Databricks Platform Engineer on AWS — Unity Catalog & CI/CD

Accenture PLC; Melbourne; Hybrid; AUD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible Work Arrangements

Health insurance

Paid Time Off

Learning & Development

Career Growth

Diversity & Inclusion

Job summary

Accenture PLC is seeking a Data Engineer / Databricks Platform Administrator to join our Data & AI team. This hybrid role blends Databricks platform engineering and administration with hands‑on data engineering delivery responsibilities on AWS.

You will design and operate a secure, scalable Databricks environment, implement Unity Catalog governance, build data pipelines, and contribute to best practices across the platform in a global client context.

Qualifications

• Strong hands-on experience administering Databricks environments.
• Experience implementing and managing Unity Catalog and Databricks governance frameworks.
• Experience building and supporting production-grade data pipelines.
• Strong Python and SQL development skills.
• Strong AWS experience including: VPC Private Link IAM S3 Networking and security architecture.
• Strong Infrastructure-as-Code experience using Terraform (preferred) or equivalent tools.
• Experience implementing CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure and platform deployments.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and implement Databricks workspaces on AWS from the ground up.
• Configure and manage Unity Catalog, metastores, catalogs, schemas, storage credentials, and access controls.
• Design secure network architectures using AWS VPCs, Private Link, network isolation, and enterprise security best practices.
• Implement and manage IAM roles, instance profiles, and cloud access models.
• Develop and maintain Infrastructure-as-Code solutions using Terraform or equivalent tooling.
• Establish CI/CD pipelines for platform configuration, deployment, and governance controls.
• Define and enforce cluster policies, workspace standards, and operational guardrails.

Skills

Databricks administration

Unity Catalog

Python

SQL

AWS

Terraform

CI/CD pipelines

Tools

Databricks

Terraform

Job description

Accenture PLC is seeking a Data Engineer / Databricks Platform Administrator to join our Data & AI team. This hybrid role blends Databricks platform engineering and administration with hands‑on data engineering delivery responsibilities on AWS.

You will design and operate a secure, scalable Databricks environment, implement Unity Catalog governance, build data pipelines, and contribute to best practices across the platform in a global client context.