Cloud Data Administrator

We are seeking a highly skilled and versatile Cloud Data Administrator to join our Data Operations team. Reporting to the Manager, Data Operations, the Cloud Data Administrator plays a key role in the administration and support of our Azure-based data platform, with a particular focus on Databricks, data pipeline orchestration using tools like Azure Data Factory (ADF), and environment management using Unity Catalog.

A strong foundation in data engineering, cloud data administration, and data governance is essential.

This is a full-time role located on-site (no remote) in our Vancouver, BC office.

Platform Administration and Monitoring:

• Set‑up and monitor job pipelines and workflows, troubleshooting failures as necessary to ensure maximum uptime.
• Administer Databricks environments, including user access, clusters, and Unity Catalog for data lineage, governance, and security.
• Support the deployment, scheduling, and monitoring of data workflows and jobs in Databricks and ADF.
• Implement best practices for CI/CD, version control, and operational monitoring for pipeline deployments.
• Implement and manage Delta Lake to ensure reliable, performant, and ACID‑compliant data operations.

Security and access management:

• Experience administering secure access to Azure Databricks and related data services using RBAC, managed identities, service principals, and Azure Key Vault.
• Understanding of data security, credential management, encryption, secret handling, and least‑privilege access principles.
• Familiarity with Unity Catalog access controls, data governance, auditing, and compliance best practices.

Data Modeling and Integration:

• Design, develop, and optimize scalable data pipelines using Azure Databricks and ADF.
• Collaborate with business and data engineering teams to design data models that support analytics and reporting use cases.
• Support integration of data from multiple sources into the enterprise data lake and data warehouse.
• Configure API calls to utilize our Azure APIM platform.
• Maintain and enhance data quality, structure, and performance within the Lakehouse and warehouse architecture.

Collaboration and Stakeholder Engagement:

• Work cross‑functionally with business units, data scientists, BI analysts, and other stakeholders to understand data requirements.
• Translate technical solutions into business‑friendly language and deliver clear documentation and training when required.

Required Qualifications:

• Apache Spark (on Databricks) – Proficient in PySpark and Spark SQL, Spark optimization techniques (caching, partitioning, broadcast joins), writing and scheduling notebooks/jobs in Databricks, understanding of Delta Lake architecture and features, and working with Databricks Workflows.
• SQL/Python Programming – Handling JSON, XML, and other semi‑structured formats, experience with API integration using requests, http, etc., error handling and logging API ingestion, designing and implementing ingestion pipelines for RESTful API, transforming and loading JSON responses to Spark tables, Databricks on Azure, cluster configuration and management, Unity Catalog features (optional but good to have), creating and managing pipelines for orchestration, linked services and datasets for ADLS, Databricks, SQL Server, parameterized and dynamic ADF pipelines, triggering Databricks notebooks from ADF.
• Data Engineering Foundations – Data modeling and warehousing concepts, data validation and quality checks, working with structured and semi‑structured data (JSON, Parquet, Avro).
• Dev Ops & CI/CD – Git/Git Hub for version control, CI/CD using Azure Dev Ops or Git Hub Actions for Databricks jobs, infrastructure‑as‑code (Terraform for Databricks or ADF).

Additional Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, information systems, or a related field.
• 4+ years of experience in cloud data engineering, data platform, or analytics engineering role.
• Familiarity with data governance, security principles, and data quality best practices.
• Excellent analytical thinking and problem‑solving skills.
• Strong communication skills and ability to work collaboratively with technical and non‑technical stakeholders.
• Microsoft certifications in Azure Data…