Azure Databricks Platform Administrator

White & Case LLP; Tampa (FL); On-site; USD 98,000 - 146,000; Full time

Job summary

White & Case LLP in Tampa seeks an experienced Azure Databricks administrator to manage enterprise data platforms, governance, security, and cost optimization across development, test, and production environments.

The role collaborates with Infrastructure, Security, Architecture and Data Engineering teams, requiring strong CI/CD and Infrastructure as Code skills to support scalable, compliant analytics workloads.

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.

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.
• Collaborate with Infrastructure, Security, Architecture, Data Engineering, and business stakeholders to align platform strategy.

Skills

Azure Databricks administration

Security and governance

Data governance & metadata management

CI/CD & Infrastructure as Code

Azure Monitor & Log Analytics

Azure Entra ID & Key Vault security

Fabric, Delta Lake & Lakehouse

Collaboration with stakeholders

Tools

Terraform

GitHub

Azure DevOps

Job description

White & Case LLP in Tampa seeks an experienced Azure Databricks administrator to manage enterprise data platforms, governance, security, and cost optimization across development, test, and production environments.

The role collaborates with Infrastructure, Security, Architecture and Data Engineering teams, requiring strong CI/CD and Infrastructure as Code skills to support scalable, compliant analytics workloads.