Azure Databricks Platform Administrator (Remote)

Cognizant; Helena (MT); Remote; USD 100,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision insurance

401(k) plan

Paid holidays & PTO

Parental Leave

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking an Azure Databricks Administrator to manage and optimize enterprise Azure Databricks environments. The role collaborates with data engineers, architects and application teams to ensure a secure, scalable cloud analytics platform. Remote- San Francisco, CA, USA.

The candidate will implement security controls, monitor health with Azure tools, and automate infrastructure with Terraform and IaC templates. Salary ranges between $100,000 and $115,000 plus incentives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS/IT/Engineering or related field.
• 8+ years IT experience with 5+ years as Scrum Master in enterprise settings.
• Hands-on administration of Azure Databricks environments.
• Proven Azure cloud operations and infrastructure management experience.
• Experience with Terraform and scripting for cloud automation.

Responsibilities

• Administer Azure Databricks workspaces, clusters, notebooks, jobs, libraries and integrations.
• Monitor and optimize cluster performance, autoscaling and platform efficiency.
• Manage Azure resources: VMs, storage, networks, Key Vault, Monitor.
• Enforce Databricks security: RBAC, Unity Catalog governance and data protection.
• Automate deployments with Terraform, ARM/Bicep, PowerShell, and Azure CLI.
• Support CI/CD via Azure DevOps, Git repos, and infra automation.
• Drive cost optimization, security governance and cloud best practices.

Skills

Scrum Master

Azure Databricks Administration

Cloud operations

Platform optimization

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Terraform

ARM/Bicep templates

PowerShell

Azure CLI

Azure DevOps

Git

Unity Catalog governance

Azure Monitor

Job description

Cognizant is seeking an Azure Databricks Administrator to manage and optimize enterprise Azure Databricks environments. The role collaborates with data engineers, architects and application teams to ensure a secure, scalable cloud analytics platform. Remote- San Francisco, CA, USA.

The candidate will implement security controls, monitor health with Azure tools, and automate infrastructure with Terraform and IaC templates. Salary ranges between $100,000 and $115,000 plus incentives.