Senior Databricks Data Architect — Enterprise Lakehouse

TechClover; Sydney; On-site; AUD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

TechClover is seeking a Senior Forward Deployed Engineer in Sydney, Australia to lead enterprise data modelling, architecture and Databricks engineering for a long-term embedded engagement with a major client. You will partner with Finance, HR, Risk and Compliance to translate complex requirements into scalable data solutions.

The role emphasizes hands-on delivery, design of lakehouse architectures, data governance and secure access controls, with direct interaction with business stakeholders in

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science or a related discipline.
• Databricks Professional certification: Preferred
• Strong experience in enterprise data architecture, data engineering and advanced data modelling
• Hands‑on expertise in Databricks, Delta Lake, Unity Catalog and Databricks Workflows
• Production experience with SQL, Python/PySpark and dbt and/or Spark Declarative Pipelines
• Strong understanding of data governance, security and access‑control design
• Excellent stakeholder‑management and business‑communication skills
• Ability to explain architectural decisions and trade‑offs in platform‑agnostic terms
• Experience with Terraform, Databricks Asset Bundles, GitHub Actions, SailPoint/Okta, BI tools or financial‑services data would be advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Design scalable enterprise data models and lakehouse architectures
• Build production-grade data pipelines using SQL, Python/PySpark and Databricks
• Implement data governance, security and access controls through Unity Catalog
• Work directly with business stakeholders to understand and prioritise requirements
• Establish data-quality, modelling and engineering standards
• Take ownership of delivery in a fast-moving, autonomous environment

Skills

Databricks

PySpark

SQL

Data modelling

Data governance

Stakeholder mgmt

Security controls

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in CS/Engineering/Data Science

Tools

Terraform

GitHub Actions

SailPoint/Okta

BI tools

Job description

TechClover is seeking a Senior Forward Deployed Engineer in Sydney, Australia to lead enterprise data modelling, architecture and Databricks engineering for a long-term embedded engagement with a major client. You will partner with Finance, HR, Risk and Compliance to translate complex requirements into scalable data solutions.

The role emphasizes hands-on delivery, design of lakehouse architectures, data governance and secure access controls, with direct interaction with business stakeholders in