Administrator, Databricks

Technology Services is integral to maintaining the Firm’s overall technology, mobile and desktop devices, and core infrastructure to ensure reliable, secure and efficient operations. The team operates globally with representation in each of the Firm’s offices and shared service centers in Tampa and Manila. We oversee critical enterprise systems, provide world-class client service, and balance innovation with data security and compliance—leveraging generative AI, cloud computing, and other advancements while safeguarding sensitive client information against cyber threats.

About the role

The Azure Databricks Administrator owns the governance, security, administration, optimization, and operational support of the Azure Databricks platform. This role ensures Azure Databricks is deployed and managed as a secure, scalable, cost-effective, and production-ready enterprise analytics and AI platform while supporting integration with Microsoft Fabric, Microsoft Purview, Precisely, and other enterprise AI solutions.

Responsibilities

• Administer Azure Databricks workspaces across Development, Test, and Production environments.
• Define and enforce platform governance standards, cluster policies, naming standards, and environment controls.
• Manage security including Azure Entra ID integration, RBAC, Unity Catalog, Key Vault integration, private endpoints, and network security.
• Monitor platform health, usage, reliability, and compliance using enterprise monitoring and alerting tools.
• Optimize cloud consumption, compute resources, storage utilization, cluster sizing, and overall platform costs.
• Provide troubleshooting, support, root-cause analysis, and operational guidance to engineering teams.
• Lead user onboarding, access management, training, and adoption activities.
• Ensure compliance with internal policies, regulatory requirements, and data protection standards.
• Integrate Azure Databricks with Precisely, Microsoft Purview, Microsoft Fabric, and other enterprise platforms.
• Support secure integration with AI solutions such as Atlas, Legora, Azure OpenAI, and future AI platforms.
• Collaborate with Infrastructure, Security, Architecture, Data Engineering, and business stakeholders to align platform strategy.

Requirements

• 3–5+ years of experience supporting Azure and enterprise data platforms.
• Strong knowledge of Azure Databricks administration, security, cluster management, and governance.
• Experience with Azure services including Entra ID, Key Vault, Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Networking, and Cost Management.
• Understanding of CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code (Terraform), GitHub, and Azure DevOps.
• Experience with data governance, metadata management, lineage, and Microsoft Purview.
• Knowledge of Microsoft Fabric, Lakehouse architecture, Delta Lake, and modern analytics platforms.

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Life and disability coverage.
• 401(k) retirement savings plan.
• Vacation time and leave programs, including parental leave.
• Performance bonus eligibility for exempt roles.

Pay

New York salary range: $97,600 – $146,400.