Data Platform Engneer 5621

Senior Applications & Data Platform Engineer

Location: Quincy, MA

Position Summary

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Applications & Data Platform Engineer to support the design, implementation, administration, and ongoing maintenance of enterprise applications, data platforms, and reporting solutions. This role partners closely with technical leadership, business stakeholders, and cross-functional teams to deliver reliable, scalable, and secure technology solutions.

The ideal candidate will have experience supporting enterprise applications, cloud-based data platforms, reporting and analytics environments, system integrations, and production operations. This position combines hands-on technical administration, application support, data platform management, troubleshooting, and solution delivery responsibilities.

Key Responsibilities

Application Solutions & Technical Support

• Partner with architects, developers, and business stakeholders to design and implement application and data solutions.
• Translate business requirements into technical specifications, solution designs, and implementation plans.
• Provide technical analysis and recommendations for applications, databases, integrations, infrastructure, and cloud-based platforms.
• Develop and maintain technical documentation, architecture diagrams, and operational procedures.
• Support application modernization, enhancement, and optimization initiatives.
• Participate in technical reviews, change management activities, and production releases.
• Serve as a technical resource for development, operations, infrastructure, and business teams.

Platform Administration & Operations

• Administer and support enterprise data, analytics, and reporting platforms.
• Manage platform security, user access, permissions, performance, availability, and reliability.
• Monitor system health, resource utilization, and operational metrics.
• Support platform upgrades, configuration changes, integrations, and lifecycle management activities.
• Assist with capacity planning, performance tuning, and cost optimization efforts.
• Maintain platform standards, governance controls, and technical documentation.

Application & Production Support

• Support production and non-production environments across applications, data platforms, and supporting infrastructure.
• Coordinate deployments, upgrades, releases, and environment configuration activities.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex application, database, integration, and performance-related issues.
• Support database administration, system maintenance, and operational support activities.
• Participate in incident response, root-cause analysis, and on-call support as needed.
• Ensure critical processes, integrations, and scheduled jobs are reliable, monitored, and properly documented.

Data & Reporting Solutions

• Develop and support reporting, analytics, and data-management solutions.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders to understand and deliver reporting and data requirements.
• Support data quality, reconciliation, performance optimization, and database tuning initiatives.
• Assist with development, testing, and deployment of application and reporting enhancements.
• Review and validate scripts, queries, and technical implementations to ensure operational readiness and best practices.

Collaboration & Communication

• Work closely with application, infrastructure, security, database, analytics, and business teams to deliver effective technology solutions.
• Communicate project status, technical issues, risks, and recommendations to stakeholders and leadership.
• Proactively identify opportunities for process improvement, automation, and operational efficiency.
• Maintain current knowledge of emerging technologies, tools, and industry best practices.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Information Systems, or a related field, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 5+ years of experience in application support, systems engineering, data platform administration, software development, infrastructure support, or related technical roles.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills.
• Experience supporting enterprise applications and production environments.
• Ability to work effectively across technical and business teams in a collaborative environment.

Preferred Technical Experience

Experience with several of the following technologies and disciplines:

• Cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud)
• Data warehousing and analytics platforms (Snowflake, Databricks, Redshift, Synapse, etc.)
• Business intelligence and reporting tools (Tableau, Power BI, Looker, or similar)
• Relational databases (SQL Server, Oracle, PostgreSQL, MySQL)
• SQL development, query optimization, and database performance tuning
• Application integrations, APIs, and data exchange solutions
• Java, Python, or other enterprise application development technologies
• Linux/UNIX administration and scripting
• Data governance, security, and access management
• Production support, incident management, and operational monitoring
• Enterprise reporting, analytics, and data management solutions

Ideal Candidate Profile

The ideal candidate combines application support, data platform administration, and systems engineering experience with strong communication skills and a customer-focused mindset. They are comfortable working across application, infrastructure, database, analytics, and business teams to deliver scalable, secure, and reliable enterprise solutions.