Principal Databricks Platform Administrator

Description

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE:
No relocation assistance available

CLEARANCE TYPE:
None

TRAVEL:
Yes, 10% of the Time

At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people s lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation s history - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon.

We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have fun along the way. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work — and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Our employees are not only part of history, they re making history.

Northrop Grumman is in need of a Databricks Platform Administrator to join the AI & Analytics Platform team and accelerate the expansion of our Data Ecosystem within the Insights & Intelligence (i2) organization. This role will report to the Senior Manager of Platforms and Automation and will be remote and/or hybrid supporting the Falls Church, VA office.

Insights & Intelligence (i2) is reimagining decision making at Northrop Grumman. As part of our Chief Information & Digital Office (CIDO), i2 works with all enterprise domains and businesses to drive our data, analytics & AI transformation.

The selected candidate will partner with data engineers, scientists, analysts, and internal stakeholders to deliver a reliable environment for data ingestion, transformation, storage, and analytics. This position is an individual contributor position with additional responsibilities related to platform adoption, stakeholder engagement, and cost efficiency.

• Coordinate the design, provisioning, and configuration of Databricks work spaces, clusters, and job schedules across development, test, and production environments.
• Maintain the platform s reliability (SLAs/SLOs), capacity planning, cost-optimization, and performance tuning.
• Establish automated monitoring, alerting, and incident-response processes (Databricks Jobs UI, Cloud Watch, Azure Monitor, etc.)
• Evaluate and integrate complementary technologies (e.g., data ingestion tools, orchestration, cataloging, governance, MLflow, Spark, Delta Sharing)
• Serve as a liaison between data engineering, data science, analytics, and business units.
• Establish metrics to evaluate the performance and reliability of Databricks and implement improvements based on findings.
• Ensure that the Data Ecosystem is compliant with relevant data regulations and security standards, implementing necessary controls for data security, access control, and compliance

• Must have a minimum of 5 years of relevant experience with a Bachelors degree; 3 Years of relevant experience with Masters degree, or 9 years of relevant experience in lieu of the degree requirement
• Must have a minimum of 3 years experience working with or supporting Data Ecosystem tools
• Must have a minimum of 2 years experience with AWS cloud
• Must have exceptional verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to convey complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders
• Must have strong communication and stakeholder‑management abilities.

• a Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, Data Engineering or a related field is preferred
• Hands‑on experience with Databricks workspace administration in a Gov environment
• Previous Data Engineering or Platform Engineering experience
• Practical knowledge of data security (encryption‑at‑rest/in‑flight, IAM, RBAC) and governance frameworks
• Databricks Associate level certification or higher
• AWS or Azure Cloud Certifications

Primary Level Salary Range: $ - $

The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate s experience, education, skills…