Lead Platform Administrator
Job in
Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, 55400, USA
Listed on 2026-01-12
Listing for:
The Planet Group
Full Time
position Listed on 2026-01-12
Job specializations:
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IT/Tech
Cloud Computing, Systems Administrator, IT Project Manager, Data Engineer
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Location - 100% remote - Big preference for candidates who live in 100 miles of Minneapolis, MN
Compensation - 60-70/hour W2, conversion salary up to $129K
Client will not sponsor or transfer H1B - looking for candidates who can work in USA without any sponsorship
Databricks Platform LeadThe Databricks Platform Lead oversees the entire Databricks infrastructure, ensuring its scalability, performance, and security. They will lead a team of administrators and align platform capabilities with business goals.
Responsibilities- Oversee the design, implementation, and maintenance of Databricks clusters.
- Ensure the platform’s scalability, performance, and security.
- Develop and enforce policies and procedures for platform administration.
- Collaborate with leadership to align platform capabilities with business goals.
- Provide escalated support and troubleshooting to users.
- Oversee maintenance of role-based access to data and features in the Databricks Platform using Unity Catalog.
- Oversee implementation of external access controls for outside teams using service principles, SQL warehouses and Delta Sharing
- Continuously improve processes and systems used to manage infrastructure, users and external access.
- Lead implementation of service principles and access tokens for external users.
- Oversee creation of queries and dashboards to monitor critical systems and processes.
- Review and maintain documentation for users and administrators.
- Automate common admin tasks using Databricks notebooks.
- Manage workflow tags, cluster tags, workflow naming convention enforcement.
- Review clusters health check and best practices implementation.
- Ensure regular backup and recovery.
- Oversee privilege reviews on users and resources.
- Stay current with industry trends and advancements in Databricks and cloud technologies.
- Minimum of 6 years relevant data platform experience working with Snowflake
- 6 years experience working with Azure Synapse
- 6 years experience working with ADF
- 1+ years experience with Databricks
- Experience with Terraform
- Azure cloud experience (AWS is nice-to-have)
- Mid-Senior level
- Contract
- Information Technology
- Staffing and Recruiting
Position Requirements
5+ Years
work experience
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