How You’ll Make an Impact
A subsidiary of Publicis Groupe, Epsilon powers data-driven marketing at massive scale for some of the world’s leading brands.
We’re hiring a Lead Databricks Administrator to own and evolve our Databricks platform across cloud environments. This is a high-impact role focused on driving platform standards, strengthening governance, and improving reliability across enterprise data systems. You’ll support large-scale Data Lake environments across AWS, Azure, and GCP, helping enable critical data operations for key clients.
What You’ll Achieve:
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Lead and scale Databricks platform administration across enterprise workspaces and multi-cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP)
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Establish and enforce standards for workspace provisioning, access controls, compute configuration, and governance to improve platform consistency and stability
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Drive operational excellence by implementing repeatable processes, automation, and best practices across Databricks environments
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Strengthen platform reliability, performance, and cost efficiency through proactive monitoring, optimization, and issue resolution
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Partner cross-functionally with Engineering, Security, Cloud, and Operations teams to ensure secure, compliant, and scalable platform architecture
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Own and improve identity and access management practices (least privilege, group management, service principals, admin controls)
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Lead troubleshooting and resolution of complex issues across Databricks, cloud infrastructure, networking, and data workloads
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Evaluate and adopt new Databricks capabilities to enhance governance, scalability, and operational efficiency
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Build and maintain documentation, runbooks, and platform standards to support long-term maintainability and audit readiness
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Mentor team members and promote best practices to elevate overall platform maturity
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Support production operations, incident response, and ongoing platform health in a high-impact, enterprise environment
What You’ll Bring with You :
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BS in Computer Science or related technical discipline, or equivalent practical experience
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7+ years of experience in data platform, database administration, or cloud infrastructure roles
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3+ years of hands-on experience administering Databricks (workspaces, clusters, jobs, SQL Warehouses, platform services)
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Strong expertise in:
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Databricks workspace and account management
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Platform governance, access controls, and administration best practices
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Compute configuration, cluster policies, and workload optimization
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Experience supporting Databricks across AWS, Azure, or GCP environments
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Hands-on experience with infrastructure provisioning and automation (Terraform, APIs, scripting, CI/CD pipelines)
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Strong understanding of identity and access management:
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SSO, SCIM provisioning, RBAC
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Service principals, group management, least privilege models
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Working knowledge of Unity Catalog, data governance frameworks, and secure data access patterns
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Experience implementing and maintaining platform standards (naming conventions, provisioning workflows, configuration baselines, access controls)
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Proven ability to monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize platform performance, reliability, and cost efficiency
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Experience diagnosing issues across Databricks, cloud infrastructure, networking, identity, and data pipelines
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Strong SQL, Unix/Linux, and scripting skills; Python or Scala is a plus
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Experience building and maintaining documentation, runbooks, and operational processes to support audit readiness and platform scalability
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Familiarity with incident response, change management, and production support in enterprise environments
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Ability to operate independently, manage multiple priorities, and contribute to a high-ownership, cross-functional environment
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Strong communication skills with the ability to work effectively across engineering, security, and platform teams
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