Alteryx Administrator

Job Description

Alteryx Administrator

Contract - 6 Months
Charlotte NC or St.Louis,MO

Data Delivery Platforms (DDP)

Position Type	Contract - 6 Months
Location	Onsite (4Days onsite 1 remote Day)
Department	Data Delivery Platforms (DDP) - CDAE
Reports To	Manager, IT - Data Delivery Platforms
Start Date	2-3 Weeks / Upon Selection
Extension	TBD Based on experience

About the Role

We are looking for an experienced Alteryx Administrator to support and stabilize our enterprise Alteryx Server environment on a 6-month contract engagement. This role is responsible for the day-to-day administration, performance tuning, and operational health of a high-availability, on-premises Alteryx Server cluster serving approximately 7,000 users across the organization.

The contractor will work closely with the DDP engineering team, serving as the subject matter expert on the Alteryx platform while our internal team completes a knowledge transfer and transition. This is a hands-on technical role - not a project management position.

Environment

Platform: Alteryx Server (on-premises)

Architecture: Multi-node cluster with High Availability (HA) configuration

User Base: ~7,000 licensed users

Deployment: On-prem (no cloud migration in scope for this engagement)

Team: Embedded within the Data Delivery Platforms (DDP) team

Key Responsibilities

Platform Administration

Administer and maintain the Alteryx Server cluster across all nodes (Controller, Worker, Gallery)

Monitor server health, job queue performance, and resource utilization across cluster nodes

Manage Alteryx Server upgrades, patches, and hotfixes in coordination with the DDP team

Maintain HA configuration and validate failover readiness - conduct periodic HA failover testing

Tune worker node concurrency, job scheduling, and resource allocation to optimize throughput for a 7k-user environment

User & Access Management

Manage user provisioning, deprovisioning, and role-based access control in Alteryx Gallery and Server

Administer Active Directory / LDAP integration for user authentication and group-based permissions

Support onboarding of new users and teams; enforce licensing governance and usage policies

Conduct periodic access audits and remediate any orphaned accounts or over-privileged roles

Workflow & Gallery Operations

Manage the Alteryx Gallery - curate collections, control publishing permissions, and maintain workflow versioning

Triage and resolve workflow execution failures, job scheduling conflicts, and runtime errors

Coordinate with workflow developers and business owners to diagnose performance issues in published workflows

Maintain a catalog of production workflows with documented owners, schedules, and SLAs

Monitoring & Incident Response

Configure and maintain platform monitoring for Alteryx Server (CPU, memory, disk I/O, job queue depth)

Establish alerting thresholds and escalation paths for platform degradation events

Serve as the primary on-call resource for Alteryx platform incidents during the contract period

Write or update runbooks for common incident scenarios and operational procedures

Documentation & Knowledge Transfer

Produce and maintain comprehensive documentation of the Alteryx environment including: architecture diagrams (cluster topology, HA setup, network flows), operational runbooks, user administration procedures, and known issues

Conduct structured knowledge transfer sessions with the DDP internal team throughout the engagement

Deliver a final transition document and handoff package by the end of the contract

Required Qualifications

3+ years of hands-on Alteryx Server administration experience

Demonstrated experience administering a multi-node Alteryx Server cluster in a production environment

Strong understanding of Alteryx Server architecture: Controller, Worker, Gallery, Persistence Layer, and Service Layer

Experience configuring and maintaining High Availability (HA) in Alteryx Server

Proficiency with Alteryx Server API for automation, monitoring, and administrative tasks

Experience with Active Directory / LDAP integration for authentication and group management

Solid Windows Server administration skills

Experience with SQL Server or MongoDB for Alteryx persistence layer management

Strong troubleshooting skills - able to diagnose issues at the node, service, or workflow level independently

Excellent written communication skills - this role has a significant documentation and knowledge transfer component

Preferred Qualifications

Experience supporting large user environments at enterprise scale

Familiarity with Alteryx licensing models (named user, concurrent, server capacity)

Experience integrating Alteryx Server monitoring with tools such as Datadog, Zabbix, or Prometheus

Exposure to IIS configuration and Windows firewall rules as they relate to Alteryx Gallery

Experience with Alteryx Designer for workflow triage and testing

Familiarity with ServiceNow or similar ITSM platforms for incident and change management

Experience writing PowerShell scripts for Windows service management or Alteryx API automation