Rubix Solutions ยท 2 days ago
Databricks Engineer
Washington, DC
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
7+ years expRubix Solutions is seeking a Databricks Engineer to manage and optimize their Databricks account and workspaces. The role involves administering cloud data platforms, providing operational support, and ensuring security and governance compliance.
Government Relations
No H1B
U.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Administer Databricks account and workspaces across SDLC environments; standardize, configuration, naming, and operational patterns
Configure and maintain clusters/compute, job compute, SQL warehouses, runtime versions, libraries, repos, and workspace settings
Implement platform monitoring/alerting, operational dashboards, and health checks; maintain runbooks and operational procedures
Provide Tier 2/3 operational support: troubleshoot incidents, perform root-cause analysis, and drive remediation and preventive actions
Manage change control for upgrades, feature rollouts, configuration changes, and integration changes; document impacts and rollback plans
Enforce least privilege across platform resources (workspaces, jobs, clusters, SQL warehouses, repos, secrets) using role/group-based access patterns
Configure and manage secrets and secure credential handling (secret scopes / key management integrations) for platform and data connectivity
Enable and maintain audit logging and access/event visibility; support security reviews and evidence requests
Administer Unity Catalog governance: metastores, catalogs/schemas/tables, ownership, grants, and environment/domain patterns
Configure and manage external locations, storage credentials, and governed access to cloud object storage
Partner with governance stakeholders to support metadata/lineage integration, classification/tagging, and retention controls where applicable
Coordinate secure connectivity and guardrails with cloud/network teams: private connectivity patterns, egress controls, firewall/proxy needs
Qualification
Required
Must be able to obtain and maintain Moderate Risk Public Trust (MRPT) facility credentials/authorization. Note: US Citizenship is required for MRPT facility credentials/authorization at this work location
7+ years in cloud/data platform administration and operations, including 4+ years supporting Databricks or similar platforms
Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems or IT related discipline, or equivalent practical experience
Experience with the Scrum framework, Agile engineering, Lean methodologies or DevOps
Experience with one or more of the following: system development, software development, hardware development, or mission support
Experience working with DevOps CI/CD related technologies (Azure DevOps, Git, Jenkins, Puppet, Docker, Confluence, Sonar Lint, and J-Unit
Ability to work at the conceptual level and with program leads, customers, and internal teams to ensure successful system development, integration, and deployment
Ability Hands-on experience administering Databricks (workspace administration, clusters/compute policies, jobs, SQL warehouses, repos, runtime management) and expertise using Databricks CLI
Strong Unity Catalog administration: metastores; catalogs/schemas; grants; service principals; external locations; storage credentials; governed storage access
Identity & Access Management proficiency: SSO concepts, SCIM provisioning, group-based RBAC, service principals, least-privilege patterns
Security fundamentals: secrets management, secure connectivity, audit logging, access monitoring, and evidence-ready operations. Cloud platform expertise (AWS): IAM roles/policies, object storage security patterns, networking basics (VPC concepts), logging/monitoring integration
Automation skills: scripting and/or IaC using Terraform/CLI/REST APIs for repeatable configuration and environment promotion
MUST have at least one of the following Certifications: Cloud-related (e.g., DevOps, Security, and/or ML), Databricks Platform Administrator/Databricks AWS Platform Architect, Databricks Certified Data Engineer Associate/Professional, AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate or Professional
Company
Rubix Solutions
Rubix Solutions specializes in providing data driven solutions, project management, and technical resources that empower our partners and clients to collaborate and achieve outstanding, results-driven success.
11-50 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Early StageLeadership Team
Janie Dinnis
Co-Founder
Richard Dinnis
Chief Operating Officer
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