Platform Administrator (Databricks)

Main tasks:

• Manage multiple Databricks workspaces (dev/qa/prod);
• Configure cluster policies, governance & compliance;
• Create & maintain unity catalog objects: catalogs, schemas, grants, service principals, external storage etc;
• Monitor and debug failed / long-running jobs using system tables (job_run_timeline, node_timeline, workflow_run);
• Troubleshoot cluster crashes, driver OOM, executor failures, memory leaks;
• Investigate Python / Spark errors, dependency conflicts (PyPI, WHL, Maven)
• Assist users with cluster/job configuration, notebook errors, unity catalog permissions;
• Explain platform limitations and best practices to Data engineers;
• Maintain confluence pages with platform rules & troubleshooting guides;

• Experience in implementation, integration or technical support;
• Experience with Linux, Bash;
• Confident SQL skills;
• Strong experience of working with AWS Infrastructure (ec2, s3, iam, vpc, secret management, sqs);
• Experience with Python sufficient for writing small scripts or applications;
• Experience of maintaining Databricks jobs & environments;
• Experience with REST API/SDK;
• Understanding of file-based databases (DeltaLake, Parquet, Hive);
• Understanding of of cluster types & node families;
• Spoken English at Intermediate level or higher;

• Databricks REST API / Databricks SDK;
• Working with schema evolution, time travel, vacuum, compaction, z-order;
• Debugging corrupted delta tables (conflicting commits, tombstones, missing checkpoints);
• Understanding of acidimplementationon top of object storage;
• Spark knowledge (jobs, partitions, queries), experience in Kafka or similar technology, familiarity with Terraform / Gitlab CI;
• Cost monitoring for platform services and objects;
• Experience in enterprise Data platforms;

• Remote work with no time trackers, flexible working hours
• Full-time (8 hours/day)
• Attractive USD compensation
• Paid vacation, holidays, sick leaves