Databricks Platform Lead & Data Engineering Manager

Impact Business Group; Grand Rapids (MI); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Impact Business Group is seeking a Data Engineering & Platform Manager to own the enterprise Databricks platform and lead the data engineering team in Grand Rapids, MI. This hybrid role partners with analytics, AI, and finance to deliver scalable data solutions and robust governance, quality, and security standards across the analytics ecosystem.

You will manage Unity Catalog, Delta Lake, Lakehouse architecture, and pipelines integrating ERP/CRM/operational systems, while guiding platform

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in CS/IS/Data Engineering or related field.
• 7–12 years data engineering experience, incl 3+ years Databricks admin/pipeline development.
• Experience leading and developing technical teams.
• Strong Databricks expertise: Unity Catalog, Delta Lake, Workflows, Lakehouse.
• Experience with Azure data services: Data Factory, Data Lake Gen2, Synapse, Azure SQL.
• Proficiency in SQL and Python.
• Experience with ERP integration, data governance, dimensional modeling, medallion architecture, and enterprise data security.

Responsibilities

• Manage the Databricks environment including Unity Catalog, access controls, cluster management, costs.
• Lead, mentor, and develop the data engineering team.
• Build pipelines integrating ERP, CRM, and ops systems into the Databricks Lakehouse.
• Establish data architecture, governance, quality, lineage, and security standards.
• Partner with analytics, AI, and finance to translate business needs into scalable data solutions.
• Monitor platform reliability, resolve issues, and maintain engineering standards.
• Guide platform improvements and the broader data/AI roadmap.

Skills

Databricks administration

Azure data services

SQL

Python

Data governance

Dimensional modeling

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Engineering, or related field

Tools

Databricks

Unity Catalog

Delta Lake

Workflows

Lakehouse architecture

Azure Data Factory

Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2

Azure Synapse Analytics

Azure SQL

Job description

Impact Business Group is seeking a Data Engineering & Platform Manager to own the enterprise Databricks platform and lead the data engineering team in Grand Rapids, MI. This hybrid role partners with analytics, AI, and finance to deliver scalable data solutions and robust governance, quality, and security standards across the analytics ecosystem.

You will manage Unity Catalog, Delta Lake, Lakehouse architecture, and pipelines integrating ERP/CRM/operational systems, while guiding platform