Azure Databricks Lakehouse Architect - Remote

GovCIO; United States; Remote; USD 175,000 - 195,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Corporate Discounts

Learning & Development platform

Certification Assistance

Referral Bonus Program

Internal Mobility Program

Pet Insurance

Flexible Work Environment

Job summary

GovCIO is seeking a Databricks Solutions Expert to architect and implement an Azure Databricks Lakehouse for the VA Data Modernization initiative. The role blends platform design with engineering, focusing on governance, security, and scalable data pipelines.

Responsibilities include defining landing zone patterns, enabling thousands of analytics teams, and ensuring compliant, high-performance analytics across the enterprise. Remote within the United States.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or commensurate experience in IT.
• 12 years of experience in data engineering/analytics; 5 years on cloud data platforms (Azure preferred).
• 3 years hands-on Azure Databricks and Delta Lake.
• Proven experience setting up Unity Catalog with granular governance (RLS/CLS).
• Deep knowledge of Azure networking, Entra ID, Key Vault, ADLS Gen2, Event Hubs, Azure SQL/MI, Data Factory.

Responsibilities

• Define platform patterns and build reference implementations.
• Set standards (cluster policies, Unity Catalog governance, CI/CD).
• Drive enablement so teams deliver reliable, compliant insights at scale.
• Collaborate with Security, Networking, Compliance and FinOps.

Skills

Spark expertise

Azure Databricks

Unity Catalog governance

Terraform

CI/CD pipelines

Security governance

Communication skills

Azure security

Education

Bachelor's degree in Information Technology or related field

Tools

Azure DevOps

GitHub Actions

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Job description

GovCIO is seeking a Databricks Solutions Expert to architect and implement an Azure Databricks Lakehouse for the VA Data Modernization initiative. The role blends platform design with engineering, focusing on governance, security, and scalable data pipelines.

Responsibilities include defining landing zone patterns, enabling thousands of analytics teams, and ensuring compliant, high-performance analytics across the enterprise. Remote within the United States.