Databricks Specialist

Tower, Greater London
10 months ago
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Databricks Specialist

£95K- £110K + Package
Hybrid - London
An excellent opportunity has arisen with a global gaming company for a Databricks Specialist, you'll play a vital role in owning the Databricks strategy and how they use it to innovate across their industry-leading brands. Designing and developing robust data frameworks, powering real-time data pipelines, and creating data services that deliver actionable insights to their global customer base.

Role and Responsibilities:

Strategy Development: Create and own a Databricks strategy for the group, ensuring alignment with business goals
Architectural Leadership: Serve as the owner and responsible person for all Databricks- related activities, acting as the architect across the Data Engineering, Data Analytics, and Data Science teams.
Collaboration Enablement: Bridge the gap between teams by setting up templates and frameworks for seamless collaboration, data sharing, and enablement aligned with the product vision.
Unity Catalogue Management: Manage Unity catalogue, including permissions, usage, paths, locations, and implementation, ensuring data accessibility, security, and reliability.
Guidance and Training: Provide guidance, support, and training to teams regarding Databricks usage, offering best practices, monitoring, and cost management/optimization strategies.
Platform Monitoring: Monitor usage of the Databricks platform to inform decisions on deprecation, resource allocation, and cost control.
Essential Skills and Experience:

Terraform Expertise: Skilled in IaC with Terraform, including scripting, state management, and module design.
Cloud Experience: Hands-on with Azure, AWS, or GCP in deploying and managing cloud infrastructure and data services.
DataOps Knowledge: Experienced with CI/CD for data workflows, version control (e.g., Git), and automation in data engineering.
Desirable:

Experience with Apache Spark
Familiarity with machine learning frameworks and libraries
Understanding of data governance and compliance
Strong problem-solving and analytical skills
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
Package:

Up to £110K basic salary
Hybrid working: 4 days onsite London
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