Systems Analyst 1692

Sistema Technologies Inc.; Austin (TX); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) in Austin seeks a Systems Analyst with deep Databricks and cloud data platform expertise. You will analyze business objectives, identify data-driven solutions, and document requirements for automated processing and improved systems.

The role requires 8+ years in Databricks administration, cluster governance, and security, with on-site/hybrid work. Collaborate with data engineers, analysts, and IT teams to support scalable analytics and AI

Qualifications

• 8+ years administering Databricks workspaces in AWS.
• Strong knowledge of Databricks cluster configuration, scheduling, and workspace management.
• Experience managing user access, roles, and permissions using IAM, SCIM, and RBAC.
• Proficiency with Apache Spark concepts, including performance tuning and troubleshooting.
• Experience integrating Databricks with cloud storage services (e.g., S3).
• Implementing and enforcing cluster policies and workspace governance standards.
• Familiarity with Databricks SQL, notebooks, and job orchestration.
• Experience monitoring platform health, performance, and availability.
• Understanding of data security, encryption, and compliance requirements.
• Experience with DevOps or automation tools (Terraform, CI/CD pipelines, scripting).
• Experience administering Databricks in enterprise/government environments.
• Databricks Unity Catalog for data governance.
• Cost management and optimization for Databricks workloads.
• AI/ML workloads using Databricks ML/MLflow.
• Familiarity with data lake and lakehouse architectures.
• Python, SQL, or Scala for administration and troubleshooting.

Responsibilities

• Understands business objectives and problems; analyzes alternatives and conducts cost/benefit analyses.
• Analyzes user requirements and procedures to automate processing or improve existing systems.
• Writes detailed descriptions of user needs, program functions, and steps for development or modification.
• Reviews system capabilities, specs, and scheduling to determine feasibility within the existing system.
• Administers, configures, and supports the Databricks platform to enable scalable data engineering, analytics, and AI/ML workloads.
• Manages workspace configuration, cluster policies, user access, and integrations with cloud services; monitors platform health.
• Collaborates with data engineers, analysts, and data scientists to support data and analytics initiatives.
• Ensures security, compliance, and cost controls are applied across the Databricks environment.

Skills

Databricks workspace administration

Databricks cluster configuration

IAM/SCIM/RBAC

Apache Spark concepts

Databricks + cloud storage

Cluster policies & governance

Databricks SQL/notebooks

Platform monitoring

Data security/compliance

DevOps tools (Terraform)

Enterprise/government experience

Unity Catalog

Cost optimization

ML workloads (MLflow)

Data lake / lakehouse

Python/SQL/Scala

Job description

Austin, TX

Systems Analyst - Solicitation# 529601692

Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC)

Level Description

8 or more years of experience, relies on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals, independently performs a variety of complicated tasks, a wide degree of creativity and latitude is expected.

Job Description

Understands business objectives and problems, identifies alternative solutions, performs studies and cost/benefit analysis of alternatives. Analyzes user requirements, procedures, and problems to automate processing or to improve existing computer system: Confers with personnel of organizational units involved to analyze current operational procedures, identify problems, and learn specific input and output requirements, such as forms of data input, how data is to be; summarized, and formats for reports. Writes detailed description of user needs, program functions, and steps required to develop or modify computer program. Reviews computer system capabilities, specifications, and scheduling limitations to determine if requested program or program change is possible within existing system.

Additional job details and special considerations

The Databricks Administrator is responsible for administering, configuring, and supporting the Databricks platform to enable scalable data engineering, analytics, and AI/ML workloads. This role ensures platform reliability, security, cost optimization, and compliance while supporting data engineers, analysts, and data scientists across the organization.

The administrator will manage workspace configuration, cluster policies, user access, integrations with cloud services, and ongoing platform monitoring to support enterprise data and analytics initiatives.

Position is ONSITE/Hybrid at the location listed above (with some hybrid work – determined by the hiring manager). The program will only accept LOCAL ONLY candidates for this position.

Minimum Requirements:

Candidates that do not meet or exceed the minimum stated requirements (skills/experience) will be displayed to customers but may not be chosen for this opportunity.

Actual
Years
Experience Years
Experience
Needed Required/
Preferred Skills/Experience

• 8 Required Experience administering Databricks workspaces in a cloud environment - AWS
• 8 Required Strong understanding of Databricks cluster configuration, job scheduling, and workspace management.
• 8 Required Experience managing user access, roles, and permissions using IAM, SCIM, and role-based access control (RBAC).
• 8 Required Proficiency with Apache Spark concepts, including performance tuning and troubleshooting.
• 8 Required Experience integrating Databricks with cloud storage services (e.g., S3,)
• 8 Required Experience implementing and enforcing cluster policies and workspace governance standards.
• 8 Required Familiarity with Databricks SQL, notebooks, and job orchestration.
• 8 Required Experience monitoring platform health, performance, and availability.
• 8 Required Understanding of data security, encryption, and compliance requirements.
• 8 Required Experience with DevOps or automation tools (Terraform, CI/CD pipelines, scripting).
• 4 Preferred Experience administering Databricks in an enterprise or government environment.
• 4 Preferred Experience with Databricks Unity Catalog for data governance and access control.
• 4 Preferred Knowledge of cost management and optimization for Databricks workloads.
• 4 Preferred Experience supporting AI/ML workloads using Databricks ML and MLflow.
• 4 Preferred Familiarity with data lake and lakehouse architectures.
• 4 Preferred Knowledge of Python, SQL, or Scala for administration and troubleshooting.

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