Remote Databricks Platform Engineer (Senior)

General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT); Fairfax (VA); Remote; USD 128,000 - 173,000; Full time

Job summary

General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT) is seeking a Databricks Administrator to lead administration, configuration, and optimization of our Databricks platform across development, test, and production environments.

You will work with data engineers, data scientists, and IT security to ensure a secure, reliable, and high-performing data processing, ML, and analytics environment in a remote-capable setting.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience administering cloud-based data platforms or big data environments.
• Hands-on administration experience with Databricks (Azure Databricks / AWS Databricks / GCP Databricks).
• Strong understanding of Databricks workspaces, clusters, jobs, pools, and notebooks.
• Experience with cloud storage and IAM in the relevant cloud providers.
• Scripting and automation experience (Python, PowerShell, Bash).

Responsibilities

• Administer and maintain Databricks workspaces across development, test, and production environments.
• Configure and manage clusters, pools, jobs, and workflows to support ETL, streaming, and ML workloads.
• Monitor platform health, capacity, and performance; proactively identify and resolve issues.
• Manage Databricks runtime versions, libraries, and integrations with cloud storage and data services.
• Implement and maintain backup, recovery, and business continuity procedures for Databricks assets.
• Configure IAM roles, groups, and permissions; enforce security best practices and data access policies.
• Support data governance standards (e.g., Unity Catalog) and collaborate with security/compliance teams.
• Automate workspace and cluster provisioning using IaC; integrate with CI/CD pipelines.

Skills

Analytics

Big Data

Data Lake

Education

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

Tools

Databricks

Azure Databricks

AWS Databricks

Job description

General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT) is seeking a Databricks Administrator to lead administration, configuration, and optimization of our Databricks platform across development, test, and production environments.

You will work with data engineers, data scientists, and IT security to ensure a secure, reliable, and high-performing data processing, ML, and analytics environment in a remote-capable setting.