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Job Description:Client Corporation, a Fortune 500 company, seeks an experienced Databricks Platform Administratorfor a contract position.Responsibilities will include designing, implementing, maintaining databricks platform, and providingoperational support. Operational support responsibilities include platform set up and configuration,workspace administration, resource monitoring, provide technical support to data engineering, DataScience/ML, Application/integration teams, performing restores/recoveries, troubleshooting service issues,determining the root causes of issues, and resolving issues. The position will also involve management ofsecurity and changes.The position will work closely with the Team Lead, other Databricks Administrators, System Administrators,and Data Engineers/Scientists/Architects/Modelers/Analysts. This position will involve participation in on-call rotation for 24/7 support.Location:This position reports to the HQ building in Midtown Atlanta with easy access to MARTA Train & Bus Serviceand the interstate.Education:4-yr College Degree preferably in Information Systems, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.Responsibilities: Responsible for the administration, configuration, and optimization of the Databricks platform toenable data analytics, machine learning, and data engineering activities within the organization. Collaborate with data engineering team to ingest, transform, and orchestrate data. Manage privileges over the entire Databricks account, as well as at workspace level, Unity Cataloglevel and SQL warehouse level. Create workspaces, configure cloud resources, view usage data, and manage account identities,settings, and subscriptions. Install, configure, and maintain Databricks clusters and workspaces. Maintain Platform currency with security, compliance, and patching best practices. Monitor and manage cluster performance, resource utilization, platform costs, and troubleshootissues to ensure optimal performance. Implement and manage access controls and security policies to protect sensitive data. Manage schema data with Unity Catalog - create, configure, catalog, external storage, and accesspermissions. Administer interfaces with Azure AD and Amazon AWS. Hadoop admin skills are preferred Knowledge about Apache Kafka is desirable

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