The Squires Group, Inc. · 6 hours ago
Cloud Systems Engineer (Databricks Administrator)
Washington, DC
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$80/hr - $84/hr
7+ years expThe Squires Group, Inc. is a financial institution providing the United States with a safe, flexible, and stable monetary system. They are seeking a Cloud Systems Engineer (Databricks Administrator) to serve as the hands-on technical owner of an enterprise Databricks platform, responsible for end-to-end platform operations, security, governance, and cost management to support secure analytics and AI/ML workloads at scale.
Information Technology
No H1B
U.S. Citizen OnlyHiring Manager
Lara J.
Responsibilities
Administer and standardize Databricks platforms across SDLC environments, including workspaces, jobs, SQL warehouses, runtimes, and configurations
Operate and support the platform, providing monitoring, alerting, runbooks, Tier 2/3 incident response, root-cause analysis, and change management
Enforce security, governance, and compliance through IAM, secrets management, audit logging, Unity Catalog administration, and governed data access
Manage cloud integrations, secure connectivity, and external storage in coordination with cloud, network, and governance teams
Implement cost controls, capacity planning, usage reporting, and optimization strategies
Automate administration and deployments using APIs, CLI, infrastructure-as-code, and CI/CD pipelines (including Databricks Asset Bundles)
Optimize platform performance and reliability, including SQL tuning, autoscaling, Delta Lake optimization, and DLT pipeline health. Manage third-party integrations and support user onboarding, enablement, and self-service documentation
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's Degree in related field
7+ years of experience in cloud or data platform administration and operations
4+ years of experience supporting Databricks or similar data platforms
Hands-on administration of Databricks platforms, including workspaces, jobs, SQL warehouses, runtimes, Unity Catalog governance, and serverless features
Strong IAM and security expertise, including SSO/SCIM, RBAC, service principals, secrets management, audit logging, and least-privilege design
Cloud platform proficiency (AWS preferred), including IAM, networking, object storage security, logging/monitoring, encryption, and cross-account access
Experience with automation and DevOps practices using APIs, CLI tools, infrastructure-as-code (e.g., Terraform), CI/CD pipelines, Git integrations, and Databricks Asset Bundles
Solid data platform and lakehouse knowledge, including Delta Lake, storage/compute separation, SQL performance tuning, and data engineering fundamentals (Python/Scala familiarity)
Experience implementing data governance, metadata, lineage, classification, and retention controls in regulated environments (e.g., FedRAMP, HIPAA, SOC 2)
Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, including operational reporting, service-level definition, and vendor coordination
Per our client contract, candidates must be US Citizens and be able to pass the background check
Preferred
Databricks Platform Administrator or Databricks AWS Platform Architect Certification (preferred)
Databricks Certified Data Engineer (Associate or Professional) Certification (preferred)
AWS Certified Solutions Architect (Associate or Professional) Certification (preferred)
Benefits
Paid time off (PTO)
Medical, dental, and vision coverage
Life insurance
Long-term disability insurance
A 401(k) plan
Additional optional benefits
Company
The Squires Group, Inc.
The Squires Group provides short-term, long-term, and permanent ERP, IT, Cyber, and Accounting/Finance experts to private and public sector clients.
51-200 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageCompany data provided by crunchbase