Platform Engineer

Established in 1806 as a small soap and candle business in New York City, Colgate-Palmolive is now a truly global company with products sold in over 200 countries and territories under such internationally recognized brand names as Colgate, Palmolive, Softsoap, Irish Spring, Protex, Sorriso, Kolynos, elmex, Tom's of Maine, Sanex, Ajax, Axion, Soupline, Haci Sakir, Suavitel, PCA SKIN, EltaMD, Filorga and Hello as well as Hill's Science Diet and Hill's Prescription Diet.
Colgate-Palmolive is a leading consumer products company that serves hundreds of millions of consumers worldwide with brands and products across four core businesses – Oral Care, Personal Care, Home Care and Pet Nutrition. We are committed to offering products that make lives healthier and more enjoyable, and programs that enrich communities around the world.
Every day millions of people trust our products to care for themselves and the ones they love. Our goal is to use our technology to create products that will continue to improve the quality of life for our consumers wherever they live.
A career at Colgate-Palmolive is an excellent opportunity if you seek a global experience, constant challenge, and development opportunities in an environment that respects work/life effectiveness.

No Relocation Assistance Offered
Job Number#175364 - Piscataway, New Jersey, United States
Who We Are
Colgate-Palmolive Company is a global consumer products company operating in over 200 countries specializing in Oral Care, Personal Care, Home Care, Skin Care, and Pet Nutrition. Our products are trusted in more households than any other brand in the world, making us a household name!
Join Colgate-Palmolive, a caring, innovative growth company reimagining a healthier future for people, their pets, and our planet. Guided by our core values—Caring, Inclusive, and Courageous—we foster a culture that inspires our people to achieve common goals. Together, let's build a brighter, healthier future for all.

Role Summary

As a Platform Engineer on Colgate-Palmolive’s Global Information Technology team, you will report directly to the Director, Global Data Platforms and serve as a key technical owner of our enterprise data platform ecosystem. Sitting at the intersection of modern cloud architecture and data engineering, this role directly impacts how our global business leverages reliable, high-velocity data systems across iconic consumer brands.

Your primary objective will be to design, automate, and maintain a secure, highly performant, and scalable cloud platform that empowers data engineers and data scientists to build enterprise pipelines with speed and reliability.

Responsibilities

Platform Architecture & Core Ownership: Design, implement, configure, and maintain enterprise cloud data engineering platforms (e.g., Snowflake, Big Query, Airflow) to ensure high availability, performance, and scalability.

Automation & Infrastructure-as-Code: Develop and maintain automation scripts, IaC, and CI/CD workflows using Python to streamline environment provisioning, platform deployments, and proactive system monitoring.

Governance, Security & Cost Control: Manage user access (RBAC), enforce data security policies, and monitor platform utilization and cloud costs to maintain platform efficiency and compliance.

Stakeholder Technical Liaison: Serve as a technical bridge between core IT/security teams and data engineering end-users, gathering platform requirements, conducting technical workshops, and establishing standardized operating procedures.

Platform Reliability & Support: Provide Tier 2/3 technical support for complex platform-related outages, performance bottlenecks, and configuration issues, collaborating directly with vendors to ensure strict SLA compliance.

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