Data Lake Administrator; AWS

Description

Summary:

The Data Lake Administrator is responsible for the administration, security, availability, and operational health of the enterprise AWS-based data lake platform. This role focuses on day-to-day management, access governance, monitoring, and support of data lake services while partnering with engineering, analytics, and security teams to ensure reliable and compliant data operations.

• Administer and maintain the AWS data lake environment, with Amazon S3 as the primary storage layer.
• Manage data governance, permissions, and access controls using AWS Lake Formation and IAM.
• Administer and monitor AWS Glue jobs, crawlers, catalogs, and scheduled workflows.
• Support and maintain serverless and orchestrated workflows using AWS Lambda and AWS Step Functions.
• Manage compute and supporting services including Amazon EC2 and EKS used for data processing workloads.
• Configure and maintain integrations and event notifications using Amazon SNS and service integrations.
• Monitor system health, job execution, alerts, and logs; perform troubleshooting and incident resolution.
• Apply and enforce networking and security controls, including VPC configuration, routing, firewalls, and security groups.
• Coordinate with security and compliance teams to ensure adherence to organizational policies and regulatory requirements.
• Perform routine maintenance, upgrades, and configuration changes to data lake components.
• Support onboarding of new data sources, users, and teams by managing permissions and operational readiness.
• Document standard operating procedures, configurations, and support processes.
• Participate in change management, audits, and operational reviews.

• Bachelor's Degree
• 5+ Years of Hands‑on experience administering and supporting AWS data lake platforms.

• Strong knowledge of AWS services including:
  • Amazon S3
  • AWS Lake Formation
  • AWS Glue
  • AWS Lambda
  • AWS Step Functions
  • Amazon EC2
  • Amazon SNS
• Experience managing access control, data permissions, policies, and role‑based security.
• Solid understanding of cloud networking, including VPCs, subnets, routing, and firewalls.
• Experience monitoring and supporting production cloud environments.

• Strong troubleshooting and operational support skills.
• Ability to follow documented procedures while identifying opportunities for operational improvement.
• Effective communication skills for working with engineering, security, and business stakeholders.
• Experience supporting containerized workloads or Kubernetes‑based platforms.
• Familiarity with common data formats and metadata/catalog concepts.
• Experience in regulated or compliance‑driven environments.
• AWS certifications (e.g., AWS Sys Ops Administrator, Solutions Architect) are a plus.

(Yes = not eligible for overtime pay) (No = eligible for overtime pay)

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Huntington is an Equal Opportunity Employer.