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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Specialist, Intelligence Platform Databricks Engineer - **Company:** NADQ Nasdaq, Inc. - **Location:** Atlanta, United States (Remote available) - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $111,000.0 - $194,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Cloud Computing, Information Systems, Data Governance, Data Infrastructure, Metadata Standards, Information Technology, Deployment Automation, Data Management, Terraform, Serverless Computing, Databricks - **Published:** September 23, 2026 - **Apply:** https://startup.jobs/senior-specialist-intelligence-platform-databricks-engineer-nadq-nasdaq-inc-10149098 ## About the Role * Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience. * 5+ years of experience in data platform administration, cloud infrastructure, or a comparable technical discipline. * Hands-on experience administering Databricks at scale, including Unity Catalog, workspace configuration, and compute management. * Proven ability to deliver governance frameworks, compliance reporting, and cost management in a complex, regulated environment. * Strong communicator who works effectively across technical and business teams in matrixed, cross-functional environments., * Databricks Certified Professional certification or equivalent cloud certifications (e.g., AWS). * Experience in financial services, fintech, or regulated industries, including familiarity with compliance requirements such as Reg SCI. * Background in FinOps principles, identity lifecycle management, or large-scale platform rollouts. This position offers the opportunity for a hybrid work environment at least 3 days a week in-office, subject to change, providing flexibility and accessibility for qualified candidates. ## Description As a Senior Specialist, Intelligence Platform Engineer reporting to the AVP of Enterprise Architecture, you'll play a critical role in administering, governing, and scaling Nasdaq's centralized Databricks Lakehouse environment - the CAP Intelligence Platform - which serves multiple business units across the Capital Access Platforms organization. You'll thrive in this position if you're detail-oriented, technically strong, and energized by building platforms that bring data governance, compliance, and operational efficiency together at scale., * Administer and support a multi-workspace Databricks environment, including Unity Catalog governance, service principal management, and enterprise integrations, ensuring platform reliability and operational standards across all business units. * Own platform-wide governance by monitoring compliance with catalog structure, metadata standards, naming conventions, and tagging requirements - producing scorecards, audit reports, and driving remediation where needed. * Deliver monthly cost and usage reporting across workspaces, compute clusters, serverless workloads, and storage resources, identifying optimization opportunities and providing business unit-level consumption transparency. * Partner with workspace administrators and data stewards across six business units to enable self-service administration, develop operational documentation, and serve as the escalation point for complex platform issues. * Support Infrastructure-as-Code implementations using Terraform to automate provisioning, governance validation, and reporting - contributing to a scalable, efficient platform. ## Related Videos - [From Messy Queries to Scalable Systems - How Data Engineering actually works](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100203-from-messy-queries-to-scalable-systems-how-data-engineering-actually-works) - [Green Cloud Computing](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/592-green-cloud-computing) - [Cutting LLM Costs Without Cutting Quality: How to Beat Proprietary LLMs with Fine-Tuned Open Source](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100151-cutting-llm-costs-without-cutting-quality-how-to-beat-proprietary-llms-with-fine-tuned-open-source) - [Infrastructure as Code: The Developer's Secret Weapon](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1221-infrastructure-as-code-the-developer-s-secret-weapon) - [OLTP in the Lakehouse: Redefining Data for AI Workloads](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/2038-oltp-in-the-lakehouse-redefining-data-for-ai-workloads) - [WebAssembly: The Next Frontier of Cloud Computing](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/972-webassembly-the-next-frontier-of-cloud-computing) ## Related Articles - [Making Data Warehouses Fast: A Developer’s Story](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/107-making-data-warehouses-fast-a-developer-s-story) - [Data Engineer Salary UK](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/253-data-engineer-salary-uk) - [Data Analyst Salary in the UK](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/278-data-analyst-salary-in-the-uk) - [Coffee with Developers - Maria Apazoglou - Making AI understandable for all in production](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/475-coffee-with-developers-maria-apazoglou-making-ai-understandable-for-all-in-production) - [7 Cloud Computing Trends Coming in 2025 for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/412-7-cloud-computing-trends-coming-in-2025-for-developers) - [Top Big Data Technologies That You Need to Know](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/108-top-big-data-technologies-that-you-need-to-know)