Senior Specialist, Intelligence Platform Databricks Engineer

Job Description

As a Senior Specialist Intelligence Platform Engineer reporting to the AVP of Enterprise Architecture youll play a critical role in administering governing and scaling Nasdaqs centralized Databricks Lakehouse environment the CAP Intelligence Platform which serves multiple business units across the Capital Access Platforms organization.

Youll thrive in this position if youre detail-oriented technically strong and energized by building platforms that bring data governance compliance and operational efficiency together at scale.

• Administer and support a multi-workspace Databricks environment including Unity Catalog governance service principal management and enterprise integrations ensuring platform reliability and operational standards across all business units.
• Own platform-wide governance by monitoring compliance with catalog structure metadata standards naming conventions and tagging requirements producing scorecards audit reports and driving remediation where needed.
• Deliver monthly cost and usage reporting across workspaces compute clusters serverless workloads and storage resources identifying optimization opportunities and providing business unit-level consumption transparency.
• Partner with workspace administrators and data stewards across six business units to enable self-service administration develop operational documentation and serve as the escalation point for complex platform issues.
• Support Infrastructure-as-Code implementations using Terraform to automate provisioning governance validation and reporting contributing to a scalable efficient platform.

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science Information Systems or a related field or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of experience in data platform administration cloud infrastructure or a comparable technical discipline.
• Hands-on experience administering Databricks at scale including Unity Catalog workspace configuration and compute management.
• Proven ability to deliver governance frameworks compliance reporting and cost management in a complex regulated environment.
• Strong communicator who works effectively across technical and business teams in matrixed cross-functional environments.

• Databricks Certified Professional certification or equivalent cloud certifications (e.g. AWS).
• Experience in financial services fintech or regulated industries including familiarity with compliance requirements such as Reg SCI.
• Background in FinOps principles identity lifecycle management or large-scale platform rollouts.

This position offers the opportunity for a hybrid work environment at least 3 days a week in-office subject to change providing flexibility and accessibility for qualified candidates.

Come as You Are

Nasdaq is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds and identities.

We are committed to fostering an inclusive workplace where diverse perspectives experiences and identities are valued and celebrated.

We ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided with reasonable accommodation throughout the hiring process.

What We Offer

Were proud to offer a competitive rewards package that is meaningful recognizes the unique needs of our employees and their families and incentivizes employees for their contribution to Nasdaqs overall success.