CLA (CliftonLarsonAllen)

Administration

• Lead the setup, configuration, and maintenance of Databricks clusters.
• Monitor and optimize system performance, ensuring high availability and reliability.
• Implement and enforce security best practices and compliance standards.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design and implement data solutions.
• Provide advanced user support and training.
• Develop and maintain comprehensive documentation for platform administration.
• Manage and maintain role-based access to data and features in the Databricks Platform using Unity Catalog.
• Implement external access controls for outside teams using service principles, SQL warehouses, and Delta Sharing.
• Ensure unused assets are tracked for pruning.
• Implement service principles and access tokens for external users.
• Create queries and dashboards to monitor critical systems and processes.
• Automate common admin tasks using Databricks notebooks.
• Manage workflow tags, cluster tags, workflow naming convention enforcement.
• Perform clusters health check and best practices implementation.
• Perform regular backup and recovery.
• Perform privilege reviews on users and resources.
• Provide training to junior members of the team and act as a point of escalation for complex questions and issues.

Senior Platform Administrator