Senior Dataiku Platform Engineer

Job Title: Dataiku Platform Engineer Location: Cincinnati OH Duration: Contract - 2 months Pay Range: $90/hr to $92/hr Job ID: 411274 About BCforward BCforward is a leading global IT consulting and workforce solutions firm providing services and support to Fortune 500 and government clients. Founded in 1998, BCforward has grown with our customers needs into a full-service business solutions provider. With delivery centers and offices across North America and India, we take pride in building long-term relationships and delivering excellence through innovation, collaboration, and integrity. Job Description We are seeking a Senior Dataiku Platform Engineer to join our dynamic team. The ideal candidate will have strong experience in Dataiku DSS administration, Python-based automation, APIs, deployment engineering, and enterprise integrations across Snowflake and AWS and a proven ability to design, implement, and support production-grade, governed platform solutions that improve reliability, security, and operational efficiency. Responsibilities: * Administer and maintain Dataiku DSS Design and Automation nodes, including connections, code environments, plugins, permissions, and platform configurations. * Plan and lead platform upgrades, support execution, and ensure stability and performance improvements. * Troubleshoot complex platform issues, analyze logs, perform root-cause analysis, and implement fixes and hardening measures. * Enhance Python and Dataiku API-based automation for project promotion from Design through Deployer to Automation. * Automate bundle creation, publishing, deployment, configuration verification, and post-deployment health checks. * Validate connections, code environments, plugin versions, deployment bundles, and Project Standards before release, enforcing blocks on failed critical checks. * Implement governance-as-code using Project Standards, automated data quality checks, and production-readiness controls. * Improve automation reliability with structured logging, error handling, credential management, and repeatable execution patterns. * Automate onboarding and offboarding for users, teams, connections, and functional accounts with Dataiku APIs. * Support migration to Okta/Active Directory group-based entitlements and automate cleanup of obsolete access. * Integrate HashiCorp Vault for secure API key retrieval and partner with Information Security on Fortanix tokenization and field-level encryption. * Maintain secure Microsoft SharePoint Online certificate-based authentication and manage credential rotation processes. * Build and maintain Dataiku integrations with Snowflake and AWS to support enterprise data products and governed patterns. * Automate deployment of data products, including connection validation, permissions, and post-deployment verification. * Support integration with dbt, Snowflake Cortex AI, Dataiku data lineage, and the enterprise Data Exchange marketplace. * Integrate platform monitoring and pipeline failure notifications with ServiceNow to improve incident management. * Automate license reclamation, cleanup of unused projects and scenarios, disabled-user cleanup, and configuration checks. * Establish documentation, operational procedures, and repeatable support practices, including enablement for Finance users. * Partner with EDO, EuOps, Information Security, Finance, and Snowflake ad