Principal Data Operations Engineer; Remote from in Colorado

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This position is term limited with an anticipated end date of approximately two (2) years from the date of hire. This position is eligible for State employee benefits and may be extended as the situation warrants. This video explains the many benefits of working at the State of Colorado on a term limited basis.

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We are looking for a team player who is passionate about data and finding ways to improve solutions for a diverse customer base. As our new Principal Data Operations Engineer you will be responsible for:

• Implementing the designs and standards provided by the Data and Integrations Architect.
• Providing platform and application administration, configuration management, end user management, security and application level patching and upgrades as well as source code control, deployment and release management; providing support services as needed.
• Providing operational support ranging from minor bug fixes to major enhancements and participate in planning for application replacement and modernization.
• Collaboration across departments, establishing configurations and tools for efficient data and integration service consumption, driving continuous improvement, and managing vendor interactions to achieve organizational goals.
• Consulting with Data and Integrations Architects, Principal Developers and other Data Operations and OIT team members to maintain and enhance existing platforms in line with OIT strategies (API‑Led Connectivity, Cloud First, Mobile First, Secure Colorado, etc.).
• Performing platform administration and support for applications within the data Operations.
• Working with Data Architects, Data Engineers and Integration Developers on data ingestion, data transformation and data presentation tasks and scripts, including automation of these tasks.
• Establishing automation of manual processes, including code deployment and environment provisioning.
• Acting as Tier‑2 escalation point for on‑call/break‑fix efforts to diagnose and resolve incidents and problems with platforms and applications within the Data Operations portfolio.
• Working with Sec Ops resources to ensure network security policy is established consistently, repeatably and in an automated manner.
• Collaborating with Business Analysts, Customers, Project Managers, and others to assist in the creation of estimates and timelines.
• Performing coding (in‑house applications) or configuration management (COTS applications) in accordance with standards and best practices and further minimizing defects through disciplined unit testing.
• Coordinating update releases and other system changes, contributing to the implementation of break/fix solutions, and updating documentation and configuration information related to changes throughout the life cycle.
• Organizing, build, and validating all segments of the code and configurations related to a specific build (release) through CI/CD pipelines.
• Ensuring application maintenance and configuration activities are consistent with established service portfolio policies, procedures, standards and guidelines.
• Identifying and recommending changes to…