Senior Databricks Data Products Architect — London (Hybrid)

Cognizant; Greater London; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Cognizant in London is seeking a Data Products Architect – Databricks to lead design of enterprise data products on the Databricks Lakehouse platform. You will define standards, governance, and patterns enabling self-service analytics across public sector domains while maintaining strong security and compliance.

You will partner with product owners, data engineers, platform teams and governance groups to promote data democratization, reusable data assets, and scalable architectures that support

Qualifications

• Strong experience in data architecture, data product design, and enterprise data management.
• Experience delivering data products on modern cloud data platforms.
• Familiarity with governance, security, and regulatory requirements in public sector contexts.

Responsibilities

• Lead the architecture and design of enterprise data products built on Databricks Lakehouse.
• Define standards, templates, and reference architectures for scalable, reusable data products.
• Design data products that are self-describing and interoperable across domains.

Skills

Data architecture

Data product design

Enterprise data management

Data governance

Databricks / Lakehouse

Stakeholder management

Self-service analytics

Security by design

Tools

Databricks

Unity Catalog

Delta Lake

Apache Spark

AWS

dbt

Job description

Cognizant in London is seeking a Data Products Architect – Databricks to lead design of enterprise data products on the Databricks Lakehouse platform. You will define standards, governance, and patterns enabling self-service analytics across public sector domains while maintaining strong security and compliance.

You will partner with product owners, data engineers, platform teams and governance groups to promote data democratization, reusable data assets, and scalable architectures that support