Azure Databricks Platform Administrator

About

Dice is the leading career destination for tech experts at every stage of their careers. Our client, PRIMUS Global Services Inc., is seeking the following.

Role Overview

We have an immediate opportunity for an Azure Databricks Platform Administrator to support enterprise cloud data platform operations with a strong focus on Azure Databricks and associated Azure services. This role is ideal for an experienced cloud and platform operations professional who can lead onshore administration, governance, and operational excellence initiatives across a modern Azure-based data ecosystem. The selected candidate will be accountable for platform stability, security, compliance, and operational readiness while serving as the primary escalation point for critical P1/P2 incidents and change coordination activities.

Responsibilities

• Administering Azure Databricks environments
• Managing platform access controls
• Enforcing governance across Azure Portal, Entra ID, Active Directory groups, RBAC, Key Vault, secret scopes, and related services
• Managing Databricks workspaces, cluster policies, ADF/SHIR configurations, ADLS permissions and zones, Power BI gateway topology, and enterprise integration touchpoints
• Establishing observability frameworks using Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, App Insights, Splunk, and scheduler tools such as Tidal, ensuring alerts, thresholds, and incident response playbooks are standardized and continuously optimized
• Owning CI/CD operational readiness through Azure DevOps pipelines, repos, and boards
• Supporting CAB/RFC processes in Ivanti
• Driving secure platform changes including patching, certificate renewals, secret rotation, rollback planning, and audit evidence management
• Collaborating with Data Ops and FinOps teams to implement cost and stability guardrails through tagging, policy controls, automation, and self-service solutions

Qualifications

• Strong hands-on experience with Azure services such as ADLS Gen2, Azure Networking, Azure Monitor, Azure Data Factory, and integration components
• Proactive, highly organized, and technically strong in cloud platform operations
• Excellent troubleshooting, communication, and stakeholder management skills
• Capable of balancing governance, reliability, performance, and cost efficiency while supporting fast-paced enterprise data initiatives

Preferred Qualifications

• Hands-on experience installing and administering HVR Hub and agents across Azure and on-prem environments
• Managing Fivetran connectors for SaaS applications, databases, and event sources

Cost Optimization Focus

• Strong experience in Azure Databricks cost optimization is expected, including cluster right-sizing, autoscaling, auto-termination, and instance pool management.

Contact

For more information, please contact:

Mahalakshmi PRIMUS Global Services Desk Ext. 216 Email: