Senior Tableau Administrator (Support)

Job summary

Administer and maintain Tableau Server and Tableau Cloud, including upgrades, security, licensing, performance, availability, and deployment support. Provide Level 2/Level 3 production support, implement backup and disaster recovery strategies, automate administrative tasks, and maintain operational documentation while collaborating with technical and business teams.

Job details

Role: Senior Tableau Administrator (Support) Location: Canada Remote We are seeking a Senior Tableau Administrator with strong experience in Tableau Server and Tableau Cloud administration, production support, performance optimization, and platform security. Power BI Administration experience is highly desirable. Top 3 Skills Tableau Administration: Tableau Server/Cloud installation, configuration, upgrades, maintenance, and monitoring. Performance & Production Support: Troubleshooting, performance tuning, incident management, backup, recovery, and disaster recovery. Security & Automation: User access, row-level security, governance, Tableau REST APIs, TabCMD, and PowerShell/Python scripting. Key Responsibilities Administer, configure, monitor, and maintain Tableau Server and Tableau Cloud environments. Manage upgrades, patches, migrations, licensing, clustering, load balancing, and server health. Configure authentication, authorization, user access, row-level security, and governance policies. Monitor performance, capacity, and system availability; troubleshoot extract refresh failures, scheduling issues, and performance bottlenecks. Implement backup, recovery, disaster recovery, and high-availability strategies. Support deployment of Tableau workbooks, data sources, projects, and permissions. Automate administrative tasks using Tableau REST APIs, TabCMD, PowerShell, and Python. Provide Level 2/Level 3 production support and participate in on-call rotations when required. Collaborate with developers, business users, infrastructure, and security teams. Maintain operational documentation, runbooks, and administration standards. Required Skills 8+ years of overall IT experience with strong Tableau Administration and Support expertise. Hands-on Tableau Server installation, configuration, upgrades, and maintenance. Knowledge of Tableau architecture, clustering, licensing, load balancing, and performance tuning. Windows/Linux server administration experience. Strong troubleshooting and incident management skills in enterprise production environments. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, or gender identity), national origin, citizenship status, age, disability, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. https://www.e-verify.gov/sites/default/files/everify/posters/IER_RighttoWorkPoster.pdf

What you’ll do

Administer and maintain Tableau Server and Tableau Cloud, including upgrades, security, licensing, performance, availability, and deployment support. Provide Level 2/Level 3 production support, implement backup and disaster recovery strategies, automate administrative tasks, and maintain operational documentation while collaborating with technical and business teams.

Requirements

Requires 8+ years of overall IT experience and strong hands-on Tableau administration and support expertise, including installation, configuration, upgrades, and maintenance. Candidates should understand Tableau architecture, clustering, licensing, load balancing, and performance tuning, have Windows or Linux server administration experience, and be skilled in enterprise troubleshooting and incident management.

Listed skills

• Incident Management · Preferred
• Python · Preferred

Other relevant skills

Identified from the job description. Confirm important requirements above.

• Tableau Server Administration
• Tableau Cloud Administration
• Production Support
• Performance Tuning
• Incident Management
• Tableau Architecture
• Server Clustering
• Load Balancing
• Windows Server Administration
• Linux Server Administration
• Platform Security
• Row-Level Security
• Tableau REST APIs
• TabCMD
• PowerShell
• Python

Job areas

• Technology
• Data & Analytics
• Software
• Customer Service & Support

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