Design the data architecture for the platform and organizational use cases, focusing on scalability, performance, and support for advanced analytics and data science workloads.
Ensure the platform supports multi-cloud operations, data sharing, and integration with various data sources, including on-premises and cloud environments.
Ensure the platform integrates with various data delivery mechanisms including architecting data delivery mechanisms such as streaming, batch, and leveraging API’s for encryption and decryption.
Collaborate with Cloud Architects and Engineers to implement data governance, financial governance, and compliance features .
Identify and architect automation approaches to simplify and accelerate CI/CD across multiple environments, onboarding of new users to the platform, creation of development workspaces, data quality enforcement, and integrated testing.
Optimize the platform for handling diverse workloads, relational operations, and multi-model data processing.
Develop and implement data ingestion and data processing frameworks, ensuring efficient and scalable data pipelines for common patterns.
Architect and maintain data Lakehouse storage solutions, emphasizing best practices for data modeling and schema design.
Provide guidance on best practices for data preparation exploration, and visualization within the platform.
Lead client facing workshops and influence change and acceptance to modern data platform practices.
Provide client-facing support, ensuring clear communication and understanding of technical solutions.
Collaborate with stakeholders to document enterprise rollout strategies, data security blueprints, and architectural standards.
Must have Qualifications:
8+ years of Data Architecture experience
3+ years of Databricks architecture/implementation
5+ years of AWS Data & Analytics experience
Strong Databricks on AWS and Lakehouse architecture experience
Strong data modelling and data integration skills
Terraform/IaC and CI/CD automation
Databricks Apps and Unity Catalog
Batch & streaming data architecture
Data governance, security, and cost governance
Databricks troubleshooting and performance optimization
AI/ML architecture knowledge
Experience leading client-facing workshops and enterprise data platform initiatives