Lead Databricks Consultant

Concentrix; Mississauga; On-site; CAD 114,000 - 164,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance

401(k) retirement plan

Paid time off and holidays

Paid learning days

Job summary

Concentrix is seeking a Lead Databricks Consultant to drive strategic solution architecture and delivery across Databricks Lakehouse platforms on Azure, AWS, or GCP. You will shape proposals, lead architecture discussions, and mentor data engineers while partnering with sales to map high-value use cases to client objectives.

The role emphasizes governance, security, and cost optimization with hands-on leadership and a track record of delivering data platforms in a professional services setting.

Qualifications

• Excellent communication and stakeholder management.
• Proven experience leading client-facing data or analytics projects.
• Hands-on Databricks experience with Delta Lake, Unity Catalog, and Spark.

Responsibilities

• Presales and solutioning with high-value Databricks use cases.
• Lead design and implementation of Databricks Lakehouse architectures.
• Governance, operations, and adoption including Unity Catalog and cost optimization.
• Provide hands-on technical leadership to data engineers.

Skills

Communication

Requirements gathering

Client-facing consulting

Databricks expertise

Python

PySpark

SQL

Cloud platforms (Azure/AWS/GCP)

Unity Catalog / data governance

Data pipelines design

Tools

Delta Lake

Unity Catalog

Databricks SQL

Job description

Job Description

We're Concentrix. The intelligent transformation partner. Solution-focused. Tech-powered. Intelligence-fueled.

Job Title

Lead Databricks Consultant

Lead Databricks Consultant - Strategic Solution Architecture

We're Concentrix. The intelligent transformation partner. Solution-focused. Tech-powered. Intelligence-fueled. The global technology and services leader that powers the world’s best brands, today and into the future. We’re solution-focused, tech-powered, intelligence-fueled. With unique data and insights, deep industry expertise, and advanced technology solutions, we’re the intelligent transformation partner that powers a world that works, helping companies become refreshingly simple to work, interact, and transact with. We shape new game-changing careers in over 70 countries, attracting the best talent. The Concentrix Technical Products and Services team is the driving force behind Concentrix’s transformation, data, and technology services. We integrate world-class digital engineering, creativity, and a deep understanding of human behavior to find and unlock value through tech-powered and intelligence-fueled experiences. We combine human-centered design, powerful data, and strong tech to accelerate transformation at scale. You will be surrounded by the best in the world providing market leading technology and insights to modernize and simplify the customer experience. Within our professional services team, you will deliver strategic consulting, design, advisory services, market research, and contact center analytics that deliver insights to improve outcomes and value for our clients. Hence achieving our vision. Our game-changers around the world have devoted their careers to ensuring every relationship is exceptional. And we’re proud to be recognized with awards such as "World's Best Workplaces," “Best Companies for Career Growth,” and “Best Company Culture,” year after year. Join us and be part of this journey towards greater opportunities and brighter futures.

Key Responsibilities

Presales and solutioning

• Partner with sales and account teams to run discovery sessions, understand customer objectives, and identify high value Databricks use cases.
• Shape solution visions and reference architectures for data, analytics, and AI platforms built on Databricks and cloud services (Azure, AWS, or GCP).
• Develop proposals and statements of work, including scope, phases, estimates, risks, and assumptions for Databricks engagements.
• Deliver technical presentations, whiteboard sessions, and demos that clearly communicate Databricks capabilities and business value to diverse audiences.
• Address technical objections, guide architecture discussions, and build confidence with client architects and executives during the sales cycle.
• Drive additional revenue by proactively uncovering opportunities to expand business within current customer base

Architecture and delivery leadership

• Lead the design and implementation of secure, scalable Databricks Lakehouse architectures, including Delta Lake, Unity Catalog, and integration with upstream and downstream systems.
• Pro-actively define offerings, IP and associated collateral that will resonate with both new/existing customers and help close new business
• Oversee the build of batch and streaming data pipelines, notebooks, and Databricks SQL assets using Spark, Python, and SQL, following medallion and other best practice patterns.
• Define and enforce engineering standards, including code quality, testing, CI/CD, observability, and operational readiness for Databricks workloads.
• Collaborate with project managers and client stakeholders to plan releases, manage dependencies, mitigate risks, and ensure on time, on budget delivery.
• Provide hands on technical leadership to data engineers and analysts, reviewing designs and code, and unblocking complex technical issues.

