Databricks Administrator/Architect (AWS)

Job Title: Databricks Administrator/Architect

Location: Austin, TX (Hybrid)

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.
Years Required/Preferred 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.