Senior Databricks Platform Administrator

COVET IT INC
Plano, TX, United States
1 day ago
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Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Experience required
3 years minimum
Working hours
Regular working hours

Tech stack

Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) Artificial Intelligence Airflow Amazon Web Services Amazon S3 Apache HTTP Server User Authentication Cloud Computing Databases Continuous Integration Information Engineering Github
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Identity and Access Management Python (Programming Language) OAuth Single Sign-On SQL Databases Systems Integration Delivery Pipeline Snowflake Git Data Lakes AI Platforms Terraform Serverless Computing Jenkins Databricks

Job description

  • Administer Databricks accounts, workspaces, users, groups, service principals, compute policies, SQL warehouses, and serverless environments.
  • Manage Unity Catalog, permissions, storage credentials, external locations, foreign catalogs, and data security policies.
  • Troubleshoot platform incidents, authentication, connectivity, performance, and library compatibility issues.
  • Plan runtime upgrades and support Snowflake-to-Databricks and UC-managed Iceberg migrations.
  • Coordinate secure integrations with AWS S3, databases, APIs, and external partner systems.
  • Administer AI capabilities, including model endpoints, AI Gateway, Genie, agents, and Apps, with appropriate access and consumption controls.
  • Automate administrative processes using Python, SQL, APIs, SDKs, CLI, and Terraform.
  • Support GitHub and Jenkins deployment pipelines, usage reporting, and cost optimization.

Requirements

  • 5+ years in data engineering, cloud operations, or platform administration, including 3+ years of hands-on Databricks experience.
  • Strong knowledge of Unity Catalog, access management, Databricks compute, and production operations.
  • Proficiency in Python and SQL, with experience automating through APIs or SDKs.
  • Hands-on AWS experience with IAM, S3, and networking.
  • Understanding of Delta Lake, Apache Iceberg, Git, and CI/CD practices.
  • Strong troubleshooting, communication, and cross-team collaboration skills.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience with Snowflake, Terraform, Jenkins, GitHub, or Dagster.
  • Familiarity with SSO, OAuth, AI platform administration, and MCP integrations.
  • Relevant Databricks or cloud certifications.

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