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- 95K- 110K + Package
- Hybrid - London
An excellent opportunity has arisen with a global gaming company for a Databricks Specialist, you'll play a vital role in owning the Databricks strategy and how they use it to innovate across their industry-leading brands. Designing and developing robust data frameworks, powering real-time data pipelines, and creating data services that deliver actionable insights to their global customer base.
Role and Responsibilities:
- Strategy Development: Create and own a Databricks strategy for the group, ensuring alignment with business goals
- Architectural Leadership: Serve as the owner and responsible person for all Databricks- related activities, acting as the architect across the Data Engineering, Data Analytics, and Data Science teams.
- Collaboration Enablement: Bridge the gap between teams by setting up templates and frameworks for seamless collaboration, data sharing, and enablement aligned with the product vision.
- Unity Catalogue Management: Manage Unity catalogue, including permissions, usage, paths, locations, and implementation, ensuring data accessibility, security, and reliability.
- Guidance and Training: Provide guidance, support, and training to teams regarding Databricks usage, offering best practices, monitoring, and cost management/optimization strategies.
- Platform Monitoring: Monitor usage of the Databricks platform to inform decisions on deprecation, resource allocation, and cost control.
Essential Skills and Experience:
- Terraform Expertise: Skilled in IaC with Terraform, including scripting, state management, and module design.
- Cloud Experience: Hands-on with Azure, AWS, or GCP in deploying and managing cloud infrastructure and data services.
- DataOps Knowledge: Experienced with CI/CD for data workflows, version control (e.g., Git), and automation in data engineering.
Desirable:
- Experience with Apache Spark
- Familiarity with machine learning frameworks and libraries
- Understanding of data governance and compliance
- Strong problem-solving and analytical skills
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
Package:
- Up to 110K basic salary
- Hybrid working: 4 days onsite London
- Learning and development programmes
- Vitality Health Care
- Unum Dental
- Life Assurance & Income Protection
- Car scheme
- Cycle to Work
- Retail discounts
