Databricks Platform Engineer

Booz Allen Hamilton

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On-site
Location
McLean, VA
Salary
$99,000–$225,000 / yr
Posted
2 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 spanning data engineering, AI, and science to design, build, and optimize infrastructure and DataOps workflows for a Fortune 500 client program. You will be responsible for scaling and governing data environments while driving CI/CD automation, ensuring platform observability, managing cloud budgets, and integrating new AI capabilities. The role requires extensive experience with the Databricks platform architecture, distributed processing environments, and Infrastructure as Code tools including Terraform and Terragrunt. You will utilize Python, SQL, Scala, or Java to manage infrastructure via REST APIs and CLI tools. Additionally, you will implement monitoring using Splunk or Dynatrace while navigating enterprise governance and audit compliance to solve complex problems related to scalability, observability, and cost-efficiency in data platform engineering.

What you'll do

  • Design and optimize Databricks infrastructure and DataOps workflows for scalability and cost-efficiency.
  • Manage and govern data environments using Terraform, Terragrunt, Python, and SQL.
  • Develop and automate CI/CD pipelines using GitHub and GitHub Actions.
  • Implement platform observability, logging, and monitoring using tools like Splunk or Dynatrace.
  • Administer Databricks components including Unity Catalog, workflows, and Delta Lake architecture.
  • Integrate new AI capabilities and support MLOps workloads.
  • Manage cloud budgets and optimize compute costs across Databricks and cloud resources.
  • Navigate enterprise governance requirements and manage change requests for 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.
  • 10+ years of experience using Python, SQL, Scala, or Java (preferred).
  • 3+ years of experience configuring Databricks platform components, prioritizing Unity Catalog administration, workflows, and Delta Lake architecture (preferred).
  • Experience scaling AI workloads, integrating new AI technologies, and supporting MLOps capabilities (preferred).
  • Ability to assist in implementing budget controls and optimizing compute costs across Databricks and cloud resources (preferred).
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field (preferred).

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