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KPMG is currently seeking a Platform Operations Lead to join our Digital Nexus Technology organization. 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)

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KPMG is currently seeking a Platform Operations Lead to join our Digital Nexus Technology organization.
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
Minimum eight years of recent experience overseeing operations, governance, and administration for large-scale enterprise data platform environments built on Microsoft Azure
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
Exceptional communication skills with a proven ability to coordinate effectively between technical engineering teams, business stakeholders, and compliance officers

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