Databricks Architect - 15 years exp.

Role: Databricks Architect
Duration: 12 months
Location: Troy, MI- Remote

Minimum exp.- 14-15 yrs.

Role Overview

We are looking for a Databricks Architect to design and lead modern Lakehouse data platforms using Databricks. The role focuses on building scalable, high-performance data pipelines and enabling analytics and AI use cases on cloud-native data platforms.

Key Responsibilities

• Architect and implement Databricks Lakehouse solutions for large-scale data platforms
• Design and optimize batch & streaming data pipelines using Apache Spark (PySpark/SQL)
• Implement Delta Lake best practices (ACID, schema enforcement, time travel, performance tuning)
• Build and manage Databricks jobs, workflows, notebooks, and clusters
• Enable data governance using Unity Catalog (access control, lineage)
• Integrate Databricks with cloud data services (ADLS / S3, ADF, Synapse, etc.)
• Support analytics, BI, and AI/ML workloads (MLflow exposure is a plus)
• Lead solution design discussions and mentor data engineering teams

Must-Have Skills

• 10+ years in data engineering / data architecture
• 5+ years of strong hands-on experience with Databricks
• Expert in Apache Spark, PySpark, SQL
• Strong experience with Delta Lake & Lakehouse architecture
• Cloud experience on Azure Databricks / AWS Databricks
• Proven experience in designing high-volume, scalable data pipelines

Good-to-Have

• Unity Catalog, MLflow, Databricks Workflows
• Streaming experience (Kafka / Event Hubs)
• CI/CD for Databricks (Azure DevOps / GitHub)

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