Databricks Architect/Admin

COVET IT INC; United States; On-site; USD 130,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Covet IT Inc in the United States seeks an experienced Databricks Administrator to design, implement, and maintain the Databricks platform across data engineering, data science, and ML teams.

The role covers workspace administration, security controls, performance monitoring, cost optimization, and compliance readiness, with strong PySpark, Python, and SQL skills expected. 8+ years of relevant experience required.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of Databricks administration experience.
• Experience with Unity Catalog and access controls.
• Strong knowledge of AWS infrastructure for Databricks deployments.
• Experience with compliance audits and audit documentation.
• Proficiency in PySpark, Python and SQL.
• Familiarity with Databricks workspace, APIs and admin dashboards.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement and maintain the Databricks platform.
• Provide operational support including setup, configuration and monitoring.
• Manage workspace administration and security policies.
• Troubleshoot service issues and determine root causes.
• Support data engineering, data science/ML and application teams.
• Monitor costs and optimize cluster performance and usage.

Skills

Databricks

Python

SQL

AWS

Unity Catalog

PySpark

APIs

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Databricks API

AWS resources

Job description

Databricks Administrator with 8 + years of relevant experience.

Responsibilities will include designing, implementing, and maintaining the Databricks platform, and providing operational support.

Operational support responsibilities include platform set-up and configuration, workspace administration, resource monitoring, providing technical support to data engineering, Data Science/ML, and Application/integration teams, performing restores/recoveries, troubleshooting service issues, determining the root causes of issues, and resolving issues,

Assist in the deployment and configuration of Databricks environments, ensuring alignment with best practices for security and performance.

Responsible for the administration, configuration, and optimization of the Databricks platform to enable data analytics, machine learning, and data engineering activities within the organization.

Install, configure, and maintain Databricks clusters and workspaces.

Maintain Platform currency with security, compliance, and patching best practices.

Monitor and manage cluster performance, resource utilization, platform costs, and troubleshoot issues to ensure optimal performance.

Implement and manage access controls and security policies to protect sensitive data.

Manage schema data with Unity Catalog - create, configure, catalog, external storage, and access permissions.

Manage AWS resources related to Databricks and networking configurations

Strong understanding of data engineering needs

Strong understanding of aws infrastructure required by Databricks

Experience with compliance audits/audit documentation

Experience using Databricks APIs , system tables for creating admin related queries and dashboards

Understanding of the Databricks workspace and development environment

Proficiency in pySpark, Python, SQL and aw