Cloud Systems Engineer (Databricks Administrator)

The Squires Group

5d • $80 - $84 • Onsite

About The Position

Our client is a financial institution providing the United States with a safe, flexible, and stable monetary system. They are seeking a Cloud Systems Engineer ( Databricks Administrator) to serve as the hands-on technical owner of an enterprise Databricks platform supporting a large-scale Enterprise Data Platform (EDP). This role is responsible for end-to-end platform operations, security, governance, and cost management, ensuring the environment is compliant, reliable, and optimized to support secure analytics and AI/ML workloads at scale. This role is onsite in Washington, DC, and, per our client contract, candidates must be US Citizens and be able to pass the background check.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in related field
• 7+ years of experience in cloud or data platform administration and operations.
• 4+ years of experience supporting Databricks or similar data platforms.
• Hands-on administration of Databricks platforms, including workspaces, jobs, SQL warehouses, runtimes, Unity Catalog governance, and serverless features.
• Strong IAM and security expertise, including SSO/SCIM, RBAC, service principals, secrets management, audit logging, and least-privilege design.
• Cloud platform proficiency (AWS preferred), including IAM, networking, object storage security, logging/monitoring, encryption, and cross-account access.
• Experience with automation and DevOps practices using APIs, CLI tools, infrastructure-as-code (e.g., Terraform), CI/CD pipelines, Git integrations, and Databricks Asset Bundles.
• Solid data platform and lakehouse knowledge, including Delta Lake, storage/compute separation, SQL performance tuning, and data engineering fundamentals (Python/Scala familiarity).
• Experience implementing data governance, metadata, lineage, classification, and retention controls in regulated environments (e.g., FedRAMP, HIPAA, SOC 2).
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, including operational reporting, service-level definition, and vendor coordination.
• Per our client contract, candidates must be US Citizens and be able to pass the background check.

Nice To Haves

• Databricks Platform Administrator or Databricks AWS Platform Architect Certification (preferred)
• Databricks Certified Data Engineer (Associate or Professional) Certification (preferred)
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect (Associate or Professional) Certification (preferred)

Responsibilities

• Administer and standardize Databricks platforms across SDLC environments, including workspaces, jobs, SQL warehouses, runtimes, and configurations.
• Operate and support the platform, providing monitoring, alerting, runbooks, Tier 2/3 incident response, root-cause analysis, and change management.
• Enforce security, governance, and compliance through IAM, secrets management, audit logging, Unity Catalog administration, and governed data access.
• Manage cloud integrations, secure connectivity, and external storage in coordination with cloud, network, and governance teams.
• Implement cost controls, capacity planning, usage reporting, and optimization strategies.
• Automate administration and deployments using APIs, CLI, infrastructure-as-code, and CI/CD pipelines (including Databricks Asset Bundles).
• Optimize platform performance and reliability, including SQL tuning, autoscaling, Delta Lake optimization, and DLT pipeline health.
• Manage third-party integrations and support user onboarding, enablement, and self-service documentation.

Benefits

• Benefits vary by compensation type and may include paid time off (PTO), medical, dental, and vision coverage, life insurance, long-term disability insurance, a 401(k) plan, and additional optional benefits.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 51-100 employees