Databricks Specialist

First Focus; Manila; Hybrid; PHP 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

First Focus is seeking a Databricks Specialist to turn complex business problems into scalable data and AI solutions. You’ll work across Azure Databricks, Python, PySpark and SQL, bridging tech and business teams to deliver impact.

Hybrid in Manila, you’ll collaborate with Finance, Sales and Demand Planning to translate requirements into practical data architectures, ensuring clear communication and value.

Qualifications

• Experience turning business problems into data/AI solutions.
• Ability to translate requirements from Finance/Sales teams into technical designs.
• Strong understanding of data architectures and governance.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement Databricks-based data/AI solutions on Azure.
• Collaborate with Finance, Sales and Demand Planning to gather requirements.
• Build scalable data pipelines and architectures that deliver measurable business value.

Skills

Business acumen

Stakeholder communication

Analytical thinking

Tools

Azure Databricks

Python

PySpark

SQL

APIs

Azure

Job description

Love Databricks? Speak fluent business? Occasionally dream in SQL?

We're looking for a seriously capable Databricks Specialist to join First Focus and help turn complex business problems into clever, scalable data and AI solutions.

And when we say specialist, we mean someone who knows their way around Azure Databricks, Python, PySpark and SQL, not someone who watched a 20-minute YouTube tutorial and updated their LinkedIn headline.

You'll be working across Databricks, Microsoft Azure, APIs, AI integrations and enterprise data architecture, building solutions that actually make a difference.

But here's the twist. We also need someone who understands the business side of technology.

Someone who can sit down with Finance, Sales or Demand Planning teams, work out what they're trying to achieve, translate that into a technical solution, and then roll up their sleeves and build it.

If you can explain a complex data architecture to a Finance Manager without making their eyes glaze over, you're already doing better than most of us.

And with hybrid working in Manila, you'll hopefully spend a little less time negotiating with EDSA traffic and a little more time enjoying your merienda.

A little about Us

We're Australia's #1 MSP, with nearly 500 people across Australia, New Zealand and the Philippines.

We've been growing for more than 15 years, helping businesses get more from technology without making everything unnecessarily complicated.

We're big enough to offer exciting projects, serious technical challenges and genuine career opportunities, but still small enough to remember that our people are humans, not ticket numbers.

We believe in giving smart people the freedom to do great work, supporting them when things get tricky, and recognising them when they deliver.

No unnecessary politics