Responsibilities:- Direct daily operations, monitoring, governance, and service management across Azure Databricks, Azure Data Factory, Azure Data Lake Storage, and Unity Catalog to ensure platform stability and operational excellence
- Act as the primary coordination and escalation point between engineering, cloud operations, support organizations, and business users to lead production support and rapid incident resolution
- Own critical security compliance, vulnerability remediation, infrastructure upgrades, audit activities, and user recertification processes to secure the firm's foundational data capability
- Lead strategic enhancement projects, including serverless architecture planning and platform upgrades, to support the firm's growing analytics, AI, and data modernization objectives
- Develop and maintain platform cost transparency dashboards and operational reporting to optimize cloud spend, track utilization, and communicate status to stakeholders
- Standardize operational documentation and knowledge-sharing practices across teams to prevent knowledge concentration, reduce risk, and improve overall responsiveness to platform incidents
- Act with integrity, professionalism, and personal responsibility to uphold KPMG's respectful and courteous work environment
Qualifications:- Minimum eight years of recent experience overseeing operations, governance, and administration for large-scale enterprise data platform environments built on Microsoft Azure
- Bachelor's degree from an accredited college/university in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related technical field is preferred; or a minimum of ten years of equivalent work experience required
- Strong technical knowledge of core Azure data services, specifically Azure Databricks, Azure Data Factory, Azure Data Lake Storage (ADLS), and Unity Catalog
- Demonstrated track record leading production support coordination, incident management, and cross-functional troubleshooting across complex cloud environments
- Direct experience handling cloud security operations, vulnerability remediation, access controls, compliance audits, and periodic user access recertifications; experience building operational governance frameworks, reporting mechanisms, or cost-transparency dashboards to track and optimize platform spend
- Exceptional communication skills with a proven ability to coordinate effectively between technical engineering teams, business stakeholders, and compliance officers
- Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S. without the need for employment-based visa sponsorship now or in the future; KPMG LLP will not sponsor applicants for U.S. work visa status for this opportunity (no sponsorship is available for H-1B, L-1, TN, O-1, E-3, H-1B1, F-1, J-1, OPT, CPT or any other employment-based visa)
KPMG LLP is proud to offer a comprehensive, competitive benefits package, with options designed to help you make the best decisions for yourself, your family, and your lifestyle. Available benefits are based on eligibility. Depending on job classification , standard work hours, and years of service, KPMG LLP provides a Total Rewards Package that includes 401(k) and medical and may include dental, vision, disability and life insurance, personal well-being and Personal Time Off. Additionally, each year KPMG publishes a calendar of holidays to be observed during the year depending on your job classification and entity affiliation. Additional details about our benefits can be found towards the bottom of our KPMG US Careers site at Benefits & How We Work .
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