AWS Databricks Platform Administrator

AWS Databricks Platform Administrator

Experience: 6+ Years
Employment Type: Full-Time
Interview Mode: Face-to-Face (F2F)
Interview Date: 31 October 2026

Job Description

We are looking for an experienced AWS Databricks Platform Administrator to manage, secure, monitor, and optimize Databricks environments hosted on AWS. The candidate should have strong expertise in Databricks administration, AWS infrastructure, automation, security, and production support.

Key Responsibilities

• Administer Databricks workspaces, users, permissions, clusters, jobs, and SQL warehouses.
• Manage Unity Catalog, data access controls, and platform governance.
• Integrate Databricks with AWS services such as IAM, S3, VPC, KMS, and CloudWatch.
• Automate infrastructure provisioning using Terraform and CI/CD pipelines.
• Monitor platform performance, troubleshoot production issues, and optimize cloud costs.
• Implement security, networking, access management, backup, and disaster recovery procedures.
• Handle incident management, root cause analysis, and production support.

Mandatory Skills

• Databricks Administration Workspace, clusters, jobs, SQL warehouses, and Unity Catalog.
• AWS Cloud – IAM, S3, EC2, VPC, KMS, CloudWatch, and CloudTrail.
• Terraform / Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
• Python or Bash scripting
• CI/CD tools – Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or AWS CodePipeline.
• Cloud security, networking, RBAC, monitoring, and production support.
• Working knowledge of Spark, Delta Lake, SQL, and data lakehouse architecture.

Preferred Skills

• AWS Databricks platform administration in enterprise environments.
• SCIM, SSO, identity management, PrivateLink, and cost optimization.
• Databricks or AWS certifications.

Education: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, IT, Engineering, or a related field.

Note: Candidates with strong Databricks platform administration and AWS infrastructure experience are preferred. This is a platform administration role, not purely a Data Engineer or Databricks development role.