Remote Azure Databricks Administrator | Cloud Platform Engineer
Cognizant
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Job summary
Cognizant seeks an experienced Azure Databricks Administrator to manage enterprise Azure Databricks environments and optimize cloud platform performance. You will collaborate with data engineers, architects, and developers to ensure secure, scalable analytics in a remote SF, CA setting.
The role demands deep Azure administration expertise, Databricks governance, and IaC automation using Terraform and ARM/Bicep. Attractive salary and discretionary incentives accompany this position.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field.
- 8+ years IT experience with 5+ years Scrum Master in enterprise environments.
- Strong hands-on Azure Databricks administration experience.
- 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 platform efficiency.
- Manage Azure infrastructure components including VMs, Storage, VNets, NSGs, Key Vault, and Monitor.
- Implement and enforce Databricks security controls, RBAC, Unity Catalog governance, access management, and data protection policies.
- Monitor cloud health using Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Application Insights, and Databricks tools.
- Diagnose and resolve Azure infrastructure, networking, performance, and platform issues to ensure reliability.
- Develop backup, disaster recovery, and business continuity strategies for Azure environments.
- Automate deployment/config tasks using Terraform, ARM/Bicep, PowerShell, and Azure CLI.
- Support CI/CD pipelines and DevOps with Azure DevOps, Git, and IaC best practices.
- Collaborate with teams to optimize platform, cost, security, and governance.
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Job description
Cognizant seeks an experienced Azure Databricks Administrator to manage enterprise Azure Databricks environments and optimize cloud platform performance. You will collaborate with data engineers, architects, and developers to ensure secure, scalable analytics in a remote SF, CA setting.
The role demands deep Azure administration expertise, Databricks governance, and IaC automation using Terraform and ARM/Bicep. Attractive salary and discretionary incentives accompany this position.
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