Senior Platform Administrator

CLA is a top 10 national professional services firm where our purpose is to create opportunities every day, for our clients, our people, and our communities through industry-focused wealth advisory, digital, audit, tax, consulting, and outsourcing services. Even with more than 8,500 people, 130 U.S. locations, and a global reach, we promise to know you and help you.

CLA is dedicated to building a culture that invites different beliefs and perspectives to the table, so we can truly know and help our clients, communities, and each other.

• Flexible PTO (designed to offer flexible time away for you!)
• Up to 12 weeks paid parental leave
• Paid Volunteer Time Off
• Mental health coverage
• Quarterly Wellness stipend
• Fertility benefits
• Complete list of benefits here

CLA is growing and seeking to hire an experienced Senior Platform Administrator to join our talented Information Technology team. The position offers growth, flexibility and a collaborative work environment.

• Lead the setup, configuration, and maintenance of Databricks clusters.
• Monitor and optimize system performance, ensuring high availability and reliability.
• Implement and enforce security best practices and compliance standards.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design and implement data solutions.
• Provide advanced user support and training.
• Develop and maintain comprehensive documentation for platform administration.
• Manage and maintain role-based access to data and features in the Databricks Platform using Unity Catalog.
• Implement external access controls for outside teams using service principles, SQL warehouses, and Delta Sharing.
• Ensure unused assets are tracked for pruning.
• Implement service principles and access tokens for external users.
• Create queries and dashboards to monitor critical systems and processes.
• Automate common admin tasks using Databricks notebooks.
• Manage workflow tags, cluster tags, workflow naming convention enforcement.
• Perform clusters health check and best practices implementation.
• Perform regular backup and recovery.
• Perform privilege reviews on users and resources.
• Provide training to junior members of the team and act as a point of escalation for complex questions and issues.

• 5 years of relevant experience required.
• Bachelor's degree or a combination of relevant experience and training may be considered in lieu of a degree.

• Understanding of data engineering needs
• Understanding of Azure infrastructure required by Databricks
• Experience with compliance audits/audit documentation
• Experience using Databricks APIs with tools like Postman
• Understanding of the Databricks workspace and development environment
• Experience using Git Hub to manage source code
• Strong SQL skills for creating admin related queries and dashboards
• Strong debugging skills
• Ability to do risk analysis for 3rd party integrations with Azure resources.
• Familiarity with Dynatrace.
• Proficiency in Spark, Python, and SQL.
• Strong understanding of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP).

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To support our CLA family members, we focus on their physical, financial, social, and emotional well-being and offer comprehensive benefit options that include health, dental, vision, 401k and much more.

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• Mid‑Senior level

• Full‑time

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