Senior DataOps Engineer; Snowflake​/Talend​/Data Platform in Richmond

Job Description

• Title: Senior Programmer Analyst — Data Ops Engineer
• Location: Richmond, VA — local candidates only (must be able to drive in)
• Contract: W2 only

The organization is investing in modern, scalable data platforms — Snowflake, Oracle Exadata, Talend, Denodo, and Informatica IDMC — to deliver reliable, performant, and trusted analytics at enterprise scale. This role owns the operational health, performance, and evolution of those platforms, enabling Data Ops best practices and ensuring they are production‑ready, observable, and optimized for cost and reliability.

• Own day‑to‑day operation, reliability, and performance of enterprise data platforms
• Implement and evolve Data Ops standards, tooling, and operational processes
• Partner with architecture and delivery teams to evaluate and implement new capabilities
• Drive platform optimization across performance, cost, resiliency, and user experience
  
  Support analytics, data science, and reporting teams with data onboarding and issue resolution
• Ensure platforms are secure, scalable, observable, and production‑ready
• Mentor junior engineers and promote platform engineering best practices

• 7+ years in data platform engineering, data infrastructure, and/or analytics platform operations
• 5+ years writing and optimizing complex SQL for analytical and reporting workloads
• 3+ years designing Data Marts with dimensional modeling (facts, dimensions, star/snowflake schemas)
• Experience supporting enterprise data platforms such as Talend, Snowflake, Oracle Exadata, Denodo, and Informatica IDMC
• Proven experience setting up, supporting, and operating enterprise data platforms
• Experience with real‑time streaming platforms
• Data virtualization platforms (e.g., Denodo)
• Data catalog platforms (e.g., Informatica IDMC)
• Data observability platforms
• ABAC Security Platform experience
• Strong troubleshooting, monitoring, and operational dashboard skills
• Ability to document standards, runbooks, and operational procedures
• Experience supporting releases, upgrades, and platform enhancements
• Collaboration with security and governance teams on access controls and compliance
• Technical guidance across multiple initiatives

• No Education Requirements

• Infrastructure as code or automation frameworks
• Cloud data platform optimization and cost management
• Security, access controls, and governance models in data platforms
• Familiarity with Power Apps or low‑code analytics enablement

This role offers the opportunity to work with cutting‑edge data platforms and influence enterprise‑scale analytics solutions. If you are passionate about Data Ops, platform reliability, and innovative data architecture, this position is ideal for you.