Databricks SME

The Role 

We are looking for a Databricks Platform SME to join Version 1s Data & AI Practice with strong Databricks expertise and the ability to take primary ownership of our Databricks platform. You will be responsible for Databricks administration governance entitlements performance optimisation and overall operational management while contributing to scalable cloud-native data solutions that enable analytics and AI at scale. 

This is a delivery-focused role for an experienced engineer who enjoys solving complex data challenges takes ownership of platform outcomes and applies strong engineering discipline in real-world environments.

What Youll Be Doing 

• Partnering with business and technology stakeholders to build and enhance reliable scalable data platforms  
• Taking primary ownership of the Databricks platform including administration governance entitlements optimisation and operational management 
• Managing Databricks workspaces users groups access controls platform configuration performance reliability and cost efficiency 
• Building and maintaining cloudnative data solutions on AWS  
• Supporting production systems by troubleshooting issues and implementing continuous improvements 
• Ensuring solutions are productionready: secure tested observable and costefficient 
• Optimising data performance reliability and data quality in live environments 
• Designing building and operating batch and streaming data pipelines  
• Developing highthroughput lowlatency data processing systems  
• Orchestrating data workflows using Airflow or similar orchestration tools  
• Writing clean efficient and welltested code following software engineering best practices  
• Collaborating closely with product analytics and platform teams  

Qualifications :

What Youll Bring 

• 8 years experience in handson data platform engineering roles 
• Strong Databricks expertise including platform administration entitlements/access management governance performance optimisation and operational management 
• Hands-on experience managing Databricks workspaces clusters jobs notebooks and production Spark workloads 
• Demonstrated ability to manage and optimize Databricks platform operations at scale 
• At least 2 Databricks platform implementations from design to production in the last 4 years. 
• Strong handson coding skills in Python Java or similar languages with strong SQL capability  
• Proven experience building and operating batch and streaming pipelines in production  
• Handson experience using dbt for transformations and Airflow (or equivalent) for orchestration  
• Solid understanding of data modelling data quality and production data systems 
• Experience working with relational databases such as Postgres or SQL Server  
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines testing frameworks and monitoring / observability tooling

Nice to Have 

• Databricks Professional Certification 
• Experience enabling ML AI or GenAI workloads through strong data foundations 
• Exposure to modern BI and analytics tooling 
• Experience working in regulated or securityconscious environments 
• Consulting or clientfacing delivery experience 

Additional Information :

Why Version 1 

At Version 1 we believe in providing our employees with a comprehensive benefits package that prioritises their wellbeing professional growth and financial stability. 

• Share in our success with our Quarterly Performance-Related Profit Share Scheme where employees collectively benefit from a share of our companys profits 
• Strong Career Progression & mentorship coaching through our Strength in Balance & Leadership schemes with a dedicated quarterly Pathways Career Development programme 
• Flexible/remote working Version 1 is tremendously understanding of life events and peoples individual circumstances and offer flexibility to help achieve a healthy work life balance 
• Financial Wellbeing initiatives including; Pension Private Healthcare Cover Life Assurance Financial advice and an Employee Discount scheme 
• Employee Wellbeing schemes including Gym Discounts Bike to Work Fitness classes Mindfulness Workshops Employee Assistance Programme and much more. Generous holiday allowance enhanced maternity/paternity leave marriage/civil partnership leave and special leave policies 
• Educational assistance incentivised certifications and accreditations including AWS Microsoft Oracle and Red Hat 
• Reward schemes including Version 1s Annual Excellence Awards & Call-Out platform. 
• Environment Social and Community First initiatives allow you to get involved in local fundraising and development opportunities as part of fostering our diversity inclusion and belonging schemes. 

And many more exciting benefits drop us a note to find out more.   

Version 1 is an equal opportunities employer. 

We are committed to building a diverse inclusive and respectful workplace where everyone feels valued and able to thrive. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds identities and lived experiences and we value the different perspectives people bring including those shaped by disability and neurodiversity. 

We want every candidate to have a positive and accessible recruitment experience. If you need reasonable adjustments at any stage of the process please contact your recruiter at Version 1. We will consider all requests carefully respectfully and confidentially. 

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Full-time