Senior IT Analyst
Dow Chemical, Waller, TX, United States
About you and this role
Dow has an exciting opportunity for an
Azure Platform Engineer (Sr. IT Analyst)
located in Midland, MI or Houston, TX.
As part of our team, you will:
Make significant technical contributions to critical data initiatives within our team at Dow.
Design, implement, and maintain data platforms and analytics solutions on the Azure cloud platform to enable business objectives and accelerate Dow's digital transformation.
Focus on developing scalable and efficient data processing pipelines, implementing data integration and transformation processes, and ensuring the availability, security, and performance of data and analytics solutions.
Work with a cross‑functional team that includes Data Engineers, Analytics Engineers, and Machine Learning Engineers.
Deploy Azure services using Infrastructure as Code and Azure DevOps.
Develop and deploy scalable and efficient data processing pipelines using Azure Data Factory and Azure Databricks.
Work with cross‑functional teams to develop and implement cloud‑based solutions in the Application Development Lifecycle (Development / Test / Production).
Ensure maintenance of Infrastructure as Code libraries.
Continuously explore and adopt new technologies and best practices to improve our data infrastructure.
Provide technical expertise and guidance to team members and stakeholders.
Ensure change management and configuration management standards are implemented and executed.
Ensure technical, architecture, and application designs align to company IT architecture and security standards.
Core Technical Expertise
DevOps or DevSecOps : Experience building and deploying cloud solutions that adhere to core principles of DevOps or DevSecOps processes and tools.
Hands‑on knowledge of DevOps practices and tools, understanding of software development lifecycle (SDLC), and familiarity with cloud services and infrastructure.
Experience with Infrastructure as Code (e.g., Bicep, Terraform, ARM).
Strong knowledge of Azure cloud services and architecture.
General understanding of digital industry trends including Cloud/SaaS, Analytics, Social, and Security/Risk Management, and Internet of Things.
Databricks Platform Proficiency , including Databricks SQL, Delta Live Tables, Databricks Repos, and Task Orchestration.
Cloud Orchestration : Expertise in using Azure Data Factory (ADF), Databricks Workflows, or equivalent tools for complex dependency management, error handling, and end‑to‑end pipeline orchestration.
Agility : Demonstrated knowledge and experience in Agile software development methodologies and work processes, especially Scrum.
Engineering Mindset and Professional Growth
Technical Design Contribution:
Ability to rapidly synthesize information and contribute clear, well‑documented technical specifications and architectural diagrams to the design process.
Feature Ownership:
Demonstrated history of taking ownership of complex features and modules within larger projects, driving them to completion, and managing technical dependencies autonomously.
Pragmatism and Initiative:
A strong bias for action, coupled with a pragmatic approach to delivering stable, maintainable, and cost‑effective solutions.
Communication & Influence:
Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to articulate technical designs to both engineering peers and senior stakeholders, effectively influencing technical decisions.
Required Qualifications
A minimum of a bachelor’s degree
or
relevant military experience at or above a U.S. E5 ranking or Canadian Petty Officer 2nd Class or Sergeant, or 5 years of relevant experience in lieu of a Bachelor’s degree.
Minimum of 2 years of professional relevant experience in Cloud Platform Engineering, Software Engineering, or a closely related field.
Minimum requirement for this U.S. based position is the ability to work legally in the United States. No visa sponsorship or support is available for this position, including for any type of U.S. permanent residency (green card) process.
Preferred Skills
Experience with Infrastructure as Code (e.g., Terraform, Bicep, ARM templates) and DevOps pipelines.
Experience with cloud cost management principles related to compute (Databricks) and storage (ADLS).
Your Skills
Integration Services:
The ability to design, configure, and support data and application integrations across systems (e.g., SAP, Azure, APIs). Includes understanding ETL processes, protocols (REST/SOAP), authentication methods, and integration platforms.
Proactive Problem Solving:
Identifying issues before they elevate, analyzing root causes, and applying established procedures to resolve standard technical and process‑related problems.
Business Processes:
Understanding how business functions operate and how technology enables or improves them. Partnering with analysts, developers, and business stakeholders to ensure solutions align with functional needs.
Technical Support / Troubleshooting:
The ability to diagnose, investigate, and resolve issues in applications, systems, integrations, or infrastructure—especially in cloud, SAP, Windows/Linux, or DevSecOps environments.
