Senior Databricks Administrator/Sr. Databricks Admin at Austin, TX (Locals Only) @13 -YOE

Hybrid in Austin, TX, US • Posted 1 hour ago • Updated 1 hour ago
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Skills

  • Databricks
  • Admin
  • Amazon Web Services
  • Amazon S3
  • Apache Spark
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Data Governance
  • Continuous Integration
  • Data Security
  • Terraform
  • RBAC
  • Management
  • DevOps
  • Cost Management
  • Performance Tuning
  • Access Control
  • Machine Learning (ML)
  • Scripting
  • Job Scheduling

Summary

Job Title: Sr. Databricks Admin

Location: Austin, TX (Hybrid)
Job id:
529601692
Client Name: State of Texas - HHSC

Level Description

13 or more years of experience, relies on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals, independently performs a variety of complicated tasks, a wide degree of creativity and latitude is expected.

Job Description

Understands business objectives and problems, identifies alternative solutions, performs studies and cost/benefit analysis of alternatives. Analyzes user requirements, procedures, and problems to automate processing or to improve existing computer system: Confers with personnel of organizational units involved to analyze current operational procedures, identify problems, and learn specific input and output requirements, such as forms of data input, how data is to be; summarized, and formats for reports. Writes detailed description of user needs, program functions, and steps required to develop or modify computer program. Reviews computer system capabilities, specifications, and scheduling limitations to determine if requested program or program change is possible within existing system.

Additional job details and special considerations

The Databricks Administrator is responsible for administering, configuring, and supporting the Databricks platform to enable scalable data engineering, analytics, and AI/ML workloads. This role ensures platform reliability, security, cost optimization, and compliance while supporting data engineers, analysts, and data scientists across the organization.

The administrator will manage workspace configuration, cluster policies, user access, integrations with cloud services, and ongoing platform monitoring to support enterprise data and analytics initiatives.

II. CANDIDATE SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS

Minimum Requirements:
Candidates that do not meet or exceed the minimum stated requirements (skills/experience) will be displayed to customers but may not be chosen for this opportunity.
YearsRequired/PreferredExperience
10RequiredExperience administering Databricks workspaces in a cloud environment - AWS
10RequiredStrong understanding of Databricks cluster configuration, job scheduling, and workspace management.
10RequiredExperience managing user access, roles, and permissions using IAM, SCIM, and role-based access control (RBAC).
10RequiredProficiency with Apache Spark concepts, including performance tuning and troubleshooting.
10RequiredExperience integrating Databricks with cloud storage services (e.g., S3,)
10RequiredExperience implementing and enforcing cluster policies and workspace governance standards.
10RequiredFamiliarity with Databricks SQL, notebooks, and job orchestration.
10RequiredExperience monitoring platform health, performance, and availability.
10RequiredUnderstanding of data security, encryption, and compliance requirements.
10RequiredExperience with DevOps or automation tools (Terraform, CI/CD pipelines, scripting).
7PreferredExperience administering Databricks in an enterprise or government environment.
7PreferredExperience with Databricks Unity Catalog for data governance and access control.
7PreferredKnowledge of cost management and optimization for Databricks workloads.
5PreferredExperience supporting AI/ML workloads using Databricks ML and MLflow.
5PreferredFamiliarity with data lake and lakehouse architectures.
4PreferredKnowledge of Python, SQL, or Scala for administration and troubleshooting.
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  • Dice Id: 10123013
  • Position Id: 8931219
  • Posted 1 hour ago
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