Azure Databricks Platform Administrator - 68306
Pay Rate : $40 -$45/hr
We have an immediate opportunity for an Azure Databricks Platform Administrator to support enterprise cloud data platform operations with a strong focus on Azure Databricks and associated Azure services. This role is ideal for an experienced cloud and platform operations professional who can lead onshore administration, governance, and operational excellence initiatives across a modern Azure-based data ecosystem. The selected candidate will be accountable for platform stability, security, compliance, and operational readiness while serving as the primary escalation point for critical P1/P2 incidents and change coordination activities.
The primary responsibilities include administering Azure Databricks environments, managing platform access controls, and enforcing governance across Azure Portal, Entra ID, Active Directory groups, RBAC, Key Vault, secret scopes, and related services. Strong hands-on experience with Azure services such as ADLS Gen2, Azure Networking, Azure Monitor, Azure Data Factory, and integration components is required. The role will involve managing Databricks workspaces, cluster policies, ADF/SHIR configurations, ADLS permissions and zones, Power BI gateway topology, and enterprise integration touchpoints. Candidates should also have experience establishing observability frameworks using Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, App Insights, Splunk, and scheduler tools such as Tidal, ensuring alerts, thresholds, and incident response playbooks are standardized and continuously optimized.
Additional responsibilities include owning CI/CD operational readiness through Azure DevOps pipelines, repos, and boards; supporting CAB/RFC processes in Ivanti; driving secure platform changes including patching, certificate renewals, secret rotation, rollback planning, and audit evidence management. The candidate will collaborate with Data Ops and FinOps teams to implement cost and stability guardrails through tagging, policy controls, automation, and self-service solutions. Strong experience in Azure Databricks cost optimization is expected, including cluster right-sizing, autoscaling, auto-termination, and instance pool management. Hands-on experience installing and administering HVR Hub and agents across Azure and on-prem environments, along with managing Fivetran connectors for SaaS applications, databases, and event sources, will be highly preferred.
To be successful in this position, one needs to be proactive, highly organized, and technically strong in cloud platform operations, with excellent troubleshooting, communication, and stakeholder management skills. The ideal candidate should be capable of balancing governance, reliability, performance, and cost efficiency while supporting fast-paced enterprise data initiatives.
For more information, please contact:
Mahalakshmi
PRIMUS Global Services
Desk Ext. 216
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