Governance, operations, and adoption

• Implement data governance and security practices using Unity Catalog and related tools, including access control, lineage, and compliance aligned policies.
• Optimize performance, reliability, and cost of Databricks workloads through cluster tuning, storage strategies, and monitoring.
• Drive change management and enablement by creating documentation, runbooks, and training materials, and facilitating knowledge transfer to client teams.
• Support production go lives and post olive stabilization, ensuring robust handover to client operations or managed services teams.
• Work with specialty sales team and COE Lead to create a plan to engage with and add net new customers to existing portfolio

Required Qualifications

• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and presentation skills, with the ability to influence technical and nontechnical audiences.
• Demonstrated ability to run workshops, gather requirements, and translate business needs into technical designs and phased roadmaps.
• Proven experience leading client facing data or analytics projects in a consulting, professional services, or similar environment.
• Extensive hands-on experience designing and delivering data platforms and pipelines on Databricks, including Delta Lake, Jobs/Workflows, and Databricks SQL.
• Strong programming skills in at least two of: Python, PySpark, and SQL, with demonstrated ability to build performant batch and streaming solutions.
• Solid understanding of cloud services (Azure, AWS, or GCP) relevant to Databricks deployments, such as storage, networking, identity, and DevOps tooling.
• Experience implementing data governance, security, and access control in Lakehouse or data platform environments using Unity Catalog or similar tools.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with largescale data platform migrations or modernizations (e.g., from legacy ETL/warehouse tools to Databricks).

The base salary for this position is CAD $114,000 -$164,000, plus incentives that align with individual and company performance. Actual salaries will vary based on work location, qualifications, skills, education, experience, and competencies. Benefits available to eligible employees in this role include medical, dental, and vision insurance, comprehensive employee assistance program, 401(k) retirement plan, paid time off and holidays and paid learning days.

The deadline to apply for this position is: 09/15/2026. This position is for an existing, immediate vacancy. We are currently seeking to fill this role with an individual who can start as soon as possible.

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Physical And Mental Requirements

The employee is regularly required to operate a computer, keyboard, telephone/headset, and/or other office equipment as essential functions of this position. Work is generally sedentary in nature.

Equal Opportunity Statement

Concentrix is committed to equal employment opportunity and does not discriminate on the basis of race, ancestry, place of origin, colour, ethnic origin, citizenship, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, marital or family status, disability, or any other category protected by provincial human rights legislation.

Reasonable Accommodation Statement

Concentrix welcomes and encourages applications from candidates with disabilities and is committed to providing an inclusive recruitment process. If you require reasonable accommodation to participate in any stage of the application or interview process, please let us know. Requests may be made by contacting [e-mail]. All information will be treated confidentially and used solely to facilitate your participation in the recruitment process.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)

As part of our recruitment process, we may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to assist in the screening and/or assessment of job applicants. These tools could be used to evaluate resumes, applications, and other materials submitted to help us identify the best candidates for the role.

Work Authorization

Only qualified applicants who are legally authorized to work in Canada will be considered. Currently, this position may only be performed in the following provinces/territories: AB, BC, MB, NB, NL, NS, ON, PE, and SK.

As part of the hiring process, candidates may be required to undergo background screening and identity verification, where permitted by applicable law and consistent with the requirements of the role. Certain verification processes used by the Company or its service providers may involve technologies that rely on biometric identifiers or biometric information, where permitted by law. If biometric identifiers or biometric information are collected, used, or stored, the Company will provide the legally required disclosures and obtain any required written consent prior to such collection, and will handle such information in accordance with applicable biometric privacy laws and Company policies.