Remote Azure Databricks Administrator | Cloud Platform Ops

Cognizant; Little Rock (AR); Remote; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

PTO & Holidays

401(k) Plan

Disability Insurance

Parental Leave

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking an experienced Azure Databricks Administrator to manage, optimize, and support enterprise Azure Databricks environments. The role collaborates with Data Engineers, Architects, Data Scientists, and App teams to ensure a secure, scalable cloud analytics platform.

The candidate will administer Databricks workspaces, monitor performance, enforce security controls, and automate deployments using Terraform and Azure tooling.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS/IT/Engineering or related field.
• 8+ years IT experience with 5+ years as 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 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 policies.
• Monitor cloud infrastructure and platform health using Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, App Insights, and Databricks tools.
• Diagnose and resolve Azure infra, networking, connectivity, performance, and platform issues.
• Develop and maintain backup, DR, and business continuity strategies for Azure environments.
• Automate deployment, configuration, and operations with Terraform, ARM/Bicep, PowerShell, and Azure CLI.
• Support CI/CD pipelines and DevOps initiatives leveraging Azure DevOps and Git repos.
• Collaborate with teams to optimize platform, cost, security governance, and cloud best practices.

Skills

Azure Databricks Admin

Azure Administration

Terraform

Azure DevOps

PowerShell

Monitoring

RBAC & Unity Catalog

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT/Engineering

Tools

Terraform

ARM/Bicep

Azure CLI

Databricks

Job description

Cognizant is seeking an experienced Azure Databricks Administrator to manage, optimize, and support enterprise Azure Databricks environments. The role collaborates with Data Engineers, Architects, Data Scientists, and App teams to ensure a secure, scalable cloud analytics platform.

The candidate will administer Databricks workspaces, monitor performance, enforce security controls, and automate deployments using Terraform and Azure tooling.