Databricks Platform Engineer/Admin

This position requires an ACTIVE SECRET security clearance. Your application will not be reviewed if you do not have an ACTIVE security clearance at SECRET or above. Elevate Government Solutions is a high growth Technology Services company focused on driving technological change in the government space. Our teams engage with various government agencies to develop and deploy emerging technology solutions using a tailored Agile methodology. We are seeking a highly motivated and intellectually curious Databricks Platform Engineer/Admin to join our team working with a Federal client. The position will be a remote role open to US citizens residing in the United States with a Secret security clearance. Responsibilities and Duties Deploy Databricks workspaces from scratch via Terraform + Databricks SRA on AWS GovCloud/Commercial, across dev/test/prod Design and implement networking (VPC, subnets, PrivateLink, Transit Gateway, security groups, DNS) for control plane/data plane connectivity Administer Unity Catalog: metastores, catalogs, schemas, external locations, grants, row/column-level security Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure and Databricks Asset Bundles (DABs) deployment Own platform governance, strategy, and best practices; define workspace guardrails, tagging, and naming standards Automate provisioning of cluster policies, secrets, service principals, SSO/SCIM integration Monitor platform health, cost, and utilization; drive FinOps and rightsizing recommendations Act as escalation point for platform incidents and root-cause analysis Required Experience, Skills and Qualifications 6+ years administering/engineering Databricks platforms, ideally on AWS Hands-on Terraform experience (networking, IAM, compute, storage) Strong knowledge of Databricks SRA and Unity Catalog administration Experience with DABs or equivalent deployment automation Python and Linux systems administration AWS services: VPC, IAM, S3, KMS, EC2, CloudWatch (GovCloud experience a plus) Comfortable operating in regulated/compliance-heavy environments (FISMA High/FedRAMP High a plus) Strong communication skills; able to advise stakeholders on platform decisions Education Requirement 4 year Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science/Eng or related (highly preferred) Benefits Health Insurance 401k match Unlimited Vacation 11 Federal Holidays Remote work Training Mentoring/Coaching