Lead IT Operations Developer

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, implementation, and ongoing operations of enterprise data security controls — including column-level and row-level access restrictions, event-driven security workflows, metadata management, and data classification policy enforcement — ensuring consistent, auditable data protection across all critical datasets.
• Diagnose and resolve complex platform and application issues involving row-level and column-level security, service account access failures, and interactions between data security, transformation, and query execution layers.
• Coordinate across functional teams to identify root causes and implement effective, lasting solutions.
• Drive GCP platform security posture by responding to critical and high-severity vulnerability findings, remediating secret exposure incidents, addressing Prisma Cloud alerts, and executing dependency and container image scanning for data workloads.
• Ensure all platform components comply with security policies and regulatory requirements.
• Monitor application and platform performance, ensuring systems run efficiently.
• Architect and govern Big Query workload management strategies including slot usage monitoring and cost optimization reporting to reduce platform spend and maintain operational health.
• Provide IAM role justification and least-privilege remediation for GCP service.
• Conduct access governance reviews and support overprovisioned access removal to maintain security standards.
• Manage and prioritize platform incidents and service requests, ensuring timely resolution and clear stakeholder communication.
• Serve as the senior escalation point for production incidents involving data security, cloud infrastructure, and platform stability.
• Develop and implement platform enhancements, security configuration changes, and operational improvements based on business requirements .
• Lead and participate in change management processes including ServiceNow RITM approvals, access provisioning governance, and platform maintenance activities.
• Ensure platform changes are thoroughly tested and deployed with minimal disruption.
• Maintain comprehensive documentation of platform configurations, data security architecture, support procedures, and troubleshooting guides.
• Create process artifacts such as security flow diagrams, workflow examples, and runbooks to enable team capability and operational continuity.
• Mentor and guide junior and mid-level engineers in GCP data platform operations, security frameworks, and Big Query optimization techniques.
• Lead knowledge transfer sessions to build team capability and ensure operational handoff.
• Identify process improvements and automation opportunities to enhance platform support and efficiency.
• Lead initiatives to implement improvements across data security workflows, Big Query operations, and cloud platform governance.

Requirements

• Ability to communicate complex platform and security concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Influential Team Leader: Presents ideas and leads technical discussions with clarity and confidence.
• Demonstrates empathy and self-awareness in managing team dynamics.

Preferred

• Computer Science, Management Information Systems, or a related field preferred.
• Google Cloud Professional Data Engineer, Google Cloud Professional Cloud Security Engineer, or any relevant IT Certification.

Job Details

Position Summary The Lead IT Operations Developer provides advanced technical support, maintenance, and platform engineering for GCP-based data infrastructure and business applications. This role combines deep expertise in data security architecture, cloud platform operations, and application support to ensure the reliability, security, and performance of critical data systems. The ideal candidate brings extensive experience in GCP data platform engineering, enterprise data security implementation, and cross-functional technical leadership — serving as a go-to subject matter expert for production support, security remediation, knowledge transfer, and continuous platform improvement.

Essential

Duties and Responsibilities Advanced Application & Platform Support: Provide high-level operational support for GCP data platform services — including Big Query , Cloud Composer, Pub/Sub, Firestore , and Dataflow — addressing complex platform queries, service disruptions, and technical issues promptly and effectively.

Continuous Improvement

Perform other assigned job-related duties that align with our organization's vision, mission, and values and fall within your scope of practice.

Qualifications Education

Bachelor's Degree or relevant experience.

Experience

5+ years of relevant and practical experience in GCP data platform engineering, cloud security, and application/platform operations support.

Special Skills

Advanced Technical Skills: Expert knowledge of GCP data platform services — Big Query , Cloud Composer, Pub/Sub, Firestore , Dataflow, and Cloud Run — with the ability to escalate and resolve complex platform issues.

Data Security Expertise

Deep with column-level and row-level security and enterprise data security architecture and operations.

Security & Compliance

Strong background in vulnerability management, Prisma Cloud, container/image scanning, IAM governance, and least-privilege access remediation.

Programming Knowledge

Proficiency in SQL, Python, GoLang , or relevant scripting languages to support platform troubleshooting, automation, and operational workflows.

Project Management

Ability to lead platform projects and coordinate across data engineering, security, and application teams.

Mentoring

Demonstrated ability to train and mentor team members, sharing GCP platform knowledge, security best practices, and operational procedures.

Leadership

Strong leadership skills to guide platform operations, drive security remediation, and develop strategic solutions aligned with organizational goals.

Problem-Solving

Resolves complex, cross-system production incidents involving data security, cloud infrastructure, and platform operations.

Customer Service

Maintains a customer-oriented approach to platform support, ensuring high satisfaction levels across internal stakeholders and business users.

Adaptability

Demonstrates high adaptability in responding to evolving platform requirements, security findings, and organizational priorities.

Change Management

Guides the organization through platform migrations, deprecations, and technology transitions with minimal disruption.

Stakeholder Management

Builds and maintains effective relationships with data engineering, security, analytics, and business teams. #TysonMXT Relocation Assistance Eligible: No Work Shift: The successful candidate(s) must be willing and able to perform the physical requirements of the job with or without a reasonable accommodation. Tyson is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, national origin, color, religion, age, genetics, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or veteran status.