Azure Databricks Engineer / Administrator

Azure Databricks Engineer/Administrator

Job Location: Berkeley Heights, NJ, Omaha, NE, Marietta, GA or Frisco, TX (100% Onsite - local only no relocation)

Employment Type: FTE

Key Technology: Azure Databricks

Job Responsibilities:

• Understand all concepts covered in Azure Data Engineer Associate, Azure Database Administrator Associate, Microsoft Azure Data Fundamentals and Power Bl Data Analyst Associate certifications.
• Provide expertise and ownership of Azure Databricks development tasks within the scrum team. Interacts effectively with clients and leadership and can adapt communication for the appropriate audience.
• Read and comprehend software requirements, assisting with development of agile user stores and tasks.
• Assist with troubleshooting configuration and performance issues.
• Assist with Azure Databricks deployments, testing, configuration, and installation.
• Ensure security is a priority and understand the various areas where security vulnerabilities arise with database technologies.
• Ensure database resiliency, and disaster recovery capabilities.
• Comprehensive understanding of backups, restores, redundancy, geo-replication and Azure storage concepts. Documentation and Knowledge Sharing, creates detailed documentation for the database. Facilitates knowledge sharing within the team for effective collaboration.

Skills and Experience Required:

Required:

• 5+ years proven experience working with Azure Databricks Analytics database capabilities, specifically Azure Databricks and other relational database technologies supported in Azure.
• Must have experience in installing, configuring, and maintaining Databricks from the ground up
• 5+ years proven experience with Azure Data Lake Storage Gen 2, Azure Databricks, Azure Data Explorer, Azure Event Hubs, Spark Pools, Python, PySpark, SOL, Azure Landing Zone, Azure Networking Services, Microsoft EntralD.
• 5+ years proven experience with Azure geo-redundancy, HA/failover technologies.
• 5+ years proven experience designing and implementing data pipelines using Azure Databricks for data cleaning, transformation, and loading into Data Lakehouse.
• 5+ years proven experience with Infrastructure as Code (laC) tools such as Terraform.
• 5+ years proven experience with programming languages such as Python, PySpark and data constructs such as JSON or XML.
• Understanding of implementing Medallion Architecture using Azure Services. Strong experience with relational and/or dimensional data modeling.
• Candidate must be a U.S. Citizen or current Green Card holder for at least 3 years. Must be able to perform work within the continental United States. Position may require some travel within the United States.

Desired:

• Experience in large scale cloud data migrations using Databricks, Python, Spark, SOL. Understanding of Azure DevOps tools in an Azure production setting.
• Strong experience with Azure Data Studio, Visual Studio database management/projects/design capabilities, Azure CU, and PowerShell.
• Strong and current familiarity with Azure platforms and services, including Azure App Services, Azure API Management, Azure Monitor, Azure Application Insights, Azure SQL, etc.
• Experience with Cl/CD pipelines and deployment automation using tools like Azure DevOps. Experience with Agile methodologies.
• Strong understanding of security best practices for Azure database deployments, including, access controls, 1AM, data encryption (TDE), Azure key vaults and masking.
• Awareness of FedRAMP, FISMA, and/or Zero Trust Architecture strongly desired. Experience with SQL Server versions 2005 - 2022 is a plus.
• Experience with Oracle or Microsoft SQL Server, either in Azure or on-prem
• Preferred Certifications: Azure Data Engineer Associate, Azure Database Administrator Associate, Azure Data Fundamentals, Power Bl Data Analyst Associate