Databricks Platform Admin | Security & Governance

Forvis Mazars, LLP; Springfield (MO); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Forvis Mazars US is seeking a Databricks Platform Administrator to operate, secure, and improve the Databricks Intelligence Platform at enterprise scale. You will collaborate with data engineers, security teams, cloud engineers, and AI partners to implement governance, cost controls, and reliable operations.

The role emphasizes security, Unity Catalog, access controls, and automation using Terraform, Git, APIs, and CI/CD practices.

Qualifications

• Five or more years of relevant technology experience.
• Experience administering and supporting the Databricks platform.
• Knowledge of Databricks security, Unity Catalog, role-based access control, attribute-based access control, identity management, and least-privilege access.
• Experience with data governance, auditing, monitoring, lineage, and compliance controls.
• Knowledge of cloud security, networking, encryption, secrets management, and private connectivity.
• Experience working in a major cloud environment, such as Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services, or Google Cloud Platform.
• Experience with Terraform, GitLab, Jira, Azure DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, APIs, and platform automation.
• Knowledge of Databricks compute resources, SQL warehouses, jobs, storage, performance optimization, and cost management.
• Working knowledge of Databricks AI capabilities and the security and governance considerations associated with AI and machine-learning workloads.
• Strong troubleshooting, documentation, communication, and collaboration skills.
• Ability to work effectively across Data Engineering, AI, Enterprise Architecture, Cloud, Security, and other technology teams.

Responsibilities

• Administer and support the enterprise Databricks platform, including workspaces, compute resources, configurations, and platform services
• Manage platform security, identity, access controls, and least-privilege standards
• Administer Unity Catalog and implement secure, governed access to enterprise data
• Maintain platform monitoring, reliability, performance, availability, and operational support
• Establish and maintain standards for compute resources, cluster policies, runtimes, libraries, and platform configurations
• Monitor and optimize platform utilization, performance, and cost
• Automate platform configurations and deployments using Terraform, Git, APIs, and CI/CD practices
• Implement and support data governance, auditing, monitoring, lineage, and compliance controls
• Support cloud security practices, including networking, encryption, secrets management, and private connectivity
• Partner with Enterprise Architecture, Security, Cloud, Data Engineering, and AI teams to maintain enterprise platform standards
• Document platform configurations, operational procedures, technical standards, and troubleshooting processes
• Support the security and governance requirements associated with AI, machine learning, and other AI-driven workload

Skills

Databricks admin

Unity Catalog

RBAC/ABAC

Terraform

CI/CD pipelines

Cloud security

Azure/AWS/GCP

Platform monitoring

Data governance

Documentation

Education

Bachelor's degree

Databricks certification

Tools

GitLab

Azure DevOps

Jira

Job description

Forvis Mazars US is seeking a Databricks Platform Administrator to operate, secure, and improve the Databricks Intelligence Platform at enterprise scale. You will collaborate with data engineers, security teams, cloud engineers, and AI partners to implement governance, cost controls, and reliable operations.

The role emphasizes security, Unity Catalog, access controls, and automation using Terraform, Git, APIs, and CI/CD practices.