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# Principal Data Operations Engineer (Remote from anywhere in Colorado)

- **Company:** The State Of Colorado
- **Location:** Denver, CO, United States (Remote available)
- **Salary:** $120,000.0 - $132,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Unit Testing, Software Bug Management, Cloud Computing, Configuration Management, Cyber Security, Data Transformation, Data Presentation, Network Security, Software Maintenance, Release Management, DataOps, Software Deployment, Systems Integration, Data Ingestion, Software Version Control, User Administration
- **Published:** June 29, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=3a9d7f48a98010ca

## About the Role

Do you have experience in Vendor relationship management?

## Description

We are looking for a team player who is passionate about data and finding ways to improve solutions for a diverse customer base. As our new Principal Data Operations Engineer you will be responsible for implementing the designs and standards provided by the Data and Integrations Architect. You will provide platform and application administration, configuration management, end user management, security and application level patching and upgrades as well as source code control, deployment and release management; and providing support services as needed.

You will provide operational support ranging from minor bug fixes to major enhancements and participate in planning for application replacement and modernization. The role involves collaboration across departments, establishing configurations and tools for efficient data and integration service consumption, driving continuous improvement, and managing vendor interactions to achieve organizational goals

Some of the day to day opportunities include:

Consulting with Data and Integrations Architects, Principal Developers and other Data Operations and OIT team members, as appropriate to maintain and enhance existing platforms in line with OIT strategies (e.g., API Led Connectivity, Cloud First, Mobile First, Secure Colorado, etc.)
Performing platform administration and support for applications within the data Operations.
Working with Data Architects, Data Engineers and Integration Developers on data ingestion, data transformation and data presentation tasks and scripts, including automation of these tasks.
Establish automation of manual processes, including code deployment and environment provisioning.
Acting as Tier-2 escalation point for on-call/break-fix efforts, to diagnose and resolve incidents and problems with platforms and applications within Data Operations portfolio.
Working with SecOps resources to ensure network security policy is established in a consistent, repeatable and automated manner.
Collaborating with Business Analysts, Customers, Project Managers, and others as appropriate to assist in the creation of estimates and timelines.
Performing coding (in-house applications) or configuration management (COTS applications) in accordance with standards and best practices and further minimize defects through disciplined unit testing.
Coordinating update releases and other system changes, contribute to the implementation of break/fix solutions, and update documentation and configuration information related to changes as needed throughout the life cycle.
Organizing, build, and validate all segments of the code and configurations related to a specific build (release) through CI/CD pipelines
Ensuring application maintenance and configuration activities are consistent with established service portfolio policies, procedures, standards and guidelines.
Identifying and recommending changes to application and platform policies, processes, templates and standard operating procedures to improve the overall quality of services being delivered.


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