Senior Databricks Platform Architect - Gov't Azure

49 Solutions; Ottawa; On-site; CAD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

49 Solutions is seeking a Senior Databricks Platform Architect / Lead to provide technical leadership for the design and implementation of secure, enterprise-scale Databricks environments supporting Government of Canada data, analytics and AI initiatives.

Responsibilities include establishing Lakehouse architectures, Unity Catalog patterns, and secure data foundations across engineering, BI, analytics and ML workloads, with a focus on governance, cost controls and scalable cloud integration.

Qualifications

• Over 10 years in IT or related roles.
• Active Gov. of Canada reliability/secret/top secret clearance.
• Experience designing enterprise data/cloud/analytics platforms.
• Hands-on Databricks and Microsoft Azure experience.
• Experience with Databricks workspaces, Delta Lake, Unity Catalog and ETL/ELT architectures.
• Knowledge of cloud networking, identity, security and governance.
• Experience leading complex technical delivery and documenting architecture.
• Strong client-facing consulting and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead architecture and implementation of enterprise Databricks platforms in Azure.
• Define target-state Lakehouse, workspace and Unity Catalog architectures.
• Design secure foundations for data engineering, Databricks SQL, BI, analytics, AI and ML workloads.
• Establish patterns for Delta Lake, Lakeflow, Databricks SQL and Unity Catalog.
• Integrate with cloud, enterprise and on-prem data sources.
• Coordinate with Azure cloud and network specialists on secure connectivity.
• Define identity/ access patterns using Entra ID, SCIM and RBAC.
• Guide security governance, classification, lineage, auditing and cost controls.
• Provide direction to data engineering, DevOps, security, networking and governance teams.
• Lead discovery sessions and architecture reviews with federal stakeholders.
• Create reusable architectures, runbooks and knowledge-transfer materials.

Skills

Databricks Lakehouse

Unity Catalog

Delta Lake

Lakeflow

Databricks SQL

Apache Spark / PySpark

Python and SQL

Microsoft Azure

Microsoft Entra ID

Cloud networking and security

Enterprise data architecture

Data governance

CI/CD and DevOps concepts

Tools

Databricks Asset Bundles

Terraform

Azure

Purview

Job description

49 Solutions is seeking a Senior Databricks Platform Architect / Lead to provide technical leadership for the design and implementation of secure, enterprise-scale Databricks environments supporting Government of Canada data, analytics and AI initiatives.

Responsibilities include establishing Lakehouse architectures, Unity Catalog patterns, and secure data foundations across engineering, BI, analytics and ML workloads, with a focus on governance, cost controls and scalable cloud integration.