Detail‑Oriented Documentation:
Creating accurate, complete technical documentation—including integration specifications, solution designs, process flows, and system configurations—ensuring clarity and adherence to architecture and compliance standards.
Note:
This position does not offer relocation assistance.
Benefits – What Dow offers you
Equitable and market‑competitive base pay and bonus opportunity across our global markets, along with locally relevant incentives.
Benefits and programs to support your physical, mental, financial, and social well‑being, to help you get the care you need when you need it.
Competitive retirement program that may include company‑provided benefits, savings opportunities, financial planning, and educational resources to help you achieve your long‑term financial goals.
Employee stock purchase programs (availability varies depending on location).
Student Debt Retirement Savings Match Program (U.S. only). Dow will take the value of monthly student debt payments and apply them as if they are contributions to the Employees’ Savings Plan (401(k)), helping employees reach the Company match.
Robust medical and life insurance packages that offer a variety of coverage options to meet your individual needs. Travel insurance is also available in certain countries/locations.
Opportunities to learn and grow through training and mentoring, work experiences, community involvement, and team building.
Workplace culture empowering role‑based flexibility to maximize personal productivity and balance personal needs.
Competitive yearly vacation allowance.
Paid time off for new parents (birthing and non‑birthing, including adoptive and foster parents).
Paid time off to care for family members who are sick or injured.
Paid time off to support volunteering and Employee Resource Group’s participation.
Wellbeing Portal for all Dow employees, our one‑stop shop to promote wellbeing, empowering employees to take ownership of their entire wellbeing journey.
On‑site fitness facilities to help stay healthy and active (availability varies depending on location).
Employee discounts for online shopping, cinema tickets, gym memberships and more.
Additional location‑specific benefits may include transportation allowance, meal vouchers, and carbon‑neutral transportation incentives (e.g., bike to work).
Join our team, we can make a difference together.
As part of our dedication to inclusion, Dow is committed to equal opportunities in employment. Further information regarding Dow's equal opportunities is available on www.dow.com.
Dow is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and is committed to providing opportunities without regard for race, color, religion, sex, including pregnancy, sexual orientation, or gender identity, national origin, age, disability and genetic information, including family medical history. We are also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, you may call us at 1-833-My Dow HR (833-693-6947) and select option 8.
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Dow has an exciting opportunity for an
Azure Platform Engineer (Sr. IT Analyst)
located in Midland, MI or Houston, TX.
As part of our team, you will:
Make significant technical contributions to critical data initiatives within our team at Dow.
Design, implement, and maintain data platforms and analytics solutions on the Azure cloud platform to enable business objectives and accelerate Dow's digital transformation.
Focus on developing scalable and efficient data processing pipelines, implementing data integration and transformation processes, and ensuring the availability, security, and performance of data and analytics solutions.
Work with a cross‑functional team that includes Data Engineers, Analytics Engineers, and Machine Learning Engineers.
Deploy Azure services using Infrastructure as Code and Azure DevOps.
Develop and deploy scalable and efficient data processing pipelines using Azure Data Factory and Azure Databricks.
Work with cross‑functional teams to develop and implement cloud‑based solutions in the Application Development Lifecycle (Development / Test / Production).
Ensure maintenance of Infrastructure as Code libraries.
Continuously explore and adopt new technologies and best practices to improve our data infrastructure.
Provide technical expertise and guidance to team members and stakeholders.
Ensure change management and configuration management standards are implemented and executed.
Ensure technical, architecture, and application designs align to company IT architecture and security standards.
Core Technical Expertise
DevOps or DevSecOps : Experience building and deploying cloud solutions that adhere to core principles of DevOps or DevSecOps processes and tools.
Hands‑on knowledge of DevOps practices and tools, understanding of software development lifecycle (SDLC), and familiarity with cloud services and infrastructure.
Experience with Infrastructure as Code (e.g., Bicep, Terraform, ARM).
Strong knowledge of Azure cloud services and architecture.
General understanding of digital industry trends including Cloud/SaaS, Analytics, Social, and Security/Risk Management, and Internet of Things.
Databricks Platform Proficiency , including Databricks SQL, Delta Live Tables, Databricks Repos, and Task Orchestration.
Cloud Orchestration : Expertise in using Azure Data Factory (ADF), Databricks Workflows, or equivalent tools for complex dependency management, error handling, and end‑to‑end pipeline orchestration.
