The Databricks Administrator/Engineer will serve as an important member of LabCorps Analytics team focused on supporting Tier 1 Business Intelligence (BI) analytic server administration. This person is part of a team of application administrators and will be responsible for the administration and support of internal-facing Databricks servers. Additionally the selected candidate will be responsible for supporting Databricks developers/development application integration and to end-user setup and administration.
Primary Responsibilities
The Databricks Administrator will be responsible for providing technical expertise in deploying applications on AWS/Azure Databricks platform.
The Databricks Administrator must be self-motivated and apply knowledge of Azure to drive solutions support the development team and create documentation to support and describe technical solutions.
Strong experience with Databricks administration managing cloud-based big data platforms.
Hands-on experience with managing permissions AD group integration and service principals within Databricks.
Experience in setting up and managing permissions for Databricks catalogs schemas and jobs.
Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS Azure GCP) and integration with Databricks environments
Install configure and maintain Databricks clusters and workspaces.
Monitor cluster performance resource utilization and troubleshoot issues to ensure optimal performance.
Implement and manage access controls and security policies to protect sensitive data.
Perform regular software updates and patches.
Provide technical support to Databricks users including troubleshooting and issue resolution.
Conduct training sessions to educate users on platform best practices and capabilities.
Optimize cluster configurations for performance and cost-effectiveness.
Monitor and manage auto-scaling to ensure resources are allocated efficiently.
Implement and enforce security policies access controls and encryption mechanisms.
Stay up-to-date with security best practices and compliance requirements.
Develop and maintain backup and disaster recovery strategies to ensure data integrity and availability.
Collaborate with data engineers to integrate Databricks with other data sources data warehouses and data lakes.
Monitor and manage platform costs including optimizing resource utilization to control expenses.
Maintain detailed documentation of configurations procedures and best practices.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams including data scientists data engineers and business analysts
To understand their requirements and provide technical solutions
Required Skills/Experience
Bachelors Degree in computer science or an analytical discipline or equivalent experience
Proven experience with Databricks server administration
7 years overall IT experience
5 years Databricks Administration preferably in a high availability architecture
Must be able to demonstrate ability to lead system and application upgrades
Proficient with troubleshooting techniques to determine root cause analysis and formulate solution recommendations
Experience in Memory Management Handle Scheduling queues & Messages Performance Management Supervise Clusters Health check Regular Back up & recovery Node Commissioning & Decommissioning Hive connections Kafka Spark Map Reduce Tez User Group Administration Privilege Checks Code Deployment to Production Server Log Analysis and Scheduled Report Monitoring & Back up Monitoring
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Works under minimal supervision with a high degree of self-motivation commitment and integrity
Willingness to learn new technologies at an accelerated pace
Provides clear communication to senior management on issue identification and resolution
Leverage in-depth business knowledge to translate complex business analysis and reporting requirements into technical designs
Practical skills in deploying large scale environment processing millions of records per day in a high-availability environment
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Senior IC