Senior Data Platform Administrator

LSEG; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 3,200,000; Full time

Job summary

London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) seeks a Senior Data Platform Administrator to manage and optimize our cloud data platform, focusing on Databricks, Spark, and lakehouse architectures to empower data teams.

You will implement RBAC, data governance, and CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions, Terraform, and automation to reduce toil. Strong scripting in Python/SQL and collaboration with data engineers are essential.

Qualifications

• Proven experience administering big data platforms in production.
• Strong understanding of Apache Spark and distributed compute.
• Experience with cloud platforms (Azure preferred, AWS/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

• Handle and optimize Databricks workspaces, clusters, pools, and jobs.
• Monitor performance, usage, and costs; optimize cluster configurations.
• Configure RBAC and audit logging for security and governance.
• Develop CI/CD pipelines for notebooks and jobs using GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, and Terraform.
• Automate cluster lifecycle management and job scheduling.
• Provide support to data scientists, engineers, and analysts.
• Troubleshoot failures, bottlenecks, and integration issues; integrate with Azure Data Lake and BI tools.

Skills

Databricks

Spark

Cloud platforms

Python

SQL

Shell scripting

Terraform

CI/CD

RBAC

Delta Lake

Unity Catalog

Tools

GitHub Actions

Azure DevOps

Databricks tooling

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
• 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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Senior Associate

London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) Information:

Join us and be part of a team that values innovation, quality, and continuous improvement. If you're ready to take your career to the next level and make a significant impact, we'd love to hear from you.

LSEG is a leading global financial markets infrastructure and data provider. Our purpose is driving financial stability, empowering economies and enabling customers to create sustainable growth.

Our purpose is the foundation on which our culture is built. Our values of Integrity, Partnership , Excellence and Change underpin our purpose and set the standard for everything we do, every day. They go to the heart of who we are and guide our decision making and everyday actions.

Working with us means that you will be part of a dynamic organisation of 25,000 people across 65 countries. However, we will value your individuality and enable you to bring your true self to work so you can help enrich our diverse workforce.

We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. This means that we do not discriminate on the basis of anyone's race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. Conforming with applicable law, we can reasonably accommodate applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs.

You will be part of a collaborative and creative culture where we encourage new ideas. We are committed to sustainability across our global business and we are proud to partner with our customers to help them meet their sustainability objectives. Our charity, the LSEG Foundation provides charitable grants to community groups that help people access economic opportunities and build a secure future with financial independence. Colleagues can get involved through fundraising and volunteering.

LSEG offers a range of tailored benefits and support, including healthcare, retirement planning, paid volunteering days and wellbeing initiatives.

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LSEG (London Stock Exchange Group) is a leading global markets infrastructure provider, specializing in financial indexing, analytics, and capital market services for over 300 years.

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