Lead Databricks Admin

Post Date

Aug 30, 2024

Location

Cincinnati,
Ohio

ZIP/Postal Code

45202
US
Jul 13, 2026 Insight Global

Job Type

Contract,Perm Possible

Category

Database Administrator (DBA)

Req #

CIN-730687

Pay Rate

$46 - $58 (hourly estimate)

Job Description

A client in the Cincinnati, OH area is looking for a Lead Databricks Admin to join their team. The team consists of roughly 4 individuals. Cincinnati, OH is highly preferred with a hybrid schedule (M,T,W), then Chicago (hybrid M,T,W), then will consider remote candidates thirdly. The Lead Databricks Administrator will provide problem resolution for referred incidents. The role will also provide administration and management of our internally developed Databricks platform. The role is typically 20% project work and 80% incident management. The role is focused around support of our Databricks platform and associated tools. The team is responsible for the Databricks platform, the enablement of new tools to ensure data governance, adherence to Security standards and the ability to scale our solutions.

· Investigates and analyzes new technical possibilities, tools, and techniques that reduce complexity, create a more efficient and productive delivery process or create better technical solutions that increase business value.
· Responsible for meeting Service Level Agreement (SLA) targets, and collaboratively ensure team targets are met.
· Ensure all changes to Production systems are planned and approved in accordance with the Change Management process.
· Responsible for 2-3 technologies including complete ownership of all aspects of the technology (maintain, upgrade, train, inspire, and mentor).
· Work with internal customers on resolving Databricks issues. Ability to diagnose our standard deployments and investigate issues to determine root cause.

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Required Skills & Experience

· 3 or more years experience providing 2nd and/or 3rd line support in a fast-paced environment.
· 2+ years of experience with Databricks and integration with other Azure technologies.
· 6+ months of experience with Unity Catalog and use of other Databricks tools such as Databricks Workflows, Delta Sharing, Serverless and SQL Warehouses.
· 2+ years of experience with coding in Python and Spark with performance tuning background
· 1+ years of solid experience with development of Terraform as IaaC
· 1+ years of experience in Terraform Cloud, Azure Functions, Github, CI/CD deployments preferred.
· Experience with cloud cost monitoring and tagging resources in a defined hierarchy
· Experience in troubleshooting data pipelines in Spark

Nice to Have Skills & Experience

· Experience in Azure Security and Databricks architecture is preferred.

Benefit packages for this role will start on the 1st day of employment and include medical, dental, and vision insurance, as well as HSA, FSA, and DCFSA account options, and 401k retirement account access with employer matching. Employees in this role are also entitled to paid sick leave and/or other paid time off as provided by applicable law.