Databricks Administrator

Job duties:
Databricks Administrator with 8 + years of relevant experience.
Responsibilities will include designing, implementing, and maintaining the Databricks platform, and providing operational support.
Operational support responsibilities include platform set-up and configuration, workspace administration, resource monitoring, providing technical support to data engineering, Data Science/ML, and Application/integration teams, performing restores/recoveries, troubleshooting service issues, determining the root causes of issues, and resolving issues,
Assist in the deployment and configuration of Databricks environments, ensuring alignment with best practices for security and performance.
Responsible for the administration, configuration, and optimization of the Databricks platform to enable data analytics, machine learning, and data engineering activities within the organization.
Install, configure, and maintain Databricks clusters and workspaces.
Maintain Platform currency with security, compliance, and patching best practices.
Monitor and manage cluster performance, resource utilization, platform costs, and troubleshoot issues to ensure optimal performance.
Implement and manage access controls and security policies to protect sensitive data.
Manage schema data with Unity Catalog - create, configure, catalog, external storage, and access permissions.
Manage AWS resources related to Databricks and networking configurations
Technical Competencies:
Strong understanding of data engineering needs
Strong understanding of aws infrastructure required by Databricks
Experience with compliance audits/audit documentation
Experience using Databricks APIs , system tables for creating admin related queries and dashboards
Understanding of the Databricks workspace and development environment
Strong debugging skills
Proficiency in pySpark, Python, SQL and aws