Databricks Platform Engineer

Booz Allen Hamilton

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Location
McLean, VA
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Full-time
Posted
45 days ago
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About Booz Allen Hamilton

Booz Allen Hamilton is a management and technology consulting firm that provides analytics, digital, engineering, and cybersecurity solutions primarily to U.S. government agencies and commercial clients. Industry: Management & Technology Consulting

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TL;DR · Databricks Platform Engineer

As a Databricks Platform Engineer, you will join a cross-functional team of over seventy people to design, build, and optimize infrastructure and DataOps workflows for a high-impact Fortune 500 client program. Your daily responsibilities include scaling and governing data environments, driving CI/CD automation, ensuring platform observability, managing cloud budgets, and securely integrating new AI capabilities. You will utilize a technical stack including Databricks, Python, SQL, Terraform, Terragrunt, and GitHub Actions. The role requires managing distributed processing environments, Unity Catalog administration, and Delta Lake architecture while implementing logging and monitoring via Splunk or Dynatrace. You will solve complex platform challenges related to scalability, cost-efficiency, and enterprise governance to support Data Engineering, AI, Data Science, and Reporting functions within a secure, audit-compliant environment.

What you'll do

  • Design, build, and optimize Databricks infrastructure and DataOps workflows for scalability and cost-efficiency.
  • Use Terraform and Terragrunt to manage and govern data environments via Infrastructure as Code.
  • Develop and manage CI/CD pipelines and DataOps workflows using GitHub and GitHub Actions.
  • Implement platform observability, logging, and operational monitoring using tools like Splunk or Dynatrace.
  • Administer Databricks platform components, including Unity Catalog, workflows, and Delta Lake architecture.
  • Integrate new AI capabilities and scale AI workloads within the data platform.
  • Manage cloud budgets and optimize compute costs across Databricks and other cloud resources.
  • Navigate enterprise governance by managing change requests and supporting audit-compliant applications.

What we're looking for

  • U.S. citizenship is required.
  • 4+ years of experience with Python and SQL, interacting with REST APIs and CLI tools to manage infrastructure.
  • 3+ years of experience with Databricks platform architecture, administration, and distributed processing environments.
  • 3+ years of experience implementing Infrastructure as Code (IaC) utilizing Terraform and Terragrunt.
  • Experience designing CI/CD pipelines and DataOps workflows utilizing GitHub and GitHub Actions.
  • Experience implementing platform observability, logging, and operational monitoring utilizing Splunk or Dynatrace.
  • Experience navigating enterprise governance, managing change requests, and supporting audit compliant applications.
  • Bachelor’s degree.

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