Databricks Unity Catalog Admin
Core
Design, automate, and maintain global data governance, infrastructure provisioning, and security models across the enterprise Databricks ecosystem.
Role type
Senior Databricks Unity Catalog Administrator
Builds
Global Unity Catalog Metastore, external cloud storage locations, storage credentials, and managed UC Volumes
Domain
Data Engineering / Cloud Infrastructure (Azure/GCP)
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Unity Catalog architecture, Delta Lake, Delta Sharing, Terraform (Databricks Provider), PowerShell, SQL (administrative DDL), Microsoft Entra ID, Azure IAM, Google Cloud Identity, IAM Service Accounts, Row-Level Security (RLS), Column-Level Masking
Preferred skills
GitOps CI/CD, Workspace-Catalog isolation, Data lineage mapping, Delta Sharing protocols
Responsibilities
Architect and maintain the global Unity Catalog Metastore; Programmatically deploy catalogs and permissions using GitOps/Terraform; Enforce identity federation with Microsoft Entra ID; Define enterprise-wide standards for naming and metadata tagging; Implement Row-Level Security and Column-Level Masking; Monitor system tables for compliance and audit data lineage; Configure Delta Sharing protocols for external data exchange.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
