Senior Data Engineering Support Engineer - Databricks & PySpark

NTT DATA North America; Addison (TX); On-site; USD 76,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) match

Paid time off

Job summary

NTT DATA, Inc. in Addison, TX seeks a Senior Data Engineering Support Engineer with expert Databricks and PySpark skills.

You will anchor enterprise data pipelines, drive high availability, performance, and cost optimization while leading RCA, building self-healing scripts, and mentoring junior staff. Responsibilities include incident management, performance tuning, cost optimization, governance, and SOP creation.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of total experience in Data Engineering.
• 3+ years dedicated to supporting or optimizing large-scale Databricks and PySpark systems in production.

Responsibilities

• Act as the highest tier of internal escalation for complex, high-priority production failures in massive-scale batch and streaming PySpark jobs.
• Drive the resolution of complex distributed computing bottlenecks, including data skew, OOM errors, and costly shuffle operations.
• Analyze Databricks cluster utilization and run strategies to reduce cloud compute spend.
• Oversee data access control, schema evolution, and data lineage tracking within Databricks Unity Catalog.
• Build robust automated frameworks and scripts in Python/PySpark for data reconciliation and self-healing pipelines.
• Author technical runbooks and post-mortem RCA documents; establish SOPs to reduce MTTR.
• Provide mentorship and code reviews to junior support engineers and collaborate with core development teams.

Skills

Databricks

PySpark

Python

SQL

Delta Lake

Unity Catalog

RCA

SRE

CI/CD

Cloud compute optimization

Tools

Databricks

Unity Catalog

Delta Live Tables

Job description

Company Overview:

Req ID: 394117

NTT DATA strives to hire exceptional, innovative and passionate individuals who want to grow with us.

NTT DATA's Client is currently seeking a Senior Data Engineering Support Engineer to join their team in Addison, Texas.

Job Description:

Role Overview

Client is seeking a Senior Data Engineering Support Engineer with expert-level proficiency in Databricks and PySpark. In this role, you will be the primary technical anchor for our enterprise big data operations, driving high availability, performance efficiency, and cost optimization across all production data pipelines. Beyond resolving complex production incidents, you will lead root-cause analysis (RCA), design automated self-healing scripts, and mentor junior support staff to ensure the overall stability of our Delta Lakehouse environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Critical Incident & Escalation Management: Act as the highest tier of internal escalation for complex, high-priority production failures in massive-scale batch and streaming PySpark jobs.


• Deep-Dive Performance Tuning: Drive the resolution of complex distributed computing bottlenecks, including severe data skew, Out-Of-Memory (OOM) errors, improper partition pruning, and costly shuffle operations using Spark UI, logs, and Ganglia metrics.


• Cost & Cluster Optimization: Analyze Databricks cluster utilization and run strategies to reduce cloud compute spend (e.g., configuring auto-scaling, spot instances, and choosing optimal driver/executor node types).


• Governance & Reliability Frameworks: Oversee and troubleshoot data access control, schema evolution, and data lineage tracking within Databricks Unity Catalog.


• Automation & SRE Mindset: Build robust, automated frameworks and scripts in Python/PySpark to automate data reconciliation, system health checks, and self-healing pipelines.


• Strategic Playbooks & Documentation: Author comprehensive, technical runbooks and post-mortem RCA documents. Establish SOPs (Standard Operating Procedures) to reduce future incident resolution time (MTTR).


• Mentorship & Leadership: Provide technical guidance to junior support engineers, conduct technical code reviews for hotfixes, and closely collaborate with core development teams to bridge the gap between engineering and operations.

Required Qualifications & Skills

• 7+ years of total experience in Data Engineering.


• 3+ years dedicated to supporting or optimizing large-scale Databricks and PySpark systems in production.

Preferred Technical skills

• Advanced Technical Mastery:
  
  
  • Advanced PySpark and Python engineering skills, with an explicit understanding of Spark architecture (lazy evaluation, DAG execution, execution memory vs. storage memory).
  
  
  • High proficiency in advanced SQL for complex analytical troubleshooting.
  
  
  • Expert-level understanding of Delta Lake internals (ACID transactions, Time Travel, Liquid Clustering, Optimize/Z-Order commands).
  
  
  • Troubleshooting Excellence: Proven track record of diagnosing and resolving distributed data pipeline issues at scale, including thread dumps, memory leaks, and serialization errors.
  
  


• Cloud & CI/CD Platform Experience:
  
  
  • Strong architectural experience deploying and managing resources within major cloud networks (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
  
  
  • Robust understanding of Git-based workflows, automated testing, and secure hotfix deployment via CI/CD pipelines.
  
  
  • Active Databricks Certifications (e.g., Databricks Certified Data Engineer Professional).
  
  
  • Deep experience managing production environments utilizing Delta Live Tables (DLT) and advanced Unity Catalog rule engines.
  
  

NTT DATA provides a reasonable range of compensation for U.S.-based positions. The starting pay range for this remote role is ($55.00 - $62.00/Hour). This range reflects the minimum and maximum target compensation for the position across all US locations.

Actual compensation will depend on a number of factors, including the candidate's actual work location, relevant experience, technical skills, and other qualifications. This position may also be eligible for incentive compensation based on individual and/or company performance.

This position is eligible for company benefits including medical, dental, and vision insurance with an employer contribution, flexible spending or health savings account, life and AD&D insurance, short and long term disability coverage, paid time off, employee assistance, participation in a 401k program with company match, and additional voluntary or legally required benefits

About NTT DATA:

NTT DATA is a $30 billion trusted global innovator of business and technology services. We serve 75% of the Fortune Global 100 and are committed to helping clients innovate, optimize and transform for long term success. As a Global Top Employer, we have diverse experts in more than 50 countries and a robust partner ecosystem of established and start-up companies. Our services include business and technology consulting, data and artificial intelligence, industry solutions, as well as the development, implementation and management of applications, infrastructure and connectivity. We are one of the leading providers of digital and AI infrastructure in the world. NTT DATA is a part of NTT Group, which invests over $3.6 billion each year in R&D to help organizations and society move confidently and sustainably into the digital future. Visit us at us.nttdata.com

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