Platform and Databricks DevOps Engineer

Company: Booz Allen Hamilton
Location: Ashburn
Posted on: April 1, 2026

Job Description:

Platform and Databricks DevOps Engineer The Opportunity: As a Databricks Platform DevOps Engineer at Booz Allen, you'll lead the design, automation, and reliable operation of Databricks Lakehouse environments that power mission-critical analytics, AI, and data initiatives for defense, intelligence, and civil clients. You'll drive CI / CD maturity, infrastructure as code, platform governance, and operational excellence to deliver secure, scalable, and cost-optimized Databricks platforms at enterprise scale. Join a high-impact team that accelerates national security outcomes through advanced DevOps practices on Databricks. Enable clients to achieve data and decision superiority by automating complex platform deployments, enforcing compliance, and continuously improving performance and reliability. What You'll Do: Manage account and workspace administration, including creating and managing workspaces, configuring settings, enabling features such as serverless compute or Previews, and handling account-level configurations via the account console. Oversee identity and access management, provisioning users, groups, and service principals via SCIM, assigning roles and entitlements, managing workspace assignments, and enforcing least-privilege access. Implement and govern Unity Catalog met astores, catalogs, schemas, tags, lineage, sharing, and fine-grained access controls to ensure data security, compliance, and discoverability across workspaces. Administer compute resources, assisting in creating and managing cluster policies , instance pools, job clusters, serverless options, Photon engine usage, and resource limits to standardize environments and control costs. Own infrastructure as code deployments such as Terraform and Databricks Terraform Provider, across multiple environments, such as dev, test, staging, and production, with strong governance and rollback capab ilities. Design and maintain automation for notebooks, clusters including serverless and Photon-optimized, Delta Live Tables pipelines, Workflows and jobs, and Delta Lake configurations. Monitor platform health, performance, and costs, including accessing audit logs, billable usage dashboards, system tables, and operational met rics, setting budget alerts, and optimizing spend. Enforce security and compliance best practices, including encryption, private networking, IP access lists, credential management, and alignment with FedRAMP and DoD standards. Automate administrative tasks using Databricks REST APIs, Terraform Databricks Provider, Asset Bundles, scripting, including Python or Bash, and CI / CD integrations for repeatable, auditable operations. Troubleshoot complex issues, performing root-cause analysis, maintaining disa ster recovery and backup strategies, and providing Tier-3 support to users, data engineers, and platform teams. Mentor junior administrators, c ond uct platform reviews, document procedures, and stay current with Databricks features such as Lakeflow or enhanced governance, to evolve client environments. Join us. The world can’t wait. You Have: 3 years of experience in Databricks administration, cloud platform operations, data platform engineering, or DevOps or infrastructure roles 3 years of experience in scripting or automation in platforms such as Python or Bash for administrative tasks Experience administering Databricks, such as account console, workspace settings, Unity Catalog, and compute or cluster management Experience with identity access management, including SCIM provisioning, role-based access control Experience with AWS, including S3 storage, networking, IAM, and security configurations Experience with Terraform or IaC tools, REST APIs, and monitoring and observability concepts Ability to collaborate with technical teams and stakeholders Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust or Suitability/Fitness determination based on client requirements Bachelor's degree Nice If You Have: Experience developing enterprise cloud-native solutions involving Kubernetes, Docker, AWS, or Jenkins Experience with Azure or GCP Experience with creating and improving continuous automation across multiple technical stacks Experience with creating and improving continuous deployment tools built on Kubernetes Experience triaging and resolving issues related to both open source and commer cia l tools in public cloud environments Possession of strong problem-solving, analytical, and communication skills Master’s degree Vetting : Applicants selected will be subject to a government investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements of the U.S. government client. Compensation At Booz Allen, we celebrate your contributions, provide you with opportunities and choices, and support your total well-being. Our offerings include health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits, as well as paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, work-life programs, and dependent care. Our recognition awards program acknowledges employees for exceptional performance and superior demonstration of our values. Full-time and part-time employees working at least 20 hours a week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in Booz Allen’s benefit programs. Individuals that do not meet the threshold are only eligible for select offerings, not inclusive of health benefits. We encourage you to learn more about our total benefits by visiting the Resource page on our Careers site and reviewing Our Employee Benefits page. Salary at Booz Allen is determined by various factors, including but not limited to location, the individual’s particular combination of education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience, as well as contract-specific affordability and organizational requirements. The projected compensation range for this position is $77,600.00 to $176,000.00 (annualized USD). The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position and is just one component of Booz Allen’s total compensation package for employees. This posting will close within 90 days from the Posting Date. Identity Statement As part of the hiring process, we will ask you to complete an identity verification process that leverages advanced biometrics and artificial intelligence to ensure authenticity and protect against identity fraud. You are expected to be on camera during interviews and assessments. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud. Candidate AI Usage Policy AI is a part of our daily work at Booz Allen, and we are committed to the responsible and ethical use of AI tools. However, we want to ensure a fair candidate process based on your own skills and knowledge. As part of this commitment, the use of artificial intelligence (AI) or other tools to assist with responses during interviews (whether in-person or virtual) is prohibited unless permission is explicitly provided . Work Model Our people-first culture prioritizes the benefits of collaboration, whether it occurs in person or virtually. To support engagement and effective communication, employees working virtually are generally expected to have their cameras on during meetings. Remote : If this position is listed as remote, there may still be occasions when you are required to work in person at a Booz Allen or customer facility. Hybrid : If this position is listed as hybrid, you will be expected to work from a Booz Allen facility frequently, in alignment with leadership expectations and the needs of the role. You may also be required to work from or visit a customer facility. Onsite : If this position is listed as onsite, work will primarily be performed at a Booz Allen office or customer facility, where employees will collaborate directly with colleagues and customers as required by the role. Commitment to Non-Discrimination All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, local, or international law.

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