System AnalystDatabricks Administrator

Client: HHSC (Health & Human Services) - State of TX
Location: Hybrid in Austin TX (2 days onsite rest are remote)

What to send:
- Resume including skills and filled out form (years and 3 references - name title company phone)
- Proof of address so if the DL says somewhere other than Austin then send a bill
- Visa copy (if its within the year or so then also send previous one but if its older than a year then current copy is fine)


Job Description
Level Description
8 or more years of experience relies on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals independently performs a variety of complicated tasks a wide degree of creativity and latitude is expected.

Job Description
Understands business objectives and problems identifies alternative solutions performs studies and cost/benefit analysis of alternatives. Analyzes user requirements procedures and problems to automate processing or to improve existing computer system: Confers with personnel of organizational units involved to analyze current operational procedures identify problems and learn specific input and output requirements such as forms of data input how data is to be; summarized and formats for reports. Writes detailed description of user needs program functions and steps required to develop or modify computer program. Reviews computer system capabilities specifications and scheduling limitations to determine if requested program or program change is possible within existing system.

Additional job details and special considerations
The Databricks Administrator is responsible for administering configuring and supporting the Databricks platform to enable scalable data engineering analytics and AI/ML workloads. This role ensures platform reliability security cost optimization and compliance while supporting data engineers analysts and data scientists across the organization.
The administrator will manage workspace configuration cluster policies user access integrations with cloud services and ongoing platform monitoring to support enterprise data and analytics initiatives.

MUST HAVE
8 Required Experience administering Databricks workspaces in a cloud environment - AWS
8 Required Strong understanding of Databricks cluster configuration job scheduling and workspace management.
8 Required Experience managing user access roles and permissions using IAM SCIM and role-based access control (RBAC).
8 Required Proficiency with Apache Spark concepts including performance tuning and troubleshooting.
8 Required Experience integrating Databricks with cloud storage services (e.g. S3)
8 Required Experience implementing and enforcing cluster policies and workspace governance standards.
8 Required Familiarity with Databricks SQL notebooks and job orchestration.
8 Required Experience monitoring platform health performance and availability.
8 Required Understanding of data security encryption and compliance requirements.
8 Required Experience with DevOps or automation tools (Terraform CI/CD pipelines scripting).

PREFERRED
4 Preferred Experience administering Databricks in an enterprise or government environment.
4 Preferred Experience with Databricks Unity Catalog for data governance and access control.
4 Preferred Knowledge of cost management and optimization for Databricks workloads.
4 Preferred Experience supporting AI/ML workloads using Databricks ML and MLflow.
4 Preferred Familiarity with data lake and lakehouse architectures.
4 Preferred Knowledge of Python SQL or Scala for administration and troubleshooting