Data Platform Operations Engineer

Minnesota - Developer

Hollstadt Overview

Hollstadt Consulting is a management and technology consulting firm dedicated to placing professionals at engagements where they will excel. When you work with us, you'll work with a refreshingly real company led and staffed by seasoned experts who are also down-to-earth, good people. We're committed to treating you with respect and helping you achieve your career aspirations.

Since 1990, Hollstadt has been a trusted partner to more than 150 domestic and global companies and has successfully completed over 3,000 projects. Our continued growth has created challenging and rewarding opportunities for accomplished IT and Business Consultants. Hollstadt Consulting is an equal opportunity employer including disability/veteran.

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Job Description

Role: Data Platform Operations Engineer (Contract-to-Hire)

Start Date: January 2026

Duration: 6 months with possibility of extension. We may choose to convert to FTE pending performance.

Location: Hybrid, in Bloomington, MN

Rate: $53-$70/hour W2, dependent on skills and qualifications

The client is currently hiring a Data Platform Operations Engineer. This pivotal role is responsible for deploying, maintaining, and monitoring Azure Data Landing Zone resources, ensuring optimal performance and reliability across the organization. The Data Platform Operations Engineer updates and maintains documentation and processes to meet regulatory requirements and standards. In addition, this position mentors other team members and provides expert consultation to business partners, technical teams, and development staff.

As a cornerstone of the client's data infrastructure, this role safeguards the stability of the Azure Data Landing Zone and the enterprise analytics platform, which are essential for secure environments, responsive operations, and strategic initiatives. The Data Platform Operations Engineer enables seamless analytics workflows, accurate reporting, and data-driven decision-making by ensuring stable infrastructure for the Data Lake and other cloud related resources. This position ensures compliance, minimizes operational risk, and supports the delivery of reliable enterprise insights that drive organizational success.

Required Qualifications:

• Four (4) year college degree in Computer Science, Math, Engineering, or related field OR three plus (3+) years of IT related experience
• 2+ years' hands on experience with DevOps
• 2+ years' hands on experience deploying services and Infrastructure in Azure public cloud.
• 2+ years' hands on experience provisioning infrastructure using Terraform.
• 2+ years' experience with Ansible
• Strong knowledge of data platforms
• Strong problem solving skills.
• Experience performing and documenting in-depth analysis.
• Excellent interpersonal and written communication skills
• Expertise in technical documentation writing and interpreting business documentation
• Strong understanding of the LAN and WAN network
• Experience with disaster recovery planning
• Flexible to work outside standard business hours, including weekends, with participation in an on-call rotation.
• Strong Microsoft tools skills, including Outlook, Word, Excel, Visio, and PowerPoint

Preferred Qualifications:

• Hands on experience with Databases (Relational and No-Sql)
• Hands on experience with Databricks
• Hands on experience with Synapse
• Hands on experience with Liquibase
• Hands on experience with Azure CLI (az cli)
• Hands on experience configuring Azure Monitoring
• Experience working in an agile/scrum team.
• Administration of Oracle or Microsoft SQL Databases.
• Azure cloud certifications
• Hands on experience provisioning a HIPAA compliant cloud services.
• Hands on experience setting up Azure DevOps Build + Release Pipelines in YAML

Hours/Location:

• Monday – Friday; core business hours
• This is a hybrid position. During the onboarding process, we anticipate requiring on-site presence a couple of days per week. Future on-site requirements will be determined based on business needs.
• Participation in a shared on-call rotation to support team needs.

Responsibilities:

• Automates the creation and maintenance of data platforms.
• Provides primary support for implementing, upgrading, and maintaining data platform environments.
• Implement solutions to optimize system stability, resilience, and security.
• Collaborates with data engineers, data product teams, and vendors to report and resolve problems.
• Ensures compliance of all security standards in collaboration with IS&T Security Management.
• Debugs problematic issues, provide analysis for future enhancements and development; proactively maintaining effective and efficient systems.
• Forecasts and analyzes future capacity needs and develops tools and utilities to mitigate future capacity issues.

Benefits + Perks

Comprehensive Benefit Plan

Hollstadt offers medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, paid sick leave, and retirement benefits to eligible employees. With three different medical plans to choose from, you can enroll in the coverage you need from individual to family, or anywhere in between

Remarketing Process

Hollstadt is based on retention and relationships. We get to know your strengths and career wishes throughout your assignment and then start remarket discussions 6-8 weeks prior to your end date. By being proactive, we are able to keep your down time between assignments as short as possible, unless you choose otherwise.

Professional Development

Hollstadt offers on-demand training through our consultant portal. Trainings give our consultants the continuing education they need to excel on their projects. Many of our courses apply towards continuing education credits and we have an entire training hub dedicated to upskilling in Artificial Intelligence (AI).

401k + Matching

One popular benefit is our 401(k) match on the first 4% of your contributions. Hollstadt wants to help you reach your long-term financial goals and understands that planning for your future is critical. Consultants also have access to support from a Financial Advisor.

Bonus Opportunities

We appreciate and reward loyalty. Join Hollstadt, stay for 5 years, and we'll give you a $5,000 Longevity Award bonus Additionally, we know great talent knows other great talent. If you are on contract with Hollstadt and refer one of your connections who gets placed, we'll pay you $1,000

Ongoing Support & Networking

We have made a significant investment in building a support program for our consultant team - so you never have to feel like you are going it alone. We also have a Consultant Coach program which acts like a 'work buddy' to provide a safe ear for questions or concerns at your client site.