Databricks Platform Operations Lead
Core
Lead operational management, governance, support, and continuous improvement of an enterprise Azure Databricks Lakehouse platform.
Role type
Senior IC platform operations lead (Databricks/Azure)
Builds
A secure, well-governed, and highly available data platform underpinning analytics, AI, and operational reporting.
Domain
Cloud data platform operations (Azure Databricks)
Deliverable
production ML models | infrastructure
Required skills
Azure Databricks, Unity Catalog, Delta Lake, Apache Spark, Python, SQL, Azure Data Factory, Azure Data Lake Storage, CI/CD, monitoring and observability
Preferred skills
Databricks certification, Azure certification, ITIL certification, Power BI/Fabric experience, AI/ML workload support
Technologies
Azure Databricks, Unity Catalog, Delta Lake, Apache Spark, Python, SQL, Azure Data Factory, Azure Data Lake Storage, GitHub, Azure DevOps
Responsibilities
Own operational health and performance of the Databricks platform; Lead incident, problem, and change management; Manage platform monitoring, alerting, and service reliability; Establish and maintain operational runbooks and ITIL-aligned practices; Manage Databricks workspaces, clusters, compute policies, and Unity Catalog administration; Oversee security controls (RBAC, ABAC) and Delta Sharing; Oversee Azure resources (Storage, Data Factory, Key Vaults, networking); Manage platform capacity, cost optimization, and resource utilization; Lead platform support activities and vendor-managed service providers; Coordinate triage and resolution of platform incidents; Identify opportunities to improve platform automation and self-service capabilities; Drive adoption of DataOps and platform engineering best practices.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
