Databricks Architect

Role : Databricks Architect

Location: Atlanta/New Jersey

Note :

• Databricks Data Engineer Professional Certification (Mandatory)
• Should have worked as DataBricks Architect for at least 5 years.

Role Overview

We are seeking a highly experienced Senior Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) / Resident Solutions Architect to work directly with customers in designing, implementing, and optimizing enterprise-scale data and AI solutions on the Databricks platform. This is a highly customer-facing consulting role that combines solution architecture, hands-on engineering, platform optimization, and strategic advisory responsibilities. The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in Databricks, Spark, Data Engineering, AI/ML, MLOps, and Cloud technologies, with a proven track record of delivering business outcomes and driving end-to-end ownership of large-scale data initiatives.

Experience

• 10+ years of consulting and customer-facing technology experience.
• 7+ years of experience in Data Engineering, Data Platforms, Analytics, or Big Data ecosystems.
• Experience delivering enterprise-scale Databricks implementations with significant hands-on involvement.
• Proven experience owning projects from solution design through production deployment and optimization.
• Deep hands-on expertise with Databricks Lakehouse Platform.
• Strong experience building data engineering solutions on Databricks.
• Expertise in Delta Lake, Unity Catalog, Workflows, SQL Warehouses, and platform governance.
• Expert-level knowledge of Apache Spark.
• Working knowledge of AI/ML lifecycle management.
• Experience with MLOps practices, model deployment, monitoring, and governance.
• Familiarity with productionizing machine learning workloads.
• Strong experience with AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform.
• Experience implementing CI/CD pipelines for production deployments.
• Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and automation frameworks.

Preferred Qualifications

• Databricks Data Engineer Professional Certification (Mandatory/Strongly Preferred).
• Additional Databricks certifications in Data Engineering, Machine Learning, or Platform Administration.