Platform Engineer

We are looking for a skilled Platform Engineer to join our team in Saudi Arabia. This role involves supporting the installation, configuration, integration, and operational management of an on-premises modern data platform. The successful candidate will focus on infrastructure setup, platform administration, security integration, environment management, and ensuring platform reliability across Development, QA, and Production environments. Experience with deploying enterprise data platforms in secure environments, along with strong troubleshooting and operational support skills, is essential.

Key Responsibilities
- Install, configure, and administer data platform components within an on-premises environment.
- Deploy and manage MinIO Object Storage and Apache Iceberg-based data lakehouse architecture.
- Install, configure, and optimize Starburst and/or Dremio platforms for data virtualization and querying.
- Deploy, administer, and support Apache Spark clusters and processing services.
- Install, configure, and manage Informatica components, ensuring seamless integration with the platform ecosystem.
- Configure and maintain Development, QA, and Production environments.
- Integrate platform components with enterprise security services, including Identity & Access Management (IAM), Privileged Access Management (PAM), Active Directory/LDAP, Single Sign-On (SSO), and Role-Based Access Control (RBAC).
- Implement and support Git-based DevOps and CI/CD practices.
- Manage monitoring, logging, backup, disaster recovery, and operational readiness processes.
- Collaborate closely with infrastructure, security, and application teams to maintain platform stability, availability, and performance.
- Troubleshoot deployment, configuration, integration, and connectivity issues across the platform stack.

Required Qualifications
- Proven experience in MinIO administration.
- Strong knowledge of Apache Iceberg.
- Expertise in Starburst and/or Dremio administration.
- Skilled in Apache Spark cluster administration.
- Experience managing Informatica components.
- Proficiency in Linux system administration.
- Familiarity with VMware infrastructure.
- Hands-on experience with Docker and/or Kubernetes.
- Solid understanding of Git and CI/CD integration.
- Experience integrating IAM and PAM solutions.
- Strong infrastructure troubleshooting and operational support skills.

Preferred Qualifications and Additional Skills
- Knowledge of data lakehouse architecture concepts.
- Understanding of enterprise security architecture.
- Experience with performance tuning and capacity planning.
- Familiarity with monitoring tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, and ELK stack.
- Skills in infrastructure automation using Terraform and Ansible.
- Experience working in highly secured enterprise environments.
- Expertise in disaster recovery and backup strategy implementation.

This role offers the opportunity to work on cutting-edge data platform technologies within a secure and dynamic enterprise environment. The ideal candidate will be proactive, detail-oriented, and capable of collaborating effectively across multiple teams to ensure the platform’s operational excellence.