Staff Engineer I - Azure Databricks Engineer
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This Staff Engineer I role focuses on the delivery and operations of technologies and platforms for data modeling, transformation, analysis, reporting, and visualization within the Enterprise Data & Analytics function. The engineer will build, optimize, streamline, and automate the Azure Databricks platform to support analytical workloads.
Responsibilities
- Manage individual work efforts from concept to completion without supervision
- Build, optimize, and maintain the Azure Databricks platform, ensuring scalability, security, governance, and performance
- Implement and manage Azure Databricks workspaces, clusters, jobs, and access management
- Implement and manage policies, monitoring, and observability for the Azure Databricks platform
- Ensure compliance with IT policies, procedures, and industry standards, including reviewing and refining IT control enhancements
- Work closely with business and analytics teams to ensure reliable and governed data access for analytics
- Troubleshoot platform issues, optimize performance, and ensure uptime for critical Databricks services
- Stay current on emerging data analytics technologies, recommending enhancements to improve efficiency and governance
Requirements
- 5+ years of related experience in data analytics administration and development
- 2+ years of Databricks related experience
- Hands-on experience in Azure Databricks (Workspace management, Clusters, Jobs, Unity Catalog, Delta Lake, User access management, Rest APIs and SDKs)
- Understanding of Azure infrastructure and data services, including Azure Data Lake, Azure Data Factory, Azure SQL, Azure Synapse Analytics, Azure Key Vault, Azure Monitor, networking
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps preferred)
- Strong programming skills in SQL, Python, and/or PySpark
- Proven experience in leading cross-functional teams and managing multiple projects simultaneously
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in related field required
- 5+ years of related experience in data analytics administration and development, with 2+ years of Databricks experience.
Nice to Have
- Intermediate to advanced knowledge of general Financial Services or Banking
Skills
* Required skills
Benefits
About Western Alliance Bank
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