Senior Databricks Platform Administrator

COVET IT INC; Plano (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

COVET IT INC in Plano, TX seeks a hands-on Senior Databricks Platform Administrator to manage enterprise Databricks workspaces, Unity Catalog, and security.

You will optimize performance, automate admin tasks with Python, Terraform, and APIs, and support data engineering, analytics, and AI workloads across AWS.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in data engineering, cloud operations, or platform administration, including 3+ years of hands-on Databricks.
• Strong knowledge of Unity Catalog, access management, Databricks compute, and production operations.
• Proficiency in Python and SQL, with experience automating through APIs or SDKs.
• Hands-on AWS experience with IAM, S3, and networking.
• Understanding Delta Lake, Apache Iceberg, Git, and CI/CD practices.
• Strong troubleshooting, communication, and cross-team collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Administer Databricks accounts, workspaces, users, groups, service principals, compute policies, SQL warehouses, and serverless environments.
• Manage Unity Catalog, permissions, storage credentials, external locations, foreign catalogs, and data security policies.
• Troubleshoot platform incidents, authentication, connectivity, performance, and library compatibility issues.
• Plan runtime upgrades and support Snowflake-to-Databricks and UC-managed Iceberg migrations.
• Coordinate secure integrations with AWS S3, databases, APIs, and external partner systems.
• Administer AI capabilities, including model endpoints, AI Gateway, Genie, agents, and Apps, with appropriate access and consumption controls.

Skills

Databricks

Python

SQL

AWS

CI/CD

Unity Catalog

Tools

Terraform

GitHub

Dagster

Job description

Role: Senior Databricks Platform Administrator

About the Role

Key Responsibilities

• Administer Databricks accounts, workspaces, users, groups, service principals, compute policies, SQL warehouses, and serverless environments.
• Manage Unity Catalog, permissions, storage credentials, external locations, foreign catalogs, and data security policies.
• Troubleshoot platform incidents, authentication, connectivity, performance, and library compatibility issues.
• Plan runtime upgrades and support Snowflake-to-Databricks and UC-managed Iceberg migrations.
• Coordinate secure integrations with AWS S3, databases, APIs, and external partner systems.
• Administer AI capabilities, including model endpoints, AI Gateway, Genie, agents, and Apps, with appropriate access and consumption controls.
• Automate administrative processes using Python, SQL, APIs, SDKs, CLI, and Terraform.
• Support GitHub and Jenkins deployment pipelines, usage reporting, and cost optimization.

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years in data engineering, cloud operations, or platform administration, including 3+ years of hands-on Databricks experience.
• Strong knowledge of Unity Catalog, access management, Databricks compute, and production operations.
• Proficiency in Python and SQL, with experience automating through APIs or SDKs.
• Hands-on AWS experience with IAM, S3, and networking.
• Understanding of Delta Lake, Apache Iceberg, Git, and CI/CD practices.
• Strong troubleshooting, communication, and cross-team collaboration skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Snowflake, Terraform, Jenkins, GitHub, or Dagster.
• Familiarity with SSO, OAuth, AI platform administration, and MCP integrations.
• Relevant Databricks or cloud certifications.

We are looking for a hands-on Databricks Platform Administrator to manage enterprise workspaces supporting data engineering, analytics, and AI workloads. The role focuses on platform operations, security, governance, automation, performance, and cost management.