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Double Good · 4 months ago

Data Platform Operations Engineer

Chicago

Full-time

Hybrid

Mid, Senior Level

$100K/yr - $140K/yr

5+ years exp

Double Good is on a mission to create joy through its award-winning popcorn and impactful fundraising platform. They are seeking a Data Platform Operations Engineer to build, automate, and operate their Enterprise Data Platform, ensuring its reliability, scalability, and security to support data-driven decision-making across the business.

E-CommerceFood and BeverageFunding Platform

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Own the administration, monitoring, configuration, and optimization of our Snowflake data warehouse

Implement and automate user/role management, resource monitoring, scaling strategies, and security policies

Configure, monitor, and troubleshoot Fivetran pipelines for seamless ingestion from SaaS applications, ERPs, and operational databases

Resolve connector failures and optimize sync performance and cost

Build/improve CI/CD workflows using Git and other automation tools for data pipeline deployment, testing, and monitoring

Implement and maintain infrastructure using tools like Terraform and Titan to ensure consistent, repeatable, and auditable environments

Implement automated checks and alerting across Snowflake, Fivetran, and dbt processes to ensure platform uptime, data freshness, and SLA compliance

Proactively identify and resolve platform issues and performance bottlenecks

Monitor and optimize database usage (queries, compute, storage) for speed and cost-effectiveness

Partner with data engineers and analysts to optimize SQL and refine warehouse utilization

Enforce security best practices across the data platform (access controls, encryption, data masking)

Support audits and compliance requirements (e.g., SOC2)

Build and automate data health and quality checks (using dbt tests and/or custom monitors)

Rapidly triage and resolve data pipeline incidents with root cause analyses

Ensure all operational procedures (runbooks, escalation paths, knowledge base) and infrastructure documentation are accurate, up-to-date, and easily accessible

Partner with Data Architects, Data Engineers, and DevOps Engineers to understand data flow requirements, troubleshoot issues, and continuously enhance platform capabilities

Qualification

Snowflake AdministrationFivetran ManagementDataOps/AutomationInfrastructure as CodeDatabase Performance OptimizationSecurity & ComplianceData Quality OperationsAdvanced SQLDocumentation & ProcessScripting SkillsCloud PlatformsCollaboration

Required

5+ years in a DataOps, DevOps, Data Engineering, or Database Administration role in cloud data environments

Hands-on experience administering Snowflake, including security, performance tuning, cost management, and automation

Strong expertise with Fivetran setup, management, and incident troubleshooting

Proficiency in dbt for ETL development, testing, and orchestration

Advanced SQL skills for troubleshooting, diagnostics, and optimization

Proficient with version control (Git) and experience designing/deploying data pipelines in a collaborative environment

Scripting skills (Python, Bash, etc.) for workflow automation, data operations tasks, and deployment pipelines

Experience with cloud platforms (AWS/Azure); knowledge of core services such as IAM, data storage, and data transfer

Strong understanding of platform reliability, monitoring, and observability (alerting, dashboarding, log analysis)

Comfortable with Infrastructure as Code concepts and tools (Terraform)

Experience working with business and analytics teams to translate ops support needs into scalable technical solutions

Required: Snowflake, Terraform, Github Actions, AWS, dbt, Fivetran

Preferred

Titan

Datacoves

Benefits

Medical, dental and vision coverage with plans that can fit each teammate’s needs

Immediate vesting in our 401k plan

Paid time off

Company-paid leaves

Popcorn Allowance (yup, free popcorn!)

Company

Double Good

Double Good is an online fundraising program.

Founded in 1998

Willowbrook, Illinois, USA

51-200 employees

https://www.doublegood.com/

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