Azure Architect

Signature IT World Inc; United States; Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Signature IT World Inc. seeks an on-site Azure Databricks architect to lead hybrid migrations and platform governance from King of Prussia, PA. You will own architecture, security, and automation for tenant migrations and Unity Catalog governance.

Responsibilities include designing schema/catalog governance, cloud security (VNets, Key Vault, Entra ID), and driving CI/CD with Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions in a complex data platform environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ yrs hands-on Azure Databricks architecture, administration, and operations (8+ yrs cloud data platform overall).
• Unity Catalog or Hive Metastore governance - schema/catalog design, external locations, RBAC, lineage
• Migration leadership - tenant-to-tenant/carve-out preferred, Hive Metastore-to-Unity Catalog migration also considered
• Azure networking and security - VNets, Private Link, NSGs, Key Vault, Entra ID, managed identities
• Terraform (Bicep/ARM acceptable)
• CI/CD - Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions

Skills

Azure Databricks

Unity Catalog

Hive Metastore

Migration leadership

Terraform

Bicep/ARM

Azure DevOps

GitHub Actions

Tools

Terraform

Azure DevOps

GitHub Actions

Job description

Location: Hybrid 3/2 - King of Prussia, PA

Focus: Azure tenant-to-tenant migration, Databricks platform separation, Unity Catalog governance, security/networking, IaC, cutover execution

MUST-HAVES

• 5+ yrs hands-on Azure Databricks architecture, administration, and operations (8+ yrs cloud data platform overall)
• Unity Catalog or Hive Metastore governance - schema/catalog design, external locations, RBAC, lineage
• Migration leadership - tenant-to-tenant/carve-out preferred, Hive Metastore-to-Unity Catalog migration also considered
• Azure networking and security - VNets, Private Link, NSGs, Key Vault, Entra ID, managed identities
• Terraform (Bicep/ARM acceptable)
• CI/CD - Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions

NICE-TO-HAVE

• Databricks Certified Professional or Azure Solutions Architect Expert
• M&A / carve-out / divestiture experience
• Asset Bundles, Lakehouse Federation, FinOps, governance automation