Data Platform Engineer (Databricks / Unity Catalog)

SouthRivers Data is a data & AI engineering partner. We strengthen the teams of consultancies and end clients across the EU, UK, and North America with senior data and AI engineers.

We're looking for a Data Platform Engineer with strong Databricks and Unity Catalog experience to join the data platform team of a large European banking group.

Responsibilities:
Configure data access in Unity Catalog: catalogs, schemas, grants, views
Manage infrastructure through Terraform, with changes via pull request
Integrate data from legacy systems
Provide operational support: sprint on-call rotation, Jira ticket handling
Communicate with internal stakeholders about platform capabilities and limitations

Requirements:
2+ years of Databricks experience in production
Experience with Unity Catalog: grants, access rights, row-level security
Strong hands-on Terraform experience
Experience with Azure: AD/Entra groups, resource groups, basic networking
Strong SQL
Experience working with Git via pull requests
Comfortable with operational work and ticket-based support — this makes up about half of the role
Able to explain technical limitations to stakeholders and propose alternatives

Nice to have:
Experience in banking or another regulated industry
Experience working specifically in a platform team
Knowledge of Databricks CLI/SDK

Please note: This is a Middle-level, hands-on role - not a Senior/Architect position. Candidates looking to grow into ML or solution architecture won't find that scope here.