Azure Databricks Platform Architect – Infra & Remote

Socket.dev; United States; On-site; USD 219,000 - 301,000; Full time

Job summary

Databricks is seeking an Infrastructure & Platform Specialist Solutions Architect (SSA) – Azure who will guide enterprise customers through architecture, administration, and security of their Databricks deployments on Microsoft Azure. This role can be remote.

You will partner with Solutions Architects to design production deployments, ensure secure networking and identity management, and contribute to PoC architectures and open‑source community initiatives. Travel up to 30% may be required.

Qualifications

• 8+ years hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure and enterprise data platform design.
• 5+ years in distributed architectures and big data technologies (e.g., Spark, Hadoop, Kafka).
• 5+ years in a customer-facing technical role.
• Specialized expertise in one domain: Security & Identity, Networking & Deployments, Platform Administration, or InfraOps.
• Hands-on experience with Python, Java, or Scala and strong SQL.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or equivalent.
• Databricks and/or Microsoft Azure certifications are a plus.
• Willingness to travel up to 30%.

Responsibilities

• Technical Leadership: Guide strategic customers through the full lifecycle of Databricks on Azure platform administration from initial architectural design to production deployment.
• Production-Grade Architecture: Architect secure, scalable enterprise deployments that satisfy complex Azure networking (VNets, Private Endpoints), identity (Microsoft Entra ID), and security compliance standards.
• Domain Expertise: Serve as a subject matter expert in core areas such as Microsoft Azure infrastructure, infrastructure-as-code (IaC), cloud networking, and identity management.
• Pre-Sales Collaboration: Support Solutions Architects during complex technical sales cycles by building custom proof‑of‑concept (PoC) architectures and technical content on Azure.
• Community & Knowledge Sharing: Expand platform adoption by delivering tutorials, conducting hackathons, speaking at conferences, and contributing to the Databricks open‑source community.

Skills

Azure expertise

Distributed architectures

Customer-facing experience

Python/Java/Scala

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IS/Engineering

Tools

Terraform

Bicep

ARM

Job description

Databricks is seeking an Infrastructure & Platform Specialist Solutions Architect (SSA) – Azure who will guide enterprise customers through architecture, administration, and security of their Databricks deployments on Microsoft Azure. This role can be remote.

You will partner with Solutions Architects to design production deployments, ensure secure networking and identity management, and contribute to PoC architectures and open‑source community initiatives. Travel up to 30% may be required.