Data Bricks Infra Engineer
EXL Service · Haryāna, Haryana, India
EXL Service · Haryāna, Haryana, India
Job Description: Role: Data Bricks Infra Engineer Location: Gurgaon (5 days mandatory work from office) Type: Full-time Experience: 8+ years Key Responsibilities - Design, build, and maintain secure connectors and pipelines between Databricks workspaces (Delta Lake, Unity Catalog) and Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers. - Implement and configure MCP servers/clients to expose Databricks data, schemas, and analytical tools securely to AI models and LLM applications. - Optimize data retrieval, caching mechanisms, and query performance between Databricks and LLM orchestration frameworks to minimize latency. - Ensure all data exposed through the MCP server adheres to strict enterprise data governance, access controls, and Unity Catalog permissions. - Partner with AI/ML engineers, data scientists, and software architects to define the context, tools, and prompts required for LLM applications to effectively query Databricks. - Establish robust logging, error-handling, and monitoring for the Databricks-MCP middleware to ensure high availability and reliability. Must-Have Skills - Proven, hands-on experience building, configuring, or extending MCP servers (using Python or TypeScript/Node.js SDKs) to connect LLMs to external data sources. - Deep production experience with Databricks (Delta Lake, Unity Catalog, Databricks SQL, and Managed MLflow - Strong understanding of SSE (Server-Sent Events), WebSockets, and JSON-RPC 2.0 protocols, which underpin MCP communication Responsibilities: Key Responsibilities - Design, build, and maintain secure connectors and pipelines between Databricks workspaces (Delta Lake, Unity Catalog) and Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers. - Implement and configure MCP servers/clients to expose Databricks data, schemas, and analytical tools securely to AI models and LLM applications. - Optimize data retrieval, caching mechanisms, and query performance between Databricks and LLM orchestration frameworks to minimize latency. - Ensure all data exposed through the MCP server adheres to strict enterprise data governance, access controls, and Unity Catalog permissions. - Partner with AI/ML engineers, data scientists, and software architects to define the context, tools, and prompts required for LLM applications to effectively query Databricks. - Establish robust logging, error-handling, and monitoring for the Databricks-MCP middleware to ensure high availability and reliability. - Qualifications: • Proven, hands-on experience building, configuring, or extending MCP servers (using Python or TypeScript/Node.js SDKs) to connect LLMs to external data sources. - Deep production experience with Databricks (Delta Lake, Unity Catalog, Databricks SQL, and Managed MLflow - Strong understanding of SSE (Server-Sent Events), WebSockets, and JSON-RPC 2.0 protocols, which underpin MCP communication