Lead Databricks Platform Engineer

Overview

How You’ll Make an Impact

A subsidiary of Publicis Groupe, Epsilon powers data‑driven marketing at massive scale for some of the world’s leading brands.

We’re hiring a Lead Databricks Administrator to own and evolve our Databricks platform across cloud environments. This is a high‑impact role focused on driving platform standards, strengthening governance, and improving reliability across enterprise data systems. You’ll support large‑scale Data Lake environments across AWS, Azure, and GCP, helping enable critical data operations for key clients.

• Lead and scale Databricks platform administration across enterprise work spaces and multi‑cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP)
• Establish and enforce standards for workspace provisioning, access controls, compute configuration, and governance to improve platform consistency and stability
• Drive operational excellence by implementing repeatable processes, automation, and best practices across Databricks environments
• Strengthen platform reliability, performance, and cost efficiency through proactive monitoring, optimization, and issue resolution
• Partner cross‑functionally with Engineering, Security, Cloud, and Operations teams to ensure secure, compliant, and scalable platform architecture
• Own and improve identity and access management practices (least privilege, group management, service principals, admin controls)
• Lead troubleshooting and resolution of complex issues across Databricks, cloud infrastructure, networking, and data workloads
• Evaluate and adopt new Databricks capabilities to enhance governance, scalability, and operational efficiency
• Build and maintain documentation, runbooks, and platform standards to support long‑term maintainability and audit readiness
• Mentor team members and promote best practices to elevate overall platform maturity
• Support production operations, incident response, and ongoing platform health in a high‑impact, enterprise environment

• BS in Computer Science or related technical discipline, or equivalent practical experience
• 7+ years of experience in data platform, database administration, or cloud infrastructure roles
• 3+ years of hands‑on experience administering Databricks (work spaces, clusters, jobs, SQL Warehouses, platform services)
• Strong expertise in Databricks workspace and account management
• Strong expertise in platform governance, access controls, and administration best practices
• Strong expertise in compute configuration, cluster policies, and workload optimization
• Experience supporting Databricks across AWS, Azure, or GCP environments
• Hands‑on experience with infrastructure provisioning and automation (Terraform, APIs, scripting, CI/CD pipelines)
• Strong understanding of identity and access management: SSO, SCIM provisioning, RBAC, service principals, group management, least privilege models
• Working knowledge of Unity Catalog, data governance frameworks, and secure data access patterns
• Experience implementing and maintaining platform standards (naming conventions, provisioning workflows, configuration baselines, access controls)
• Proven ability to monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize platform performance, reliability, and cost efficiency
• Experience diagnosing issues across Databricks, cloud infrastructure, networking, identity, and data pipelines
• Strong SQL, Unix/Linux, and scripting skills;
  Python or Scala is a plus
• Experience building and maintaining documentation, runbooks, and operational processes to support audit readiness and platform scalability
• Familiarity with incident response, change management, and production support in enterprise environments
• Ability to operate independently, manage multiple priorities, and contribute to a high‑ownership, cross‑functional environment
• Strong communication skills with the ability to work effectively across engineering, security, and platform teams

USD $98,000.00 - USD $ / Annually.

• Time to Recharge:
  Flexible time off (FTO), 15 paid holidays
• Time to Recover:
  Paid sick time
• Family Well‑Being:
  Parental/new child leave, childcare & elder care assistance, adoption assistance
• Extra Perks:
  Comprehensive health coverage, 401(k), tuition…