Lead Databricks Administrator

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November 7

⚔️ Virginia – Remote

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⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🖥️ Administration

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Sentara Health

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Healthcare Insurance

Sentara Health is a leading healthcare system that operates over 300 sites of care in Virginia and northeastern North Carolina, including 12 acute care hospitals. The company is dedicated to providing exceptional patient care, fostering professional development, and maintaining a diverse workforce. Sentara Health aims to improve health every day and has been recognized for its clinical and operational performance, being named one of the top 15 health systems by IBM Watson Health. The organization supports its employees in achieving their full potential and encourages growth and innovation in the healthcare sector.

10,000+ employees

Founded 1890

⚕️ Healthcare Insurance

📋 Description

• Lead administration, configuration, and support of Databricks, Databricks Lakehouse, Microsoft SQL Server, and Cosmos DB environments. • Ensure data integrity, performance, availability, and security across multiple database technologies. • Perform advanced SQL database administration, including backup/recovery, performance tuning, replication, clustering, and maintenance automation. • Configure and tune database parameters; define data repository requirements, schemas, and governance standards. • Provide actionable platform performance insights, usage analytics, and capacity planning reports to leadership. • Develop and maintain runbooks, SOPs, and troubleshooting guides for database and platform operations. • Design and implement automation, monitoring, and infrastructure-as-code solutions (Databricks CLI, REST APIs, Terraform). • Act as a senior technical escalation point, collaborating with engineering teams to resolve complex or high-impact issues. • Identify and integrate platform enhancements that improve reliability, observability, and scalability. • Mentor team members to build competency in Databricks, Databricks Lakehouse, Microsoft SQL Server, Cosmos DB, and AI-focused technologies. • Participate in both weekday and weekend on-call rotations to ensure 24/7 operational coverage.

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Systems, or a related field (Required) • Databricks Administration (Required) 5+ years of hands-on Databricks experience in an Azure cloud environment. • Expertise with Unity Catalog, external locations, access control, and data governance. • Experience managing secrets and credentials using enterprise tools (Azure Key Vault, AWS Secrets Manager). • Proficiency with automation and infrastructure-as-code tools (Terraform, CLI, REST APIs). • Strong experience with Spark optimization, Delta Lake management, and schema design for analytics. • Familiarity with Databricks workflows, job orchestration, monitoring, and recovery strategies. • SQL Database Administration (Required) 7+ years of experience supporting and administering Microsoft SQL Server databases. • Strong skills in query tuning, indexing, backup/restore strategies, replication, and Always On availability groups. • Knowledge of database security, encryption, and compliance best practices. • Experience supporting ETL/ELT processes, metadata management, and data quality assurance. • Additional Technical Expertise (Highly Desired) Databricks Lakehouse: configuration, tuning, monitoring, replication, and backup/recovery management. • Cosmos DB: deployment, scaling, sharding, and performance optimization in enterprise environments. • AI/ML Integration: familiarity with AI tools and frameworks (Databricks ML flow, Azure AI services) and how they integrate into enterprise data pipelines. • Scripting and Automation: experience with Python, PowerShell, or Bash for platform automation. • Cross-platform data integration: experience connecting and managing multi-database architectures and hybrid environments.

🏖️ Benefits

• Medical, Dental, Vision plans • Adoption, Fertility and Surrogacy Reimbursement up to $10,000 • Paid Time Off and Sick Leave • Paid Parental & Family Caregiver Leave • Emergency Backup Care • Long-Term, Short-Term Disability, and Critical Illness plans • Life Insurance • 401k/403B with Employer Match • Tuition Assistance – $5,250/year and discounted educational opportunities through Guild Education • Student Debt Pay Down – $10,000 • Reimbursement for certifications and free access to complete CEUs and professional development • Pet Insurance • Legal Resources Plan • Colleagues have the opportunity to earn an annual discretionary bonus if established system and employee eligibility criteria is met.