Databricks Platform Engineer/Admin

Elevate Government Solutions; Washington (District of Columbia); Remote; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Unlimited Vacation

Training

Mentoring/Coaching

Job summary

Elevate Government Solutions is seeking a Databricks Platform Engineer/Admin for a remote role supporting a Federal client. You will deploy and manage Databricks workspaces, establish secure networking, and govern Unity Catalog with guardrails across dev/test/prod environments.

The role requires 6+ years of Databricks experience on AWS, Terraform expertise, and strong Python/Linux skills. Familiarity with FISMA/FedRAMP compliance and strong stakeholder communication are valued.

Qualifications

• 6+ years administering/engineering Databricks platforms, ideally on AWS.
• Hands-on Terraform experience (networking, IAM, compute, storage).
• Strong knowledge of Databricks SRA and Unity Catalog administration.
• Experience with DABs or equivalent deployment automation.
• Python and Linux systems administration.
• AWS services: VPC, IAM, S3, KMS, EC2, CloudWatch (GovCloud experience a plus).
• Comfortable operating in regulated/compliance-heavy environments (FISMA High/FedRAMP High a plus).
• Strong communication skills; able to advise stakeholders on platform decisions.

Responsibilities

• Deploy Databricks workspaces from scratch via Terraform + Databricks SRA on AWS GovCloud/Commercial, across dev/test/prod.
• Design networking (VPC/subnets/PrivateLink/Transit Gateway) for control/data plane connectivity.
• Administer Unity Catalog: metastores, catalogs, schemas, external locations, grants, row/column-level security.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure and Databricks Asset Bundles deployment.
• Own platform governance, strategy, and best practices; define workspace guardrails/naming standards.
• Automate provisioning of cluster policies, secrets, service principals, SSO/SCIM integration.
• Monitor platform health, cost, utilization; drive FinOps and rightsizing recommendations.
• Act as escalation point for platform incidents and root-cause analysis.

Skills

Databricks administration

Terraform

Python

Linux administration

AWS GovCloud experience

Security/compliance knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Engineering or related

Tools

Databricks SRA

Unity Catalog

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

This position requires an ACTIVE SECRET security clearance. Your application will not be reviewed if you do not have an ACTIVE security clearance at SECRET or above.

Elevate Government Solutions is a high growth Technology Services company focused on driving technological change in the government space. Our teams engage with various government agencies to develop and deploy emerging technology solutions using a tailored Agile methodology.

We are seeking a highly motivated and intellectually curious Databricks Platform Engineer/Admin to join our team working with a Federal client. The position will be a remote role open to US citizens residing in the United States with a Secret security clearance.

Responsibilities and Duties

• Deploy Databricks workspaces from scratch via Terraform + Databricks SRA on AWS GovCloud/Commercial, across dev/test/prod
• Design and implement networking (VPC, subnets, PrivateLink, Transit Gateway, security groups, DNS) for control plane/data plane connectivity
• Administer Unity Catalog: metastores, catalogs, schemas, external locations, grants, row/column-level security
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure and Databricks Asset Bundles (DABs) deployment
• Own platform governance, strategy, and best practices; define workspace guardrails, tagging, and naming standards
• Automate provisioning of cluster policies, secrets, service principals, SSO/SCIM integration
• Monitor platform health, cost, and utilization; drive FinOps and rightsizing recommendations
• Act as escalation point for platform incidents and root-cause analysis

Required Experience, Skills and Qualifications

• 6+ years administering/engineering Databricks platforms, ideally on AWS
• Hands-on Terraform experience (networking, IAM, compute, storage)
• Strong knowledge of Databricks SRA and Unity Catalog administration
• Experience with DABs or equivalent deployment automation
• Python and Linux systems administration
• AWS services: VPC, IAM, S3, KMS, EC2, CloudWatch (GovCloud experience a plus)
• Comfortable operating in regulated/compliance-heavy environments (FISMA High/FedRAMP High a plus)
• Strong communication skills; able to advise stakeholders on platform decisions

Education Requirement

• 4 year Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science/Eng or related (highly preferred)
• Health Insurance
• Unlimited Vacation
• Training
• Mentoring/Coaching

Skills Self-Assessment Please share your experience with each of these skills

• Databricks No Experience Some Experience Expert
• Terraform No Experience Some Experience Expert
• Python and Linux systems administration No Experience Some Experience Expert