Specialist Solutions Architect (Security)

Cacheflow; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Databricks is seeking a Specialist Solutions Architect (SSA) in Singapore to guide customers in building large‑scale data solutions on Databricks. You will serve as a go‑to expert, working with Solution Architects to design secure, scalable workloads and automate cloud infrastructure across AWS/Azure/GCP.

You will lead technical design reviews, help size workloads, and contribute to POC development, training, and community initiatives while traveling up to 30% in the ASEAN and Greater China

Qualifications

• Pre‑sales or post‑sales experience with external clients across varied industries.
• Data platform engineering experience designing and maintaining production‑grade big data systems (Spark).
• Cloud infrastructure design across AWS, Azure, or GCP with security and networking best practices.
• IAM and least‑privilege concepts; integration with IdPs.
• Hands‑on cloud infrastructure automation tooling experience (Terraform, CloudFormation, ARM).
• Security lakehouse / data platform experience on Databricks is a plus.
• Production programming in Python, Scala, SQL, or R; strong software engineering habits.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership guiding strategic customers to successful big‑data implementations.
• Architect end‑to‑end production workloads and optimize pipelines and performance.
• Deliver cloud infrastructure and security guidance for the Databricks platform.
• Assist in more advanced technical sales content, sizing, and custom architectures.
• Create tutorials, training sessions, and participate in community activities.

Skills

Pre‑sales experience

Post‑sales experience

Data Platform engineering

Cloud infrastructure design

Cloud security & networking

Terraform

CloudFormation

ARM (Azure Resource Manager)

Identity & Access Management

Python

Scala

SQL

R

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

ARM

Job description

Specialist Solutions Architect (SSA)

As a Specialist Solutions Architect (SSA), you will guide customers in building big data solutions on Databricks that span a large variety of use cases. These are customer-facing roles, working with and supporting the Solution Architects, requiring hands‑on production experience with cloud infrastructure and big data technologies. SSAs help customers through the design and successful implementation of essential workloads while aligning their technical roadmap for expanding the usage of the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform. As a deep go‑to expert reporting to the Specialist Field Engineering Manager, you will continue to strengthen your technical skills through mentorship, learning, and internal training programs to continuously consolidate the skills in your area of specialty.

Impact

• Provide technical leadership to guide strategic customers to successful implementations on big data projects, ranging from architectural and security design to development and deployment best practices including automation.
• Architect production‑level workloads, including end‑to‑end pipeline load performance testing and optimisation.
• Provide technical expertise in cloud infrastructure and security related to our Databricks Intelligence Platform.
• Assist Solution Architects with more advanced aspects of the technical sale including custom proof‑of‑concept content, workload sizing, and custom architectures.
• Improve community adoption through tutorials, training, hackathons, and conference presentations.
• Contribute to the Databricks Community and act as a technical SME.

Qualifications

• Pre‑sales or post‑sales experience working with external clients across a variety of industry markets.
• Experience as a Data Platform engineer designing, setting up, and maintaining production‑grade big data systems (Spark).
• Experience designing cloud infrastructure and services such as AWS, Azure, or GCP, applying best practices in cloud security and networking, including:
• Designing, deploying, and maintaining cloud networks and connectivity (VPC/VNet design, routing, segmentation, private connectivity).
• Architecting production cloud networks for data and AI workloads, including segmentation and routing, data exfiltration prevention, and performance/reliability.
• Identity & Access Management (e.g., role‑based access control, use of the principle of least privilege, integration with IdPs).
• Hands‑on experience with cloud infrastructure automation (e.g., Terraform or cloud‑specific resource management tools like ARM, CloudFormation).
• Experience supporting customers in designing and implementing a security lakehouse/security data platform on Databricks to augment SIEM, enable security analytics and threat hunting, and build advanced detections.
• Ability to design and extend highly performant, scalable, secure, and cost‑effective cloud‑based big data solutions.
• Deep knowledge of development tools and best practices for engineers, including CI/CD, unit and integration testing, plus automation and orchestration.
• Production programming experience in one or more of the following languages – Python, Scala, SQL, or R.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or equivalent work experience.
• The role located in Singapore covers the ASEAN and Greater China Regions, which requires travel up to 30% when needed.
• Nice to have: Databricks Certification.

Benefits

At Databricks, we strive to provide comprehensive benefits and perks that meet the needs of all of our employees. For specific details on the benefits offered in your region, please refer to the benefits information provided by Databricks.

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

At Databricks, we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive culture where everyone can excel. We take great care to ensure that our hiring practices are inclusive and meet equal employment opportunity standards. Individuals looking for employment at Databricks are considered without regard to age, color, disability, ethnicity, family or marital status, gender identity or expression, language, national origin, physical and mental ability, political affiliation, race, religion, sexual orientation, socio‑economic status, veteran status, and other protected characteristics.

Compliance

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