Data Operations Analyst at AgWest Farm Credit in Spokane, WA (HQ)

Summary: AgWest Farm Credit is a member-owned financial cooperative that provides financing and related services to various agricultural sectors. They are seeking a Data Operations Analyst to support their data management department by ensuring data availability and operational support across the platform. Responsibilities: - Develop, monitor, and maintain overnight and scheduled data feeds to ensure timely, accurate, and reliable data availability across the platform - Coordinate with overnight operational support coverage team regarding activities and events to ensure consistent service - Provide clear, timely incident communication to stakeholders, including issue status, impact, resolution progress, and post‑incident follow‑up - Support cloud resources, including configuration, monitoring, and ongoing maintenance of Azure services to support data platform operations - Administer and maintain data governance tools to support data quality, lineage, cataloging, and access controls across the data platform - Manage data platform access, permissions, and user provisioning, including regular audits to ensure compliance with security, governance, and organizational policy - Coordinate with third party vendors on work tasks, troubleshooting, and updates - Promote data to production and other environments through mature operational process, collecting required artifacts to maintain the trust and integrity of the data platform - Respond to data processing incidents that may require adjustments to code, processes, or data handling to complete data collection - Update documentation for the data platform, its processes, and its features - Provide cost management for Azure resources and sunsets unneeded components - Perform all duties and maintain all standards in accordance with company policies, procedures, and internal controls - Other duties as assigned Required Qualifications: - Bachelor's degree in information technology or related field or an equivalent combination of education and experience - Generally, requires one to three years' technical experience in computer operations or related field - Experience managing pipeline orchestration and ETL processes - Experience using DevOps for code management and deployment - Ability to read, modify, and write SQL statements to query databases - Experiencing creating and configuring cloud infrastructure, cloud resources, and networking - Intellectual curiosity and ability to structure and solve problems Preferred Qualifications: - Experience with Databricks and Unity Catalog - Experience with Microsoft Azure creating, configuring, maintaining, and troubleshooting resources including storage accounts, key vaults, databases, and networking - Experience with Data Governance tools to manage data quality, data lineage, and data catalogs - Experience managing and utilizing Azure DevOps for code deployment - Experience with Terraform for deploying infrastructure - Experience reading, modifying, and creating python code - Working knowledge of Microsoft data products - Experience writing and maintaining technical documentation including diagrams Required Skills: SQL, Azure, Data Governance Important Skills: ETL processes, DevOps, Cloud infrastructure Nice-to-Have Skills: Python Benefits: Medical, dental, and vision insurance, Basic term life and AD&D insurance (fully paid for by the company), Paid days off annually: 15 vacation*, 15 sick, 12 holidays and 3 volunteer, 401(k) plan (6% match plus 3% employer contribution), Employee Assistance Program, Wellness Program, Jeans are welcome at work every day at AgWest!