Associate Director, Lead Data Architect - Databricks

Jobtome; New Braunfels (TX); On-site; USD 149,000 - 248,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Rx, Dental & Vision Insurance

401(k) Retirement Plan

Tuition Reimbursement, Education & Dev

Job summary

Guidehouse is looking for a Senior Data Architect to serve as deputy to the Data Workstream Lead and steer day-to-day architecture decisions. You will define a secure Databricks lakehouse, Unity Catalog structures, and canonical data models for HR data and data products.

In this role you will establish DataOps patterns, migration standards, and data contracts, mentor engineers, and communicate tradeoffs to executives and stakeholders. Applicants must obtain public trust clearance.

Qualifications

• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Federal or DHS Public Trust
• Bachelor’s degree in a related field
• 8+ years in enterprise data architecture or analytics modernization
• Experience architecting Databricks lakehouse solutions and Unity Catalog security
• Strong knowledge of dimensional, relational, canonical, and data-product modeling
• Experience with ingestion, APIs, integration, orchestration, metadata, lineage, data contracts, quality, and DataOps
• Experience designing migration architectures and source-to-target mapping

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day technical architecture decisions as deputy to the Data Workstream Lead
• Define secure Databricks lakehouse architecture, environments, storage patterns, and Unity Catalog structure
• Establish canonical HR data models, data-product standards, and semantic approaches
• Build DataOps, ingestion, transformation, orchestration, and integration patterns
• Develop migration architecture, metadata and lineage approach, and data-contract framework
• Set architecture standards for security, privacy, quality, observability, and performance
• Review models, mappings, pipelines, interfaces, and data products for conformance
• Facilitate architecture decisions and communicate tradeoffs to technical teams and leadership
• Mentor architects and engineers and ensure quality across Prepare, Stabilize, Operationalize

Skills

Data architecture

Databricks lakehouse

Data modeling

DataOps patterns

Migration architecture

Security & governance

Architectural decision making

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science / data engineering / information systems

Tools

Databricks

Unity Catalog

Job description

Job Family: Data Science Consulting

Travel Required: Up to 25%

Clearance Required: Ability to Obtain Public Trust

What You Will Do:

• Serve as deputy to the Data Workstream Lead and lead day-to-day technical architecture decisions.

• Define the secure Databricks lakehouse architecture, environments, workspaces, storage patterns, identity and access considerations, and Unity Catalog structure.

• Define canonical HR data models, domain boundaries, curated layers, semantic approaches, and reusable data-product standards.

• Establish DataOps, ingestion, transformation, orchestration, integration, API, and other consumption patterns.

• Develop the migration architecture, source-to-target design standards, metadata and lineage approach, and data-contract framework.

• Define architecture standards for security, privacy, quality, observability, performance, testing, deployment, and supportability.

• Review detailed models, mappings, pipelines, interfaces, and data products for conformance with the target architecture.

• Facilitate architecture decisions and communicate tradeoffs to technical teams, business stakeholders, and leadership.

• Mentor architects and engineers and provide technical quality assurance across Prepare, Stabilize, and Operationalize.

What You Will Need:

• Must be able to OBTAIN and MAINTAIN a Federal or DHS "PUBLIC TRUST"; candidates must obtain approved adjudication of their PUBLIC TRUST prior to onboarding with Guidehouse. Candidates with an ACTIVE PUBLIC TRUST or SUITABILITY are preferred

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, data engineering, information systems, engineering, or a related field.

• EIGHT (8) or more years of experience in enterprise data architecture, data engineering, cloud platforms, or analytics modernization.

• Experience architecting Databricks lakehouse solutions and Unity Catalog security and governance structures.

• Strong knowledge of dimensional, relational, canonical, and data-product modeling patterns.

• Experience with ingestion, API, integration, orchestration, metadata, lineage, data contracts, quality, and DataOps patterns.

• Experience designing migration architectures and guiding source-to-target mapping and conversion decisions.

What Would Be Nice To Have:

• Databricks Data Engineer Professional, Databricks Architect, or equivalent certification.

• Ability to lead technical teams and communicate architecture decisions to executive and non-technical audiences.

• Experience with HR, workforce, ERP, or financial data models.

• Experience with Azure, AWS, or cloud networking and security patterns.

• Experience supporting public-sector data modernization.

The annual salary range for this position is $149,000.00-$248,000.00. Compensation decisions depend on a wide range of factors, including but not limited to skill sets, experience and training, security clearances, licensure and certifications, and other business and organizational needs.

What We Offer:

Guidehouse offers a comprehensive, total rewards package that includes competitive compensation and a flexible benefits package that reflects our commitment to creating a diverse and supportive workplace.

• Medical, Rx, Dental & Vision Insurance

• Personal and Family Sick Time & Company Paid Holidays

• Position may be eligible for a discretionary variable incentive bonus

• Parental Leave and Adoption Assistance

• 401(k) Retirement Plan

• Basic Life & Supplemental Life

• Health Savings Account, Dental/Vision & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts

• Short-Term & Long-Term Disability

• Student Loan PayDown

• Tuition Reimbursement, Personal Development & Learning Opportunities

• Skills Development & Certifications

• Employee Referral Program

• Corporate Sponsored Events & Community Outreach

• Emergency Back-Up Childcare Program

• Mobility Stipend

About Guidehouse

Guidehouse is an Equal Opportunity Employer–Protected Veterans, Individuals with Disabilities or any other basis protected by law, ordinance, or regulation.

Guidehouse will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable law or ordinance including the Fair Chance Ordinance of Los Angeles and San Francisco.

If you have visited our website for information about employment opportunities, or to apply for a position, and you require an accommodation, please contact Guidehouse Recruiting at 1-571-633-1711 or via email at [e-mail]. All information you provide will be kept confidential and will be used only to the extent required to provide needed reasonable accommodation.

All communication regarding recruitment for a Guidehouse position will be sent from Guidehouse email domains including @guidehouse.Com or [e-mail]. Correspondence received by an applicant from any other domain should be considered unauthorized and will not be honored by Guidehouse.