Databricks Platform Engineer

We are looking for a Databricks Platform Manager/Engineer responsible for designing, administering, securing, and optimizing the enterprise Databricks platform on AWS. The ideal candidate will own the platform lifecycle, ensuring scalability, security, governance, cost optimization, and operational excellence while enabling data engineering, analytics, and AI teams to work efficiently.This role focuses on platform engineering rather than data engineering or analytics development.Required Skills5–10 years of overall IT experience, including 3–5+ years of hands-on experience administering and managing Databricks platforms in production environments on AWS.Databricks PlatformWorkspace administrationCluster managementCluster policiesInstance poolsJob clustersDatabricks Runtime managementWorkflowsDatabricks ReposUnity CatalogSecret ScopesService PrincipalsPersonal Access Tokens (PATs)AWSIAMVPC fundamentalsEC2 conceptsS3CloudWatchKMSSecurity GroupsNetworking fundamentalsDevOpsGitCI/CDTerraformInfrastructure as CodeAzure DevOps, GitHub Actions, or JenkinsMonitoringPlatform monitoringIncident managementLog analysisPerformance tuningCost optimizationRequired ExperienceCandidates should have hands-on experience with:Managing enterprise Databricks platformsSetting up multiple Databricks workspacesConfiguring Unity CatalogAWS IAM integrationCluster policy creation and governanceRuntime version upgradesCI/CD implementationGit integrationPlatform monitoring and troubleshootingSecrets managementAudit loggingProduction supportCost optimization initiativesPreferred QualificationsExperience managing large-scale Databricks environments (100+ users).Experience supporting multiple business units or enterprise data platforms.Hands-on experience with Terraform for Databricks infrastructure provisioning.Knowledge of Lakehouse architecture and Delta Lake.Experience with FinOps practices for cloud cost optimization.Familiarity with data governance and security frameworks.Nice to HaveExperience with AWS Organizations and Control Tower.Knowledge of networking concepts for private connectivity (PrivateLink, VPC endpoints).Experience with monitoring tools such as CloudWatch, Datadog, or Splunk.Exposure to Apache Spark internals.Experience supporting AI/ML workloads on Databricks.EducationBachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field.Certifications (Preferred)Databricks Certified Data Engineer Professional or Databricks Certified Platform Administrator (if available).AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate/Professional.AWS Certified SysOps Administrator.Terraform Associate certification.Platform AdministrationDesign, deploy, and manage Databricks workspaces across Development, Test, UAT, and Production environments.Establish workspace standards, networking, and environment isolation.Manage platform upgrades, including Databricks Runtime (DBR) version planning, testing, and rollout.Maintain platform availability, reliability, and performance.Compute & Cluster ManagementCreate and manage cluster policies to enforce organizational standards.Configure instance pools and job clusters.Prevent oversized or non-compliant clusters.Standardize cluster configurations across teams.Optimize cluster startup times and resource utilization.Security & Identity ManagementIntegrate Databricks with AWS IAM.Configure and manage authentication and authorization.Manage service principals, personal access tokens (PATs), and secret scopes.Implement least-privilege access controls.Support enterprise identity management and SSO.Governance & Data AccessAdminister Unity Catalog.Manage catalogs, schemas, tables, and permissions.Implement role-based access control (RBAC).Enforce data governance and access policies.Support audit and compliance requirements.DevOps & CI/CDConfigure Git integration with Databricks Repos.Support CI/CD pipelines for notebooks, workflows, and infrastructure.Collaborate with DevOps teams on automated deployments.Enable Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform where applicable.Monitoring & OperationsMonitor workspace health, jobs, clusters, and platform performance.Respond to incidents and perform root cause analysis.Maintain operational dashboards and alerts.Support production releases and platform maintenance activities.Cost OptimizationMonitor Databricks usage and cloud spending.Recommend cluster sizing and auto-scaling strategies.Optimize job scheduling and compute utilization.Track cost trends and recommend savings opportunities.Compliance & AuditConfigure audit logging.Ensure platform complies with enterprise security policies.Support internal and external audits.Maintain operational documentation and platform standards.Full timePosting Date: 2026-07-21