Job Summary:
Databricks is a leading data and AI company focused on enabling data teams to solve complex challenges. They are seeking a Sr Technical Solutions Engineer to join their Cleared Engineering team, responsible for ensuring the reliability of multi-cloud data enclaves and advanced AI software within secure environments.
Responsibilities:
• Ensure Platform Reliability: Drive the technical triage, infrastructure visibility, and incident resolution for Databricks’ multi-cloud data enclaves and Generative AI software running inside air-gapped environments.
• Unblock Secure Engineering Pipelines: Serve as the essential secure-zone operational interface, unblocking complex GovCloud system interactions and taking on the analysis and triage burden for internal engineering teams.
• Execute Advanced Tooling & Scripting: Safely execute and adapt infrastructure scripts, automation tools, and diagnostic workflows natively within secure boundaries, adhering strictly to modern access guidelines.
• Optimize Environment Patching: Identify and resolve systemic environment blocks, reviewing infrastructure configurations to ensure streamlined, compliant patch deployment pipelines.
• Maintain Guardrails & Compliance: Navigate and implement evolving operational frameworks within secure facilities (SCIF), ensuring all GovCloud interactions strictly meet rigorous federal security benchmarks.
Qualifications:
Required:
• Active TS/SCI security clearance.
• 5+ years of experience in Systems Engineering, Cloud Infrastructure, Support Engineering, DevSecOps, or a related technical operational role.
• High-level proficiency in at least one modern language (Python, Go, Bash, or Java) with the technical aptitude to read, edit, and troubleshoot software and infrastructure code natively.
• Solid baseline familiarity with Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform or CloudFormation.
• Hands-on debugging and systems administration experience inside major public cloud boundaries (specifically AWS, Azure, or GCP platforms).
• Strong foundation in Linux/Unix systems engineering, containers (Docker/Kubernetes orchestration mechanics), and automated patch deployment pipelines.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
• Ability to work out of our McLean, VA secure facility, including flexibility to support 24x7 operational coverage frameworks within a SCIF environment as required.
Preferred:
• Active Counterintelligence (CI) or Full Scope Polygraph (FSP).
• Prior experience supporting AWS World Wide Public Sector (WWPS), Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Federal Support, or specialized high-side defense integration environments.
• Demonstrated history of navigating complex federal compliance frameworks, GovCloud boundaries, or air-gapped environment constraints.
• Strong professional tenure, showing a track record of stability and ownership within complex engineering or defense-intelligence spaces.
Company:
Databricks is a data and AI platform that unifies data engineering, analytics, and machine learning on a lakehouse architecture. Founded in 2013, the company is headquartered in San Francisco, USA, with a team of 5001-10000 employees. The company is currently Late Stage.