Databricks Platform Engineer

Booz Allen Hamilton

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Work type
On-site
Location
McLean, VA
Salary
$77,600–$176,000 / yr
Posted
2 days ago
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Below market

How this pay compares to similar roles

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This role $127k
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This role pays less than 80% of similar roles. Most pay $139,400–$205,950 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $127k versus about $173k for comparable roles.

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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 high-impact 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. Your daily work involves utilizing Databricks, Python, SQL, Terraform, and Terragrunt to manage infrastructure. You will also leverage GitHub Actions, Splunk, or Dynatrace for monitoring and logging. The role focuses on solving complex platform challenges related to scalability, cost-efficiency, and governance within a distributed processing environment. Key technical components include Unity Catalog administration, Delta Lake architecture, and the integration of MLOps capabilities to support advanced data analytics.

What you'll do

  • Design, build, and optimize Databricks infrastructure and DataOps workflows for scalability and cost-efficiency.
  • Manage and govern data environments using Python, SQL, and REST APIs.
  • Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform and Terragrunt to manage cloud resources.
  • Develop and automate CI/CD pipelines and DataOps workflows using GitHub Actions.
  • Implement platform observability, logging, and monitoring using tools like Splunk or Dynatrace.
  • Manage enterprise governance requirements, including change requests and auditable applications.
  • Integrate new AI capabilities and support MLOps scaling for the organization.
  • Monitor and optimize cloud budgets to control compute costs across Databricks resources.

What we're looking for

  • U.S. citizenship is required.
  • 2+ years of experience with Python and SQL, interacting with REST APIs and CLI tools to manage infrastructure.
  • 2+ years of experience with Databricks platform architecture, administration, and distributed processing environments.
  • 2+ 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 auditable applications.
  • 3+ years of experience configuring Databricks components, prioritizing Unity Catalog administration, workflows, and Delta Lake architecture (preferred).
  • Experience with Python, SQL, Scala, or Java (preferred).
  • Experience scaling AI workloads, integrating new AI technologies, and supporting MLOps capabilities (preferred).
  • Experience working in an Agile development environment (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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