Senior Databricks Platform Engineer for AI/ML & CI/CD

Vizient, Inc; Irving (TX); On-site; USD 102,400 - 179,000; Full time

Job summary

Vizient, Inc. is seeking an experienced platform engineer to design, build, and optimize the enterprise Databricks platform supporting analytics, data products, ML, and AI initiatives across the organization.

You will implement scalable architectures, IaC solutions using Terraform, and CI/CD pipelines while creating reusable templates to enable self-service delivery. Collaboration with EA, Cloud, Data Eng, PM, and Data Science teams is essential to success.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of relevant data/platform experience.
• 2+ years hands-on Databricks experience.
• Experience with Terraform and CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong knowledge of Delta Lake, Unity Catalog, Apache Spark, lakehouse architectures.
• Experience with MLflow, MLOps, AI platform technologies.
• Experience with healthcare or regulated environments preferred.

Responsibilities

• Develop and enhance enterprise Databricks platform capabilities to support analytics, data products, ML, and AI workloads.
• Implement platform architectures, engineering standards, and reusable design patterns.
• Build and maintain Infrastructure-as-Code solutions, CI/CD pipelines, and platform automation.
• Create reusable templates, accelerators, and deployment patterns for self-service adoption.
• Optimize platform scalability, performance, reliability, and cost across cloud environments.
• Collaborate with EA, Cloud Eng, Data Eng, PM, and Data Science teams to operationalize capabilities.
• Support platform services including MLflow, Model Registry, Feature Store, Vector Search, and related Databricks features.
• Evaluate emerging Databricks features and cloud technologies via assessments and POCs.
• Recommend platform enhancements and engineering best practices to improve developer experience and maturity.
• Contribute to evolution of enterprise platform standards and strategic roadmap initiatives.

Skills

Databricks platform

Azure cloud

Terraform

CI/CD pipelines

Delta Lake

Apache Spark

MLOps / ML platforms

Automation & reusable components

Communication & collaboration

Education

Relevant degree

Tools

Terraform

MLflow

Unity Catalog

Delta Lake

Apache Spark

Azure

Job description

Vizient, Inc. is seeking an experienced platform engineer to design, build, and optimize the enterprise Databricks platform supporting analytics, data products, ML, and AI initiatives across the organization.

You will implement scalable architectures, IaC solutions using Terraform, and CI/CD pipelines while creating reusable templates to enable self-service delivery. Collaboration with EA, Cloud, Data Eng, PM, and Data Science teams is essential to success.