Senior Dataiku Platform Engineer

Description:
On-site in Cincinnati, OH
Our client seeks a Senior Dataiku Platform Engineer to lead engineering, automation, governance, and enterprise integration of the Dataiku DSS platform across a modern data ecosystem that includes Snowflake, AWS, dbt, and Microsoft SharePoint. This hands-on role will improve platform reliability and security, automate deployment and administration, and implement governance-as-code to enable safe development and operation of data products for business teams, including Finance.
Due to client requirements, applicants must be willing and able to work on a w2 basis. For our w2 consultants, we offer a great benefits package that includes Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits, 401k with company matching, and life insurance.
Rate: $83.00 to $93.00/hr. w2
Responsibilities:

• Administer and maintain Dataiku DSS Design and Automation nodes, connections, code environments, plugins, permissions, and platform configurations.
• Plan and support platform upgrades, troubleshoot complex issues, analyze logs, and improve stability and performance.
• Enhance Python and Dataiku API-based automation for promotion through Design, Deployer, and Automation.
• Automate bundle creation, publishing, deployment, configuration verification, and post-deployment health checks.
• Validate connections, code environments, plugin versions, bundles, and Project Standards, and block releases on critical failures.
• Implement governance-as-code, automated data quality checks, and production-readiness controls with robust logging, error handling, and credential management.
• Automate identity lifecycle for users, teams, connections, and functional accounts via Dataiku APIs and support Okta/AD group-based entitlements.
• Integrate HashiCorp Vault for secure key retrieval and collaborate on Fortanix tokenization and field-level encryption.
• Maintain secure enterprise integrations, including Microsoft SharePoint Online using certificate-based authentication and credential rotation.
• Build and maintain integrations with Snowflake and AWS; support dbt, Snowflake Cortex AI, Dataiku lineage, and Data Exchange marketplace.
• Partner with engineering and architecture to establish reusable patterns for secure, governed data products.
• Integrate monitoring and failure notifications with ServiceNow; improve incident management and visibility.
• Automate license reclamation and cleanup of unused assets and configuration checks; establish documentation and operational procedures.
• Enable Finance users through knowledge transfer, office hours, and guidance on production-ready solutions; coordinate across EDO, EuOps, Security, Finance, and Snowflake admin teams.

Experience Requirements:

• Extensive hands-on administration of enterprise Dataiku DSS, including Design and Automation nodes.
• Strong Python and Dataiku REST APIs/SDK experience for administration and automation.
• Proven experience with Dataiku bundles, Deployer, and automated promotions between environments.
• Management of connections, code environments, plugins, permissions, and Project Standards.
• Automated validation, governance controls, and production deployment checks.
• Strong AWS and Snowflake integration experience, including authentication and troubleshooting.
• Linux/Unix administration, scripting, log analysis, production support, and root-cause analysis.
• Knowledge of enterprise security, RBAC, API keys, secrets management, and secure integration patterns.
• Ability to lead technical implementation and collaborate across infrastructure, security, operations, and business teams.
• Nice to have: HashiCorp Vault, Fortanix, Okta/AD, identity lifecycle automation, Terraform, GitHub, Jenkins, CI/CD, testing, release management, ServiceNow, Splunk, Dynatrace, CloudWatch, SharePoint Online certificate auth, dbt, Snowflake Cortex AI, data lineage, marketplace integration, Dataiku plugin development, data quality frameworks, Tesseract OCR, and parallel or document-processing workloads.

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Eliassen Group is a strategic consulting firm that helps organizations reach further and achieve more through our technology, business advisory, and life sciences solutions. For nearly 40 years, we have combined exceptional people, deep domain expertise, and intelligent capabilities to expand our clients' capacity and accelerate meaningful outcomes. We are driven by a purpose to positively impact the lives of our employees, clients, consultants, and the communities we serve.
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