Agility : Demonstrated knowledge and experience in Agile software development methodologies and work processes, especially Scrum.
Engineering Mindset and Professional Growth
Technical Design Contribution:
Ability to rapidly synthesize information and contribute clear, well‑documented technical specifications and architectural diagrams to the design process.
Feature Ownership:
Demonstrated history of taking ownership of complex features and modules within larger projects, driving them to completion, and managing technical dependencies autonomously.
Pragmatism and Initiative:
A strong bias for action, coupled with a pragmatic approach to delivering stable, maintainable, and cost‑effective solutions.
Communication & Influence:
Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to articulate technical designs to both engineering peers and senior stakeholders, effectively influencing technical decisions.
Required Qualifications
A minimum of a bachelor’s degree
or
relevant military experience at or above a U.S. E5 ranking or Canadian Petty Officer 2nd Class or Sergeant, or 5 years of relevant experience in lieu of a Bachelor’s degree.
Minimum of 2 years of professional relevant experience in Cloud Platform Engineering, Software Engineering, or a closely related field.
Minimum requirement for this U.S. based position is the ability to work legally in the United States. No visa sponsorship or support is available for this position, including for any type of U.S. permanent residency (green card) process.
Preferred Skills
Experience with Infrastructure as Code (e.g., Terraform, Bicep, ARM templates) and DevOps pipelines.
Experience with cloud cost management principles related to compute (Databricks) and storage (ADLS).
Your Skills
Integration Services:
The ability to design, configure, and support data and application integrations across systems (e.g., SAP, Azure, APIs). Includes understanding ETL processes, protocols (REST/SOAP), authentication methods, and integration platforms.
Proactive Problem Solving:
Identifying issues before they elevate, analyzing root causes, and applying established procedures to resolve standard technical and process‑related problems.
Business Processes:
Understanding how business functions operate and how technology enables or improves them. Partnering with analysts, developers, and business stakeholders to ensure solutions align with functional needs.
Technical Support / Troubleshooting:
The ability to diagnose, investigate, and resolve issues in applications, systems, integrations, or infrastructure—especially in cloud, SAP, Windows/Linux, or DevSecOps environments.
Detail‑Oriented Documentation:
Creating accurate, complete technical documentation—including integration specifications, solution designs, process flows, and system configurations—ensuring clarity and adherence to architecture and compliance standards.
Note:
This position does not offer relocation assistance.
Benefits – What Dow offers you
Equitable and market‑competitive base pay and bonus opportunity across our global markets, along with locally relevant incentives.
Benefits and programs to support your physical, mental, financial, and social well‑being, to help you get the care you need when you need it.
Competitive retirement program that may include company‑provided benefits, savings opportunities, financial planning, and educational resources to help you achieve your long‑term financial goals.
Employee stock purchase programs (availability varies depending on location).
Student Debt Retirement Savings Match Program (U.S. only). Dow will take the value of monthly student debt payments and apply them as if they are contributions to the Employees’ Savings Plan (401(k)), helping employees reach the Company match.
Robust medical and life insurance packages that offer a variety of coverage options to meet your individual needs. Travel insurance is also available in certain countries/locations.
Opportunities to learn and grow through training and mentoring, work experiences, community involvement, and team building.
Workplace culture empowering role‑based flexibility to maximize personal productivity and balance personal needs.
Competitive yearly vacation allowance.
Paid time off for new parents (birthing and non‑birthing, including adoptive and foster parents).
Paid time off to care for family members who are sick or injured.
Paid time off to support volunteering and Employee Resource Group’s participation.
Wellbeing Portal for all Dow employees, our one‑stop shop to promote wellbeing, empowering employees to take ownership of their entire wellbeing journey.
On‑site fitness facilities to help stay healthy and active (availability varies depending on location).
Employee discounts for online shopping, cinema tickets, gym memberships and more.
Additional location‑specific benefits may include transportation allowance, meal vouchers, and carbon‑neutral transportation incentives (e.g., bike to work).
Join our team, we can make a difference together.
As part of our dedication to inclusion, Dow is committed to equal opportunities in employment. Further information regarding Dow's equal opportunities is available on www.dow.com.
Dow is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and is committed to providing opportunities without regard for race, color, religion, sex, including pregnancy, sexual orientation, or gender identity, national origin, age, disability and genetic information, including family medical history. We are also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, you may call us at 1-833-My Dow HR (833-693-6947) and select option 8.
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