About the Role

We are seeking a skilled MDE Admin/Cloud Engineer to join our dynamic GMDIT team in Bangalore, India. In this role, you will be accountable for the design, implementation, and maintenance of our organization's cloud-based data infrastructure. You will work to ensure that the organization's data is securely stored, easily accessible, and available to those who need it. In addition, you will be working with various Azure-based data storage and processing technologies such as Databricks. You will need to have a strong understanding of database design, security, and performance tuning to ensure that the systems being created are scalable, reliable, secure and efficient.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with Solution Architects, Data Engineers, Data Analysts, and Data Scientists to support their data processing needs and use cases.
• Set up, configure, and manage Azure Databricks workspaces and clusters to support data processing and analytics needs.
• Monitor, optimize, and balance the performance and cost efficiency of Databricks clusters, by scaling resources and managing cluster configurations.
• Implement and maintain data integration workflows between Databricks and other Azure services, inclusive of Unity Catalog, to ensure seamless data flow.
• Ensure timely execution of data pipelines by creating and managing job schedules in Databricks to automate data processing and ETL workflows.
• Implement security measures (e.g., access control, encryption, auditing) to comply with required data protection policies and regulations.
• Partner with applicable teams to monitor the health and performance of data pipelines and clusters, troubleshoot issues and resolve errors to maintain system reliability.
• Manage user access and permissions ensuring appropriate access levels are assigned to users and roles.
• Perform routine maintenance tasks such as updates and performance tuning.
• Implementing data backup and disaster recovery strategies to ensure data availability and continuity in the event of an outage or failure.

Required Qualifications

• Minimum bachelor’s degree in computer science or related area (or equivalent).
• Minimum 5+ years of Admin experience.
• Strong Application & Infra Administration understanding of Azure cloud and hands on experience with clear understanding around monitoring, management & governance concepts.
• Proficiency in Azure Infra, Databricks Env, GitHub, SDLC Processes.
• Effective communication with an ability to collaborate with stakeholders, and communicate technical concepts clearly.
• Demonstrated problem solving and analytical thinking.
• Good understanding of Bicep Code and CI/CD process.
• Travel ~10%.

Desired Qualifications

• Experience in Azure DevOps, GitHub.
• Working Experience in SDLC Process.