Senior Databricks Platform Engineer | Hybrid Role

ECS Corporate Services; Arlington (VA); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

DHS EOD eligibility

Job summary

Everforth ECS in Arlington, VA (Hybrid) seeks a Senior Databricks Platform Engineer to design, implement, and maintain an enterprise-grade Databricks platform supporting a federal customer account. You will lead platform governance, data lineage, and secure access with IAM, Unity Catalog, and metastore configuration.

The role emphasizes scalable infrastructure, cost optimization, and collaboration with data practitioners to enable secure, efficient data workstreams across AWS services and Delta

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree plus 5 years of relevant experience or 9 years in lieu of degree
• Proven experience building and configuring enterprise data lake solutions using Databricks on AWS or Azure
• Deep knowledge of Databricks architecture, Unity Catalog, workspace management, and security models
• Experience with Spark, Delta Lake, Hadoop, data governance, metadata management
• Hands-on experience with AWS or Azure services like S3, EMR, Glue, Data Factory
• Strong SQL and programming skills (Python, Scala, Bash, PowerShell)
• Security, privacy best practices, data access controls, encryption, masking
• Senior-level collaboration and mentorship responsibilities

Responsibilities

• Maintain enterprise-scale Databricks platform and multi-workspace management
• Develop and monitor platform observability, dashboards, and cost trends
• Design RBAC frameworks and integrate with identity management
• Manage Unity Catalog governance structures and metastore configurations
• Configure storage integrations (S3, ADLS, GCS) and data access patterns
• Ensure security controls (IAM policies, encryption, data masking)
• Monitor cluster performance, autoscaling, and resource governance
• Collaborate with data engineers and analysts to implement data models and reusable patterns
• Document solution designs, data flows, and operational procedures
• Stay updated with Databricks/AWS features and best practices

Skills

Databricks

Platform engineering

Cloud platforms (AWS/Azure)

RBAC and security

Data governance

SQL / Python

Education

Bachelor's degree +5 years experience

Tools

Databricks

AWS

Azure

Unity Catalog

Job description

Everforth ECS in Arlington, VA (Hybrid) seeks a Senior Databricks Platform Engineer to design, implement, and maintain an enterprise-grade Databricks platform supporting a federal customer account. You will lead platform governance, data lineage, and secure access with IAM, Unity Catalog, and metastore configuration.

The role emphasizes scalable infrastructure, cost optimization, and collaboration with data practitioners to enable secure, efficient data workstreams across AWS services and Delta