Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. General Dynamics Information Technology is a global technology and professional services company that delivers consulting, technology, and mission services. They are seeking a Databricks Administrator to lead the administration, governance, and operational management of enterprise Databricks environments, serving as a technical advisor and focusing on platform operations and improvements across teams.
Responsibilities
- Identifies solutions based on business and technical criteria, analyzes alternatives, and implements designs
- Research current and emerging technologies and process methodologies and propose changes and tailoring where needed
- Assesses the system and business process architecture currently in place and works with staff to recommend improvements
- Administer and maintain Databricks workspaces, catalogs, schemas, storage integrations, and platform configurations
- Troubleshoot platform issues related to permissions, connectivity, compute usage, storage access, workspace administration, and job execution
- Support cost optimization efforts by recommending best practices for workload management, scheduling, and efficient resource usage
- Participate in platform design discussions, architecture reviews, and operational planning to improve scalability, maintainability, and governance maturity
- Create and maintain documentation, standards, runbooks, and repeatable operating procedures for platform administration and governed delivery
- As needed, provide platform-level guidance for adjacent analytics and AI capabilities in alignment with governance and operational standards
- May support other data analysis and coding efforts in support of project
- Coach and provide guidance to less experienced professionals
- As needed, assist in ad-hoc educational and outreach sessions with partners
- Safeguard PII and PHI
Skills
- Technical training/certification(s) and 5+ years of Databricks administration, platform engineering, or data engineering operations
- 3+ years of hands-on experience administering Databricks in an enterprise environment
- Practical experience using Python in support of pipeline troubleshooting, platform standards, and engineering collaboration
- Able to adapt to both changing business and client needs, and a changing technical environment
- Demonstrated ability to be innovative in design and thought, when appropriate to meet business needs
- Excellent communication skills
- Must be able to pass a CMS background check. This could include background verifications and fingerprinting
- Residency requirement - must have lived in the US 3 out of the last 5 years
- Preferred experience with case tracking system data entry, resolution of data issues, and other related troubleshooting
Benefits
- 401K with company match
- Comprehensive health and wellness packages
- Internal mobility team dedicated to helping you own your career
- Professional growth opportunities including paid education and certifications
- Cutting-edge technology you can learn from
- Rest and recharge with paid vacation and holiday
- Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match.
- To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave.
- To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available.
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