Remote Azure Databricks Admin & Cloud Platform Engineer

Cognizant; Topeka (KS); Remote; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

Paid holidays plus PTO

401(k) plan

Disability insurance

Parental Leave

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking an experienced Azure Databricks Administrator to manage and optimize enterprise Azure Databricks environments. This remote SF-based role requires strong Azure administration, Databricks governance, and automation with Terraform and scripting.

Work with data engineers and DevOps to ensure a secure, scalable analytics platform. The position offers up to $150K annually with eligibility for Cognizant's discretionary incentive program, based on performance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS/IT/Engineering.
• 8+ years IT experience with at least 5+ years as Scrum Master in enterprise environments.
• Hands-on experience administering Azure Databricks environments.
• Proven expertise in Azure cloud platform operations and infrastructure management.
• Experience automating cloud environments using Terraform and scripting tools.
• Strong understanding of cloud monitoring, observability, and operational excellence.
• Ability to lead platform support initiatives and drive continuous improvement across cloud environments.

Responsibilities

• Administer and support Azure Databricks workspaces, clusters, notebooks, jobs, libraries, and platform integrations.
• Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize Databricks cluster performance, workload balancing, auto-scaling, and overall platform efficiency.
• Manage and maintain Azure infrastructure components including VMs, Storage Accounts, VNets, NSGs, Key Vault, and Monitor.
• Implement and enforce Databricks security controls, RBAC, Unity Catalog governance, access management, and data protection policies.
• Monitor cloud infrastructure and platform health using Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Application Insights, and Databricks monitoring tools.
• Diagnose and resolve Azure infrastructure, networking, connectivity, performance, and platform issues to ensure reliability.
• Develop and maintain backup, disaster recovery, and business continuity strategies for Azure environments.
• Automate deployment, configuration, and tasks using Terraform, ARM/Bicep templates, PowerShell, and Azure CLI.
• Support CI/CD pipelines and DevOps leveraging Azure DevOps, Git repositories, and infrastructure automation best practices.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive platform optimization, cost management, compliance adherence, security governance, and cloud best practices.

Skills

Azure Databricks

Azure Administration

Terraform

CI/CD

Monitoring

Unity Catalog

PowerShell

Azure DevOps

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT/Engineering

Tools

Azure Databricks

Terraform

ARM/Bicep

PowerShell

Git

Azure CLI

Azure Monitor

Databricks

Azure DevOps

Job description

Cognizant is seeking an experienced Azure Databricks Administrator to manage and optimize enterprise Azure Databricks environments. This remote SF-based role requires strong Azure administration, Databricks governance, and automation with Terraform and scripting.

Work with data engineers and DevOps to ensure a secure, scalable analytics platform. The position offers up to $150K annually with eligibility for Cognizant's discretionary incentive program, based on performance.