Databricks Administrator

General Dynamics Information Technology

. Administer and maintain Databricks workspaces across development, test, and production environments .

Posted 9/25/2026full-timeRemote • United StatesSeniorLead💰 $128,039 - $173,229 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AzureCloudETLJenkinsPythonSparkTerraformUnity

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Administer and maintain Databricks workspaces across development, test, and production environments
Configure and manage clusters, pools, jobs, and workflows for ETL, streaming, and machine-learning workloads
Monitor platform health, capacity, and performance and resolve issues proactively
Manage Databricks runtime versions, libraries, cloud-storage integrations, and data-service integrations
Implement backup, recovery, and business-continuity procedures
Configure and maintain IAM roles, groups, and permissions
Implement security best practices, including encryption, network controls, and data-access policies
Collaborate with security and compliance teams on organizational and regulatory requirements
Support data-governance standards including Unity Catalog, catalogs, schemas, tables, and permissions
Optimize cluster configurations, autoscaling, and job scheduling for performance and cost
Analyze usage metrics and costs and implement cost-control and chargeback/showback strategies
Recommend and implement platform-tuning strategies for large-scale data workloads
Partner with data engineers, analysts, and data scientists to understand workload requirements and recommend Databricks best practices
Provide Tier 2/3 support for Databricks incidents and service requests
Develop and maintain platform documentation, runbooks, and standard operating procedures
Conduct user onboarding, training, and knowledge-sharing sessions
Automate workspace and cluster provisioning, configuration, and policy enforcement with Infrastructure as Code
Integrate Databricks with CI/CD pipelines for code deployment and environment management
Support version-control best practices for notebooks, jobs, and configuration

Requirements

What you’ll need

8+ years of experience administering cloud-based data platforms or big data environments
Hands-on administration experience with Databricks
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related field, or four additional years of relevant work experience in lieu of a relevant four-year degree
Strong understanding of Databricks workspaces, clusters, jobs, pools, and notebooks
Knowledge of cloud storage such as Azure Data Lake Storage, S3, or GCS
Knowledge of networking concepts
Experience with identity and access management in the relevant cloud provider
Experience with Python, PowerShell, or Bash scripting and automation
Familiarity with Spark concepts and performance considerations
Experience monitoring and troubleshooting platform performance and reliability issues
Strong problem-solving and analytical skills
Ability to communicate complex technical concepts to technical and non-technical audiences
Customer-focused mindset and commitment to reliability and service quality
Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced, agile environment
Must obtain and maintain a Public Trust
Must provide onsite fingerprinting at a designated facility
U.S. residency for the last five years, subject to specified absence limits
Less than 10% travel
Preferred: Databricks certifications
Preferred: Unity Catalog and fine-grained data access controls
Preferred: CI/CD tools such as Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, or Jenkins
Preferred: Infrastructure as Code, especially Terraform
Preferred: Log aggregation and monitoring tools
Preferred: Delta Lake, structured streaming, and data Lakehouse architectures
Preferred: Enterprise security and compliance experience

Benefits

Comp & perks

Comprehensive medical plan options, including plans with Health Savings Accounts
Dental plan options
Vision plan
401(k) plan with pre-tax and post-tax contributions and company match
Full flex work weeks where possible
Paid vacation, sick, personal, holiday, parental, military, bereavement, and jury duty leave
Typically 15 days of paid leave per calendar year
Additional 10 paid holidays per year
Up to 160 hours of paid family leave in a rolling 12-month period for eligible employees
Short- and long-term disability benefits
Life insurance
Accidental death and dismemberment insurance
Personal accident insurance
Critical illness insurance
Business travel and accident insurance
AI-powered career tool identifying career steps and learning opportunities
Internal mobility team
Wellness packages
Competitive pay
Military-friendly workplace
Identity verification and security process