Job Description
Sistema Technologies is a Texas-based IT staffing and IT delivery firm that has proudly served Texas state and local government agencies since 2002. As one of the top 10 Texas DIR ITSAC vendors, we specialize in providing highly qualified IT professionals and comprehensive, full-lifecycle technology delivery services. We offer competitive compensation and benefits, while making our consultants our highest priority by supporting their professional growth, career success, and overall well-being.
Sistema is looking for a Systems Analyst with our government client based in Austin, TX for a 1 year position.
***This position may require onsite work at our client’s site in Austin, TX.***
***Candidates local to Austin or willing to relocate are encouraged to apply. ***
8 or more years of experience, relies on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals, independently performs a variety of complicated tasks, a wide degree of creativity and latitude is expected.
Understands business objectives and problems, identifies alternative solutions, performs studies and cost/benefit analysis of alternatives. Analyzes user requirements, procedures, and problems to automate processing or to improve existing computer system: Confers with personnel of organizational units involved to analyze current operational procedures, identify problems, and learn specific input and output requirements, such as forms of data input, how data is to be; summarized, and formats for reports. Writes detailed description of user needs, program functions, and steps required to develop or modify computer program. Reviews computer system capabilities, specifications, and scheduling limitations to determine if requested program or program change is possible within existing system.
The Databricks Engineer should design, develop, and optimize scalable data solutions on Databricks, leveraging PySpark or Scala for large-scale data processing. Build and maintain ingestion pipelines, Declarative Pipelines (DLT), and Medallion Architecture (Bronze, Silver, Gold) to support enterprise analytics and reporting. Develop robust data models and implement data quality, validation, and governance frameworks. Create dynamic dashboards, Databricks Apps, and analytical solutions to deliver actionable business insights. Optimize workloads, monitoring, and operational processes to ensure scalability, security, and cost efficiency.
Minimum Requirements: Candidates that do not meet or exceed the minimum stated requirements (skills/experience) will be displayed to customers but may not be chosen for this opportunity.
Actual
Years
Experience
Years
Experience
Needed
Required/
Preferred
Skills/Experience
8
Required
Experience in IT, supporting the design, development, deployment, or delivery of technology solutions.
8
Required
Experience with Databricks, including building and optimizing ETL/ELT data pipelines using Apache Spark.
8
Required
Experience in data warehousing and dimensional data modeling (star/snowflake schemas).
8
Required
Proficiency in SQL and Python (or Scala) for large-scale data processing.
8
Required
Experience designing and developing dashboards and applications natively within Databricks (e.g., Databricks SQL dashboards, Databricks Apps).
8
Required
Experience implementing data governance, data quality, and data security practices.
8
Required
Experience implementing Lakeflow Declarative Pipelines (formerly Delta Live Tables/DLT) for building and managing production data pipelines.
8
Required
Experience with Delta Lake, medallion architecture (bronze/silver/gold layers), data lakehouse design, and creating and scheduling offline jobs using Lakeflow Jobs (formerly Databricks Workflows) or similar orchestration tools (e.g., Airflow).
8
Required
Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, including presenting insights to technical and business stakeholders.
1
Preferred
Experience working in public sector or state government environments.
1
Preferred
Databricks certification (e.g., Databricks Certified Data Engineer Associate/Professional).
1
Preferred
Experience with CI/CD practices for data pipelines (DevOps, Git-based workflows).
