporting transition without assuming client production ownership.

• Relevant platform administrator credential
• Cloud administrator certification
• IT service-management certification

Platform administration

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