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Overview

How You'll Make an Impact

A subsidiary of Publicis Groupe, Epsilon powers data-driven marketing at massive scale for some of the world's leading brands.

We're hiring a Lead Databricks Administrator to own and evolve our Databricks platform across cloud environments. This is a high-impact role focused on driving platform standards, strengthening governance, and improving reliability across enterprise data systems. You'll support large-scale Data Lake environments across AWS, Azure, and GCP, helping enable critical data operations for key clients.

Responsibilities

What You'll Achieve:

• Lead and scale Databricks platform administration across enterprise workspaces and multi-cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP)
• Establish and enforce standards for workspace provisioning, access controls, compute configuration, and governance to improve platform consistency and stability
• Drive operational excellence by implementing repeatable processes, automation, and best practices across Databricks environments
• Strengthen platform reliability, performance, and cost efficiency through proactive monitoring, optimization, and issue resolution
• Partner cross-functionally with Engineering, Security, Cloud, and Operations teams to ensure secure, compliant, and scalable platform architecture
• Own and improve identity and access management practices (least privilege, group management, service principals, admin controls)
• Lead troubleshooting and resolution of complex issues across Databricks, cloud infrastructure, networking, and data workloads
• Evaluate and adopt new Databricks capabilities to enhance governance, scalability, and operational efficiency
• Build and maintain documentation, runbooks, and platform standards to support long-term maintainability and audit readiness
• Mentor team members and promote best practices to elevate overall platform maturity
• Support production operations, incident response, and ongoing platform health in a high-impact, enterprise environment

Qualifications

What You'll Bring with You :

• BS in Computer Science or related technical discipline, or equivalent practical experience
• 7+ years of experience in data platform, database administration, or cloud infrastructure roles
• 3+ years of hands-on experience administering Databricks (workspaces, clusters, jobs, SQL Warehouses, platform services)
• Strong expertise in:
• Databricks workspace and account management
• Platform governance, access controls, and administration best practices
• Compute configuration, cluster policies, and workload optimization
• Experience supporting Databricks across AWS, Azure, or GCP environments
• Hands-on experience with infrastructure provisioning and automation (Terraform, APIs, scripting, CI/CD pipelines)
• Strong understanding of identity and access management:
• SSO, SCIM provisioning, RBAC
• Service principals, group management, least privilege models
• Working knowledge of Unity Catalog, data governance frameworks, and secure data access patterns
• Experience implementing and maintaining platform standards (naming conventions, provisioning workflows, configuration baselines, access controls)
• Proven ability to monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize platform performance, reliability, and cost efficiency
• Experience diagnosing issues across Databricks, cloud infrastructure, networking, identity, and data pipelines
• Strong SQL, Unix/Linux, and scripting skills; Python or Scala is a plus
• Experience building and maintaining documentation, runbooks, and operational processes to support audit readiness and platform scalability
• Familiarity with incident response, change management, and production support in enterprise environments
• Ability to operate independently, manage multiple priorities, and contribute to a high-ownership, cross-functional environment
• Strong communication skills with the ability to work effectively across engineering, security, and platform teams

Click here to view how Epsilon transforms marketing with 1 View, 1 Vision, 1 Voice.

Additional Information

When you join Epsilon, we'll create something EPIC together. We're a global leader in data and identity, with deep expertise in digital media, clean rooms, customer data platforms, loyalty and marketing services. Positioned at the center of Publicis Groupe, Epsilon helps brands deliver personalized experiences at scale and build lasting customer relationships by unlocking the full potential of data and identity. Epsilon operates in 30+ countries across EMEA, the Americas and APAC, with more than 8,000 employees.

Check out a few of these resources to learn more about what makes Epsilon so EPIC:

Our Culture: https://www.epsilon.com/us/about-us/our-culture-epsilon

Life at Epsilon: https://www.epsilon.com/us/about-us/epic-blog

Epsilon has five values that define our culture and guide us as we create value for our clients, our people and consumers. We seek candidates who align with our company values, demonstrate them and make them meaningful in their day-to-day work:

• Act with integrity. We are transparent and have the courage to do the right thing.
• Work together to win together. We believe collaboration is the catalyst that unlocks our full potential.
• Innovate with purpose. We shape the market with big ideas that drive big outcomes.
• Respect all voices. We embrace differences and foster a culture of connection and belonging.
• Empower with accountability. We trust each other to own and deliver on common goals.

Because You Matter

As an Epsilon employee, you deserve perks and benefits that put you, your family and your finances first. Our benefits encompass a wide range of offerings, including but not limited to:

• Time to recharge: Flexible time off (FTO), 14 paid holidays, paid sick time
• Family well-being: Parental/new child leave, childcare & elder care assistance, adoption assistance
• Extra perks: Comprehensive health coverage, 401(k), tuition assistance, commuter benefits, professional development, employee recognition, charitable donation matching, health coaching and counseling

Epsilon benefits are subject to eligibility requirements and other terms.

Epsilon is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Epsilon's policy is not to discriminate against any applicant or employee based on actual or perceived race, age, sex or gender (including pregnancy), marital status, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, mental or physical disability, religion, creed, color, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression (including transgender status), veteran status, genetic information or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local law. Epsilon also prohibits harassment of applicants and employees based on any of these protected categories. Epsilon will provide accommodations to applicants who need accommodations to complete the application process. Please reach out to LeaveofAbsence@epsilon.com to request an accommodation.

For San Francisco Bay and Los Angeles Areas: Epsilon will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories for employment in a manner consistent with the City of Los Angeles' Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance and San Francisco Police Code Sections 4901-4919, commonly referred to as the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. Applicants with criminal histories are welcome to apply. 

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 Compensation Range: USD $98,000.00 - USD $182,000.00/Annually. This is the pay range the Company believes it will pay for this position at the time of this posting. Consistent with applicable law, compensation will be determined based on the skills, qualifications, and experience of the applicant along with the requirements of the position, and the Company reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time. Temporary roles may be eligible to participate in our freelancer/temporary employee medical plan through a third-party benefits administration system once certain criteria have been met. For regular roles, the Company will offer medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401k, and paid time off. The Company anticipates the application deadline for this job posting will be 10/12/2026.Employment Type: FULL_TIME