Senior Databricks Platform Engineer

General Dynamics

Confirmed live today High trust
Remote

Quick summary

Work type
Remote
Location
Washington, DC
Salary
$169,604–$229,464 / yr
Posted
51 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live today

Market check

Salary context

Competitive pay

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $182k
This role $200k
$110k $242k
below market most similar roles pay here above market

This role pays more than 64% of similar roles. Most pay $151,000–$213,200 — the blue band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $200k versus about $182k for comparable roles.

Based on 240 similar postings.

Employer

About General Dynamics

General Dynamics is a global aerospace and defense company offering a broad portfolio of products and services in business aviation, ship construction, land combat vehicles, and information technology. It serves customers in the U.S. government, allied governments, and a diverse array of commercial markets.

General Dynamics currently has 1377 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $124,093–$150,385 across 1184 roles with salary data.

Most-posted roles

View all roles at General Dynamics

At a glance

TL;DR · Senior Databricks Platform Engineer

The Senior Databricks Platform Engineer joins the CMM Data Modernization and Governance team to support the Case Management Modernization program for the Administrative Office of the US Courts. This role involves designing, building, and administering the enterprise Databricks Lakehouse Platform to enable scalable data engineering, analytics, and governance. Key responsibilities include configuring workspaces, Unity Catalog, and clusters, while optimizing compute, SQL warehouses, and serverless capabilities. The engineer will develop data pipelines and ingestion frameworks using Apache Spark, Delta Lake, Delta Live Tables, and Databricks Workflows. Technical requirements include proficiency in Python, SQL, Terraform, and Bash, alongside experience with CI/CD tools like Jenkins or GitLab CI. The position focuses on solving complex data governance, security, and performance challenges within a cloud-based federal court environment.

What you'll do

  • Design, configure, and maintain the enterprise Databricks Lakehouse Platform including workspaces and Unity Catalog.
  • Administer and optimize Databricks compute, clusters, SQL warehouses, and serverless capabilities for cost and performance.
  • Develop and optimize data pipelines and ETL/ELT processes using Apache Spark and Delta Lake.
  • Govern Unity Catalog schemas, tables, and RBAC access controls aligned with security and compliance policies.
  • Automate platform provisioning and deployments using Terraform, Python, SQL, and Databricks Asset Bundles.
  • Implement platform monitoring, logging, alerting, and capacity planning to ensure high availability.
  • Perform Spark and SQL performance tuning and troubleshoot data-processing issues.
  • Establish platform standards, reusable engineering patterns, and technical documentation for the organization.

What we're looking for

  • MA/MS degree with 12+ years of general experience and 10+ years of specialized experience in information systems.
  • Experience may be considered in lieu of degree: HS (18+ years), AA/AS (16+ years), BA/BS (14+ years), or Doctorate (11+ years).
  • Hands-on experience implementing and administering the Databricks Lakehouse Platform, including Unity Catalog and cluster management.
  • Expertise in SQL, Spark performance tuning, and workload management.
  • Proficiency in Python and Bash for automation, testing, and platform scripting.
  • Experience with CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, or Azure DevOps) and IaC automation.
  • Experience operating Databricks in AWS-based or hybrid cloud environments.
  • Databricks Certified Data Engineer, Platform Administrator, Machine Learning Professional, or Associate Developer for Apache Spark (preferred).

More like this

Similar roles

Platform and Databricks DevOps Engineer

Booz Allen Hamilton

McLean, VA 20 days ago
Databricks Terraform Python Bash AWS Azure GCP Kubernetes Docker CI/CD Unity Catalog Delta Lake Delta Live Tables REST APIs SCIM Photon Jenkins
3+ yrs exp

Databricks Platform Engineer

Booz Allen Hamilton

McLean, VA 44 days ago
Databricks Terraform Terragrunt Python SQL DataOps CI/CD GitHub Actions Delta Lake Unity Catalog MLOps Scala Java REST APIs Splunk Dynatrace Agile

Databricks Platform Engineer

Booz Allen Hamilton

McLean, VA 34 days ago $62,000–$141,000
Databricks Terraform Terragrunt Python SQL CI/CD DataOps GitHub Actions Delta Lake Unity Catalog Splunk Dynatrace Scala Java REST APIs MLOps Agile

Databricks Platform Engineer

Booz Allen Hamilton

McLean, VA 44 days ago $77,600–$176,000
Databricks Terraform Terragrunt Python SQL DataOps CI/CD GitHub Actions Delta Lake Unity Catalog MLOps Scala Java Splunk Dynatrace REST APIs CLI Agile

Databricks Platform Engineer

McKesson Corporation

Columbus, OH 39 days ago $106,500–$177,500
Databricks Azure Terraform SQL Python Unity Catalog Infrastructure as Code CI/CD Snowflake Azure Data Lake Data Engineering Data Governance Data Modeling Cloud Infrastructure Data Ingestion Platform Administration
4+ yrs exp Hybrid

Databricks Engineer

General Dynamics

Remote (Silver Spring, MD) +1 45 days ago $140,250–$189,750
Databricks PySpark SQL Delta Lake Apache Spark Databricks Lakeflow Databricks Unity Catalog AWS Azure GCP Azure Data Lake Storage S3 Google Cloud Storage Git CI/CD Terraform Azure DevOps GitHub Actions ETL ELT
7+ yrs exp Remote