What are the responsibilities and job description for the Direct Client: Databricks Administrator @ Austin, TX – Hybrid – Only Locals position at KSN Technologies, Inc.?

Databricks Administrator

Austin, TX – Hybrid – Only Locals

5 MONTHS contract

Looking for the candidates who can work without any visa sponsorship.

INPERSON Interviews

Position is ONSITE/Hybrid at the location listed above (with some hybrid work – determined by the hiring manager). The program will only accept LOCAL ONLY candidates for this position.

The program will only allow candidates who are LOCAL TO THE AUSTIN AREA ONLY.

Please do not submit candidates who are currently out of state and are planning to move to Texas. Candidates must already reside in Texas.

Level Description

8 or more years of experience, relies on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals, independently performs a variety of complicated tasks, a wide degree of creativity and latitude is expected.

Job Description

Understands business objectives and problems, identifies alternative solutions, performs studies and cost/benefit analysis of alternatives. Analyzes user requirements, procedures, and problems to automate processing or to improve existing computer system: Confers with personnel of organizational units involved to analyze current operational procedures, identify problems, and learn specific input and output requirements, such as forms of data input, how data is to be; summarized, and formats for reports. Writes detailed description of user needs, program functions, and steps required to develop or modify computer program. Reviews computer system capabilities, specifications, and scheduling limitations to determine if requested program or program change is possible within existing system.

Additional job details and special considerations

The Databricks Administrator is responsible for administering, configuring, and supporting the Databricks platform to enable scalable data engineering, analytics, and AI/ML workloads. This role ensures platform reliability, security, cost optimization, and compliance while supporting data engineers, analysts, and data scientists across the organization.

The administrator will manage workspace configuration, cluster policies, user access, integrations with cloud services, and ongoing platform monitoring to support enterprise data and analytics initiatives.

II. CANDIDATE SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS

Minimum Requirements: Candidates that do not meet or exceed the minimum stated requirements (skills/experience) will be displayed to customers but may not be chosen for this opportunity.
Years	Required/Preferred	Experience
8	Required	Experience administering Databricks workspaces in a cloud environment - AWS
8	Required	Strong understanding of Databricks cluster configuration, job scheduling, and workspace management.
8	Required	Experience managing user access, roles, and permissions using IAM, SCIM, and role-based access control (RBAC).
8	Required	Proficiency with Apache Spark concepts, including performance tuning and troubleshooting.
8	Required	Experience integrating Databricks with cloud storage services (e.g., S3,)
8	Required	Experience implementing and enforcing cluster policies and workspace governance standards.
8	Required	Familiarity with Databricks SQL, notebooks, and job orchestration.
8	Required	Experience monitoring platform health, performance, and availability.
8	Required	Understanding of data security, encryption, and compliance requirements.
8	Required	Experience with DevOps or automation tools (Terraform, CI/CD pipelines, scripting).
4	Preferred	Experience administering Databricks in an enterprise or government environment.
4	Preferred	Experience with Databricks Unity Catalog for data governance and access control.
4	Preferred	Knowledge of cost management and optimization for Databricks workloads.
4	Preferred	Experience supporting AI/ML workloads using Databricks ML and MLflow.
4	Preferred	Familiarity with data lake and lakehouse architectures.
4	Preferred	Knowledge of Python, SQL, or Scala for administration and troubleshooting.

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