Urgent hiring for AWS Databricks Administrator - Raritan, New Jersey - Long-term Contract

Role: AWS Databricks Administrator

Location: Raritan, New Jersey 2 days Hybrid

Duration: Long-term Contract

Job Summary

• We are looking for an experienced AWS Databricks Platform Administrator to manage, secure, automate, and optimize enterprise Databricks environments on AWS. The ideal candidate will have strong hands-on experience with Databricks administration, AWS, Unity Catalog, IAM, Terraform, monitoring, and production support

Key Responsibilities

• Administer and manage Databricks workspaces on AWS.
• Manage IAM, S3 access, instance profiles, roles, and trust policies.
• Configure and manage Unity Catalog, catalogs, schemas, storage credentials, and external locations.
• Manage clusters, cluster policies, access controls, jobs, and workspace standards.
• Monitor platform performance and optimize Databricks/AWS costs using autoscaling, tagging, and policies.
• Automate infrastructure and platform configuration using Terraform and Python/Shell/Bash.
• Troubleshoot production issues involving clusters, permissions, storage, networking, and job failures.
• Support CI/CD, release management, upgrades, and environment migrations.
• Perform incident management, RCA, and production support.
• Create and maintain SOPs, runbooks, and operational documentation.
• Collaborate with data engineering, security, cloud infrastructure, and support teams.

Required Skills

• 7+ years of overall IT experience.
• Strong hands-on Databricks Administration on AWS.
• Strong knowledge of AWS IAM, S3, EC2, VPC, and CloudWatch.
• Hands-on experience with Databricks Unity Catalog and data governance.
• Experience with cluster/workspace administration, job monitoring, and access management.
• Strong Terraform experience and scripting with Python, Shell, or Bash.
• Knowledge of CI/CD, release management, monitoring, and production support.
• Understanding of Databricks and AWS cost optimization.

Preferred

• Experience with Databricks E2 architecture and multi-workspace environments.
• Experience with chargeback/showback, tagging, and usage reporting.
• Knowledge of Databricks SQL dashboards and platform observability.
• AWS certification such as Solutions Architect, SysOps Administrator, or Security Specialty.
• Experience supporting enterprise data platforms or analytics transformation programs.