About the role
Role Overview
We are seeking a Senior Platform Engineer to design, secure, and optimize our enterprise data infrastructure. You will own the foundational architecture of our Databricks Lakehouse, ensuring data teams can build efficiently within a secure, high-performance, and cost-controlled ecosystem.
Key Responsibilities
- Infrastructure Management: Architecture, deployment, and daily support of enterprise Databricks Workspaces.
- Data Governance: Full implementation of Unity Catalog for data lineage and access control.
- Guardrails & Governance: Designing global cluster policies to balance user agility with cost.
- Performance Tuning: Optimizing complex Spark configurations, storage layouts, and query speeds.
- Innovation Delivery: Productionizing cutting-edge capabilities like Databricks Genie and Lakehouse Apps.
Required Technical Skills
- Data Platform: Advanced Databricks administration (Workspaces, Unity Catalog, Delta Lake).
- Cloud Infrastructure: Strong experience with AWS, Azure, or GCP via Terraform (IaC).
- Compute Optimization: Deep knowledge of Apache Spark internals and Spark UI tuning.
- Security & Compliance: Implementing Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) and data masking.
- CI/CD Pipelines: Building automated deployment tracks using Git, GitHub Actions, or GitLab CI.
Soft Skills & Qualifications
- Experience: 8+ years in Platform, DevOps, or Data Infrastructure Engineering.
- Collaboration: Ability to bridge the gap between Data Science teams and IT security.
- Problem Solving: Strong root-cause analysis skills for complex, distributed computing issues.