Databricks administrator
On-site · Houston, Texas, United States
Job Summary
Platform Engineer for Databricks administration responsible for platform guardrails, RBAC/ABAC, data ingestion standards, Delta architecture, data quality, security, and cost governance across a shared Databricks environment. Owns administration of Databricks workspaces, Unity Catalog, compute policies, environment configuration, and access controls; defines and enforces ingestion standards, schema rules, Delta Lake design patterns, and data quality expectations; partners with data engineering to uplift patterns and ensure consistency. Builds dashboards and CI/CD templates to monitor pipeline health, code compliance, data access, and cost thresholds; enhances operational stability through testing, governance, and documented best practices; mentors analytics teams on compliant onboarding and platform usage.
Required Qualifications
- 5+ years in data engineering or platform engineering
- 2-3 years in Databricks administration
- Expert knowledge of Unity Catalog, cluster policies, Delta Lake, Spark, workspace configuration, and jobs
- Strong Python/PySpark and SQL skills; familiarity with DLT, Airflow, or Databricks Workflows
- Strong communication skills with ability to set standards and influence teams diplomatically
- Experience interpreting data governance, ingestion frameworks, schema enforcement, versioning, and lineage
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