Senior Data Platform Administrator

London Stock Exchange Group; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 2,800,000; Full time

Job summary

London Stock Exchange Group is seeking a Senior Data Platform Administrator to manage and optimize our cloud data platform. You will oversee Databricks environments, ensuring secure, scalable progress for data science and analytics teams.

The role requires strong Spark knowledge, cloud platform experience (Azure preferred), and proficiency in Python, SQL, and shell scripting. You’ll implement RBAC, CI/CD pipelines, and IaC using Terraform, collaborating across data engineering and analytics

Qualifications

• Experience administering big data platforms in production.
• Strong understanding of Apache Spark and distributed computing.
• Experience with cloud platforms (Azure preferred, AWS or GCP acceptable).
• Familiarity with Unity Catalog, Delta Lake, and Lakehouse architecture.
• Proficiency in Python, SQL, and shell scripting.
• Experience with CI/CD tools and infrastructure-as-code (Terraform is must).
• Excellent problem-solving and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Platform Administration: Manage workspaces, clusters, pools, and jobs in Databricks or other big data systems; monitor performance and costs.
• Security & Compliance: Configure RBAC and audit logging; ensure data governance and security standards.
• Automation & DevOps: Build CI/CD pipelines for notebooks, jobs, and libraries using GitLab, GitHub Actions, and Azure DevOps including Terraform; automate cluster lifecycle management and job scheduling.
• Support & Troubleshooting: Assist data scientists, engineers, and analysts; troubleshoot failures and performance bottlenecks.
• Integration & Collaboration: Integrate Databricks with Azure Data Lake, Power BI, and other enterprise systems; collaborate with data engineering teams.

Skills

Python

SQL

Shell scripting

Spark

RBAC

Audit logging

Distributed computing

CI/CD

Infrastructure as code

Tools

Databricks

Terraform

GitLab

GitHub Actions

Azure DevOps

Unity Catalog

Delta Lake

Job description

We are seeking a skilled and proactive Senior Data Platform Administrator to manage, monitor, and optimize our cloud data platform environment. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience with cloud-based data platforms, strong knowledge of Spark, big data or related technologies, and a passion for enabling data teams to work efficiently and securely.

Key Responsibilities

• Platform Administration: Handle and maintain workspaces, clusters, pools, and jobs in Databricks or other big data systems. Monitor performance, usage, and costs; optimize cluster configurations.
• Security & Compliance: Configure role-based access control (RBAC), and audit logging. Ensure compliance with data governance and security standards.
• Automation & DevOps: Develop CI/CD pipelines for notebooks, jobs, and libraries using tools like Gitlab, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps including Terraform. Automate cluster lifecycle management and job scheduling.
• Support & Troubleshooting: Provide support to the users of the platform i.e., data scientists, engineers, and analysts. Troubleshoot job failures, performance bottlenecks, and integration issues.
• Integration & Collaboration: Integrate Databricks with other enterprise systems (e.g., Azure Data Lake, Power BI, Dataverse). Collaborate with data engineering.

Required Qualifications

• Proven experience administering big data platforms in a production environment.
• Strong understanding of Apache Spark and distributed computing.
• Experience with cloud platforms (Azure preferred, AWS or GCP acceptable).
• Familiarity with Unity Catalog, Delta Lake, and Lakehouse architecture.
• Proficiency in Python, SQL, and shell scripting.
• Experience with CI/CD tools and infrastructure-as-code (Terraform is must).
• Excellent problem-solving and communication skills.

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