Databricks Administrator

BHG Financial

. Configure, maintain, and administer Azure Databricks workspaces and clusters across development, staging, and production environments .

Posted 9/15/2026full-timeRemote • United StatesMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

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Demonstrates expertise in administering Azure Databricks environments, focusing on performance optimization, security governance, and operational reliability. Proficient in managing user access, permissions, and compliance standards within financial services.

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Azure Databricks AdministrationUnity Catalog ManagementCluster Performance MonitoringSecurity Governance and RBACTroubleshooting Databricks Issues

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Hard Skills

PythonSQLPowerShellDatabricks CLIREST APIsCompute Policy ConfigurationCluster Permissions ManagementJob SchedulingAudit LoggingPerformance Tuning

Soft Skills

CollaborationProblem-SolvingAttention to Detail

Tools & Technologies

Azure DatabricksMicrosoft Entra IDKey VaultDelta LakeSCIM Provisioning

Certifications & Qualifications

Databricks Platform Administrator Certification

Industry Keywords

Financial ServicesRegulatory ComplianceOperational SupportData GovernanceAccess Control

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AzureCloudCyber SecurityFirewallsPythonSparkSQLUnityVault

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Configure, maintain, and administer Azure Databricks workspaces and clusters across development, staging, and production environments
Monitor cluster health, performance metrics, resource utilization, and platform availability
Optimize cluster, SQL warehouse, and workspace configurations for performance and cost efficiency
Manage workspace governance, including job scheduling, notebook organization, audit logging, and operational standards
Administer user access, workspace permissions, SQL warehouse configurations, and group-based security controls
Troubleshoot infrastructure issues, performance bottlenecks, connectivity problems, and workload failures
Support disaster recovery and high-availability planning, validation, and operational readiness
Collaborate with data engineering teams to establish Databricks usage standards, support workload reliability, troubleshoot platform issues, optimize Delta Lake performance, and promote governed platform adoption
Administer and enforce security policies, RBAC, encryption standards, and access controls
Maintain documentation and runbooks for operational procedures
Support capacity planning, cost optimization, and platform improvement initiatives
Maintain Azure Databricks security governance standards in a financial services environment
Administer Unity Catalog permissions, metastores, catalogs, schemas, tables, volumes, and external locations
Manage workspace permissions, admin roles, service principals, groups, SCIM provisioning, and Microsoft Entra ID integration
Configure and review compute policies, cluster permissions, instance pool access, SQL warehouse permissions, and job ownership
Oversee secrets management, token usage, storage credential access, and Key Vault-backed configurations
Coordinate recurring access reviews, access certification, and remediation of excessive or outdated permissions
Review Databricks audit logs, security events, access changes, control findings, policy exceptions, and segregation-of-duties concerns
Support audit and regulatory readiness by maintaining evidence for access controls, configuration standards, policy enforcement, procedures, and change management
Partner with cybersecurity, compliance, risk, infrastructure, and data governance teams to align Databricks controls with financial services security, privacy, and compliance expectations

Requirements

What you’ll need

5+ years of experience administering cloud-based data platforms or analytics environments, focused on operational support, governance, and reliability
3+ years of hands-on experience administering Azure Databricks workspaces, Unity Catalog, clusters, jobs, SQL warehouses, and platform settings
Experience managing Databricks users, groups, workspace permissions, admin roles, service principals, SCIM provisioning, and Microsoft Entra ID integration
Experience administering Unity Catalog, including metastores, catalogs, schemas, tables, volumes, permissions, storage credentials, and external locations
Ability to configure and maintain compute policies, cluster permissions, instance pools, SQL warehouses, job ownership, and platform usage controls
Experience monitoring Databricks platform health, cluster performance, job execution, workload failures, audit logs, and resource utilization
Strong troubleshooting skills for Databricks platform issues, Spark workloads, connectivity problems, permission errors, and performance bottlenecks
Working knowledge of Python, SQL, PowerShell, Databricks CLI, REST APIs, and automation practices
Experience supporting operational controls, access reviews, audit evidence, change management, runbooks, and platform documentation
Knowledge of Databricks security governance, RBAC, least privilege, encryption, secrets management, audit readiness, and secure data access patterns
Understanding of Azure networking and security concepts, including private endpoints, firewalls, network security groups, storage access, Key Vault, and secure connectivity
Experience partnering with data engineering teams to support reliable pipelines, workload troubleshooting, performance tuning, platform standards, and secure Databricks operations
Must already possess valid U.S. work authorization that will not require employer-provided immigration sponsorship now or in the future
Databricks Platform Administrator certification or equivalent hands-on Azure Databricks administration experience preferred
Experience supporting Databricks in financial services or another regulated environment preferred
Background in database administration, cloud platform administration, or data platform operations preferred

Benefits

Comp & perks

Medical/Rx/Dental/Vision coverage for employees and their eligible family members
Competitive PTO and vacation policies
1 Friday off each month for Wellness Weekends
Company 401(k) plan with employer contributions after one year
Company-sponsored training and certification opportunities
Quarterly award ceremonies where top achievers are celebrated and receive additional bonuses
Ongoing volunteer opportunities through the BHG Cares program
Work/life balance
Personal and professional development opportunities
Travel to attend the BHG Oars in Experience during the first 6 months and approximately 5% annually thereafter for team on-sites, meetings, and collaboration