Administrator, Databricks

White & Case LLP; New York; Hybrid; USD 98,000 - 146,000; Full time

Job summary

White & Case LLP is seeking an experienced technology platform engineer to administer Azure Databricks across development, test and production, ensuring governance and security. The role focuses on RBAC, Unity Catalog, Key Vault integration, and cost optimization while collaborating with Infrastructure, Security and Data Engineering teams.

You will oversee monitoring, onboarding, and adoption of analytics workloads, align with enterprise platforms, and support AI integrations such as Azure

Qualifications

• 3-5+ years of experience supporting Azure and enterprise data platforms.
• Strong knowledge of Azure Databricks administration, security, cluster governance and governance.
• Experience with Azure services including Entra ID, Key Vault, Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Networking, and Cost Management.
• Understanding of CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code (Terraform), GitHub, and Azure DevOps.
• Experience with data governance, metadata management, lineage, and Microsoft Purview.
• Knowledge of Microsoft Fabric, Lakehouse architecture, Delta Lake, and modern analytics platforms.

Responsibilities

• Administer Azure Databricks workspaces across Development, Test, and Production environments.
• Define and enforce platform governance standards, cluster policies, naming standards, and environment controls.
• Manage security including Azure Entra ID integration, RBAC, Unity Catalog, Key Vault integration, private endpoints, and network security.
• Monitor platform health, usage, reliability, and compliance using enterprise monitoring and alerting tools.
• Optimize cloud consumption, compute resources, storage utilization, cluster sizing, and overall platform costs.
• Provide troubleshooting, support, root‑cause analysis, and operational guidance to engineering teams.
• Lead user onboarding, access management, training, and adoption activities.
• Ensure compliance with internal policies, regulatory requirements, and data protection standards.
• Integrate Azure Databricks with Precisely, Microsoft Purview, Microsoft Fabric, and other enterprise platforms.
• Support secure integration with AI solutions such as Atlas, Legora, Azure OpenAI, and future AI platforms.
• Collaborate with Infrastructure, Security, Architecture, Data Engineering, and business stakeholders to align platform strategy.

Skills

Azure Databricks administration

Azure security and Entra ID

CI/CD & IaC (Terraform)

GitHub & Azure DevOps

Data governance & Purview

Lakehouse & Delta Lake

Microsoft Fabric

Cost management & monitoring

Tools

Terraform

GitHub

Azure DevOps

Azure Monitor

Key Vault

Job description

Position Summary

Technology Services team is integral to maintaining the Firm's overall technology, mobile and desktop devices, and core infrastructure to ensure reliable, secure and efficient operations. Technology Services is a single global operation with representation in each of the Firm's offices. Additionally, we have shared service centers in Tampa and Manila, supporting a wide range of technologies and operations. In addition to overseeing critical enterprise systems and providing world‑class client service to our global user community, we are committed to achieving a balance between new and innovative technologies while constantly ensuring data security and compliance with legal and regulatory standards, resulting in realizing value from the latest developments in technology, such as generative artificial intelligence and cloud computing models, while safeguarding sensitive client information against cyber threats and other business interruption events. Technology Services plays a significant role in supporting the Firm's systems and people.

Duties and Accountabilities

• Administer Azure Databricks workspaces across Development, Test, and Production environments.
• Define and enforce platform governance standards, cluster policies, naming standards, and environment controls
• Manage security including Azure Entra ID integration, RBAC, Unity Catalog, Key Vault integration, private endpoints, and network security.
• Monitor platform health, usage, reliability, and compliance using enterprise monitoring and alerting tools.
• Optimize cloud consumption, compute resources, storage utilization, cluster sizing, and overall platform costs.
• Provide troubleshooting, support, root‑cause analysis, and operational guidance to engineering teams.
• Lead user onboarding, access management, training, and adoption activities.
• Ensure compliance with internal policies, regulatory requirements, and data protection standards.
• Integrate Azure Databricks with Precisely, Microsoft Purview, Microsoft Fabric, and other enterprise platforms.
• Support secure integration with AI solutions such as Atlas, Legora, Azure OpenAI, and future AI platforms.
• Collaborate with Infrastructure, Security, Architecture, Data Engineering, and business stakeholders to align platform strategy.

Success Measures

• High platform availability and reliability.
• Improved governance and security compliance.
• Reduced cloud costs through optimization initiatives.
• Faster onboarding of analytics and AI workloads.
• Accurate metadata, lineage, and governance integration.
• Adoption of platform standards and best practices.

Qualifications

• 3-5+ years of experience supporting Azure and enterprise data platforms.
• Strong knowledge of Azure Databricks administration, security, cluster management, and governance.
• Experience with Azure services including Entra ID, Key Vault, Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Networking, and Cost Management.
• Understanding of CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code (Terraform), GitHub, and Azure DevOps.
• Experience with data governance, metadata management, lineage, and Microsoft Purview.
• Knowledge of Microsoft Fabric, Lakehouse architecture, Delta Lake, and modern analytics platforms.

Salary Range

The New York salary range is: $97,600 - 146,400

This role reports to

Senior Manager, Data and Analytics Platforms

Equal Opportunities

White & Case is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer and is committed to creating a fair workplace. It is our Firm's policy to recruit, employ, train, compensate and promote without regard to race, color, religion, creed, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, military or veteran status, disability, genetic information, or any other category protected by applicable law.

Applicants who are interested in applying for a position and require an accommodation during the process should contact [e-mail].

Benefits at White & Case

White & Case LLP offers a comprehensive suite of benefit programs to all eligible employees, including medical, dental, and vision insurance, life and disability coverage, 401(k) retirement savings, vacation time, and leave programs (including parental leave). Exempt roles are also performance bonus eligible.

The Firm may modify and amend any job description at any time in its sole discretion. Nothing herein creates a contract of employment or otherwise modifies the at‑will nature of employment.

The above is only a general description of the essential duties associated with this position and does not represent an exhaustive or comprehensive list of all duties.