We are seeking an experienced Databricks Administrator with 5+ years of IT experience and a minimum of 4+ years of hands-on platform administration experience on Databricks.

In this role, you will be responsible for the end-to-end administration, security, maintenance, and operational support of our enterprise Databricks platform across cloud environments (AWS / Azure / GCP). You will work closely with Data Engineers, Data Scientists, and Cloud Security teams to ensure high availability, strong governance, and optimized compute usage.

Key Responsibilities 1. Platform Administration & Workspace Governance

- Provision, configure, and maintain multi-workspace Databricks environments across Dev, QA, and Production.

- Configure and manage Unity Catalog, metastores, storage credentials, external locations, and object-level permissions.

- Manage user onboarding, group sync via SCIM, SSO/SAML integration, and Service Principals.

- Enforce platform standardization across all workspaces using Cluster Policies, global Init Scripts, and Databricks Asset Bundles (DABs).

2. Security, Compliance & Access Control

- Implement and enforce Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) for tables, schemas, views, and compute resources.

- Configure secure networking including VNet/VPC Peering, Private Link/Private Endpoints, and IP access lists.

- Monitor audit logs, query execution history, and system tables to ensure data governance and regulatory compliance.

3. Compute Management, Optimization & Cost Control

- Configure, monitor, and optimize Spark cluster settings, instance types, autoscaling, and driver/worker nodes.

- Track DBU (Databricks Unit) usage and implement cost-saving strategies like auto-termination, spot instances, and compute sizing limits.

- Resolve day-to-day platform incidents including cluster boot failures,



Out of Memory (OOM) errors, library conflicts, and failed jobs.

4. Automation & Dev Ops Support

- Automate workspace setup, policies, and permissions using Terraform (Databricks Provider) and Databricks REST APIs / CLI.

- Support CI/CD pipelines (Git Hub Actions, Azure Dev Ops, Git Lab) for code deployment and automated data job execution.

- Approve, install, and manage Python/Scala/R library deployments across compute clusters.

5. Technical Support & Stakeholder Coordination

- Serve as the primary administrator handling tier-2/3 platform support tickets from data teams.

- Coordinate with internal Cloud Infrastructure, Networking, and Information Security teams.

- Manage technical escalations and ticket resolutions directly with Databricks Vendor Support.

Required Skills & Qualifications

- Dedicated Experience: 4+ years of direct, hands-on Databricks Platform Administration experience (within 5+ years of total IT experience).

- Databricks Deep-Dive: Mastery of Unity Catalog, Delta Lake, Cluster Policies, Workspaces, REST APIs, and Databricks CLI.

- Cloud Platform Administration: Robust working knowledge of cloud primitives on AWS (S3, IAM, VPC), Azure (ADLS Gen2, Entra ID, VNets), or GCP.

- Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Hands-on experience writing and deploying Terraform for Databricks resources.

- Scripting: Proficiency in Python and Shell/Bash scripting for operational task automation.

- Troubleshooting: Deep ability to analyze Spark logs, cluster metrics, and system tables to resolve operational issues quickly.

Preferred Qualifications

- Databricks Certified Platform Administrator / Associate / Professional.

- Cloud Administration Certification (AWS Sys Ops / Azure Administrator).

- Experience with Delta Live Tables (DLT), MLflow workspace administration, or Serverless Compute configurations.

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