Remote Databricks Platform Engineer with Secret Clearance

Elevate Government Solutions; Washington (District of Columbia); Remote; USD 130,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Unlimited Vacation

Training

Mentoring/Coaching

Job summary

Elevate Government Solutions seeks a Databricks Platform Engineer/Admin to support a Federal client in a remote capacity for US citizens with an ACTIVE SECRET clearance. You will design, build, and maintain data pipelines, governance, and scalable Databricks workflows.

Required: 5+ years data engineering, 2+ years on Databricks, PySpark/SQL, batch and streaming processing, data modeling, Python with Git CI/CD. Unity Catalog knowledge and DL/T workflows are a plus.

Qualifications

• 5+ years data engineering experience
• 2+ years on Databricks
• Strong PySpark and SQL for production-grade transformations
• Experience with batch and streaming data processing
• Solid grounding in data modeling and data architecture principles
• Python proficiency and Git-based CI/CD workflow experience
• Familiarity with Unity Catalog from a consumer perspective
• Experience with DLT or Workflows orchestration a plus

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain batch and streaming pipelines using PySpark, SQL, Databricks Workflows/DLT
• Implement Medallion architecture for data curation and quality
• Build ingestion frameworks for structured/semi-structured/unstructured data from files, databases, APIs, and streaming sources
• Design data models supporting downstream analytics
• Build and consume APIs for data integration with downstream systems
• Optimize Spark jobs for performance and cost
• Implement data quality checks and pipeline monitoring
• Document data flows and lineage for maintainability

Skills

PySpark

SQL

Databricks

Batch processing

Streaming data

Data modeling

APIs

Spark optimization

Data quality checks

Documentation

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Eng

Tools

Unity Catalog

Git CI/CD

DLT/Workflows

Job description

Elevate Government Solutions seeks a Databricks Platform Engineer/Admin to support a Federal client in a remote capacity for US citizens with an ACTIVE SECRET clearance. You will design, build, and maintain data pipelines, governance, and scalable Databricks workflows.

Required: 5+ years data engineering, 2+ years on Databricks, PySpark/SQL, batch and streaming processing, data modeling, Python with Git CI/CD. Unity Catalog knowledge and DL/T workflows are a plus.