Azure Databricks Platform Engineer
Posted Today by 1774454108
Negotiable
Outside
Remote
City of London
Summary: The Azure Platform Engineer role involves supporting a large-scale cloud and data platform transformation within a modern Azure and Databricks environment. The position emphasizes engineering quality, precision, and effective communication. Candidates are expected to have extensive hands-on experience with Azure cloud platforms and Terraform, as well as practical knowledge of Databricks and Unity Catalog. This is a fully remote contract position for a duration of 6 months.
Key Responsibilities:
- Build and operate Azure cloud platforms
- Implement secure, scalable Azure environments
- Design and support foundational platform components
- Deliver Azure infrastructure via Terraform
- Administer or engineer Databricks platforms
- Work with data teams to ensure platform stability and performance
- Implement structured governance frameworks across Databricks workspaces
Key Skills:
- Strong hands-on experience with Azure cloud platforms
- Deep understanding of Azure compute, storage, networking, and governance
- Production experience with Terraform
- Practical experience with Databricks platforms
- Hands-on experience with Unity Catalog for data governance
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: City of London
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: remote
IR35 Status: outside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Azure Platform Engineer - Contract - Fully Remote
We're seeking experienced Azure Platform Engineers to support a large-scale cloud and data platform transformation. This role sits within a modern Azure and Databricks environment where engineering quality, precision, and clear communication are critical.
RemoteOutisde IR35
6 months
Core Technical Requirements
Azure Platform Engineering
- Strong hands-on experience building and operating Azure cloud platforms
- Deep understanding of Azure compute, storage, networking, identity, resource organisation, and governance
- Experience implementing secure, scalable Azure environments following enterprise architectural standards
- Ability to design and support foundational platform components used by data and engineering teams
Terraform (Infrastructure-as-Code)
- Solid production experience delivering Azure infrastructure exclusively via Terraform
- Strong competency with module structure, state management, variable design, and code reuse
- Experience integrating Terraform with existing tooling and workflows for controlled deployments
- Ability to produce clean, maintainable, well-structured Terraform code aligned to engineering best practice
Databricks
- Practical experience administering or engineering Databricks platforms
- Strong understanding of workspace configuration, cluster settings, compute policies, secrets, and access controls
- Knowledge of managing Databricks jobs, pipelines, and workspace resources in an enterprise setup
- Ability to work closely with data teams to ensure platform stability, performance, and governance
Unity Catalog
- Hands-on experience with Unity Catalog for data governance, access control, and lineage
- Understanding of catalogs, schemas, tables, securable objects, and permission models
- Knowledge of migrating from Legacy Hive Metastore to Unity Catalog
- Ability to implement structured governance frameworks across multiple Databricks workspaces
Please send me a copy of your CV if you're interested