Remote Azure Databricks Administrator

Cognizant; Honolulu (HI); Remote; USD 100,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

Paid holidays

401(k) plan

Disability insurance

Paid Parental Leave

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking an Azure Databricks Administrator to manage enterprise-scale Azure Databricks and Azure environments. You will work with Data Engineers, Architects, Data Scientists, and Apps teams to ensure a secure, scalable cloud analytics platform.

The role emphasizes admin capabilities across clustering, security, monitoring, and automation, with a remote work model in the US.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field.
• 8+ years of overall IT experience with at least 5+ years serving as a Scrum Master in enterprise environments.
• Strong 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, networks, 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 tools.
• Diagnose and resolve Azure infrastructure, networking, connectivity, performance, and platform-related issues.
• Develop and maintain backup, disaster recovery, and business continuity strategies for Azure-based environments.
• Automate deployment, configuration and operations using Terraform, ARM/Bicep, PowerShell, and Azure CLI.
• Support CI/CD pipelines and DevOps initiatives leveraging Azure DevOps and Git.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive platform optimization, cost management, compliance adherence, security governance, and cloud best practices

Skills

Scrum Master

Azure Databricks Admin

Azure Cloud Ops

Terraform

CI/CD

Security governance

Cost optimization

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT/Engineering

Tools

Terraform

ARM/Bicep

Azure CLI

PowerShell

Azure DevOps

Git

Unity Catalog

Azure Monitor

Log Analytics

Application Insights

Job description

Cognizant is seeking an Azure Databricks Administrator to manage enterprise-scale Azure Databricks and Azure environments. You will work with Data Engineers, Architects, Data Scientists, and Apps teams to ensure a secure, scalable cloud analytics platform.

The role emphasizes admin capabilities across clustering, security, monitoring, and automation, with a remote work model in the US.