Databricks Platform Engineer - Governance & FinOps Lead

Nasdaq; Atlanta (GA); Hybrid; USD 111,000 - 194,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) match

Employee stock purchase program

Life & disability insurance

Paid time off

Medical, dental, vision

Hybrid work schedule

Gym membership discounts

Parental leave

Fertility benefits

Volunteer days

Education assistance

Professional development

Job summary

Nasdaq operates a centralized Databricks Lakehouse (CAP Intelligence Platform) serving multiple units. The Senior Specialist administers and governs the platform, enabling self-service by workspaces and data stewards while ensuring cost and compliance controls.

Hybrid in-office schedule supports collaboration across teams. Reporting to the AVP of Enterprise Architecture, you will implement IaC with Terraform, optimize performance, and scale governance practices across six business units in a

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 5+ years of data platform administration or cloud infrastructure.
• Hands-on Databricks administration at scale (Unity Catalog, compute management).
• Proven governance, compliance reporting, and cost management experience.
• Strong communicator across technical and business teams.

Responsibilities

• Administer and support a multi-workspace Databricks environment with governance.
• Own platform-wide governance, auditing, and remediation efforts.
• Deliver monthly cost and usage reporting across workspaces and resources.
• Collaborate with data stewards and admins across six units for self-service support.
• Support Terraform-based IaC to automate provisioning, governance, and reporting.

Skills

Data governance

Cost management

Cross-functional collaboration

Effective communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Databricks

Unity Catalog

Terraform

Cloud platforms (AWS)

Job description

Nasdaq operates a centralized Databricks Lakehouse (CAP Intelligence Platform) serving multiple units. The Senior Specialist administers and governs the platform, enabling self-service by workspaces and data stewards while ensuring cost and compliance controls.

Hybrid in-office schedule supports collaboration across teams. Reporting to the AVP of Enterprise Architecture, you will implement IaC with Terraform, optimize performance, and scale governance practices across six business units in a