10+ years in data architecture, data engineering, or enterprise data platform roles, with 3+ years hands-on Databricks at enterprise scale.
Deep, demonstrable expertise across the Databricks platform: Unity Catalog, Delta Lake, Spark, medallion architecture, and pipeline orchestration.
Direct experience enabling Databricks Genie (AI/BI) or comparable self-service and conversational analytics capabilities, including the semantic and data modeling work that supports it.
Proven track record setting enterprise-level data strategy and target-state architecture, not only implementing to someone else’s design.
Strong command of at least one major cloud (AWS or Azure) and its integration with Databricks. Experience designing data governance frameworks: access control, lineage, cataloging, and data quality at scale.
Ability to communicate architecture and strategy clearly to both executive and technical audiences.
Preferred Qualifications
Life sciences or other regulated-industry experience (pharma, biotech, medical device, healthcare). Working knowledge of GxP-validated environments, 21 CFR Part 11, HIPAA, and data integrity (ALCOA+) requirements.
Familiarity with life sciences data domains such as clinical (EDC, CTMS), laboratory (LIMS), manufacturing, real-world data, or genomics.
Databricks certifications (for example, Databricks Certified Data Engineer Professional or Databricks Platform Architect).
Experience with complementary tooling in the modern data stack (dbt, Fivetran, or similar) and with MLOps using MLflow