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+title: "Automating Databricks with Terraform"
+team: Core Platform
+author: rtyler
+tags:
+- databricks
+- terraform
+- featured
+---
+
+The long term success of our data platform relies on putting tools into the
+hands of developers and data scientists to “choose their own adventure”. A big
+part of that story has been [Databricks](https://databricks.com) which we
+recently integrated with [Terraform](https://terraform.io) to make it easy to
+scale a top-notch developer experience. At the 2021 Data and AI Summit, Core
+Platform infrastructure engineer [Hamilton
+Hord](https://github.com/HamiltonHord) and Databricks engineer [Serge
+Smertin](https://github.com/nfx) presented on the Databricks terraform provider
+and how it's been used by Scribd.
+
+In the session embedded below, they share the details on the [Databricks (Labs)
+Terraform
+integration](https://github.com/databrickslabs/terraform-provider-databricks)
+and how it can automate literally every aspect required for a production-grade
+platform: data security, permissions, continuous deployment and so on. They
+also discuss the ways in which our Core Platform team enables internal
+customers without acting as gatekeepers for data platform changes. Just about
+anything they might need in Databricks is a pull request away! 
+
+<center>
+<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/h8LrVmb4W2Q" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>
+</center>
+
+
+In hindsight, it's mind-boggling how much manual configuration we had to
+previously maintain. With the Terraform provider for Databricks we can very
+easily test, reproduce, and audit hundreds of different business critical
+Databricks resources. Coupling Terraform with the recent "multi-workspace"
+support that Databricks unveiled in 2020 means we can also now provision an
+entirely new environment in a few hours!
+
+Investing in data platform tools and automation is a key part of the vision for
+Platform Engineering which encompasses Data Engineering, Data Operations, and
+Core Platform. We have a [number of open positions](/careers/#open-positions)
+at the moment, but I wanted to call special attention to the [Data Engineering
+Manager](https://jobs.lever.co/scribd/e2187c1c-a1d6-4b77-bde6-acc997f68156)
+role for which we're currently hiring. The leader of the Data Engineering team
+will help deliver data tools and solutions for internal customers building on
+top of Delta Lake, Databricks, Airflow, and Kafka. Suffice it to say, there's a
+lot of really interesting work to be done!