Azure Databricks Solution Architect - Data Platform Lead

Fractal; California (MO); On-site; USD 160,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) Plan

Paid holidays

Parental Leave

Paid time off

Job summary

Fractal is seeking an experienced Solution Architect with deep Azure Databricks expertise to design scalable, secure enterprise data solutions. You will collaborate with stakeholders, engineering teams, and clients to define architecture strategies and drive modern data platforms.

The role requires leading design discussions, establishing best practices, and guiding cloud-based implementations across data lakehouse, lakehouse, and data mesh architectures.

Qualifications

• Experience designing enterprise-scale data platforms.
• Strong stakeholder management and client-facing skills.
• Hands-on with Azure cloud services for 5+ years.
• Proven track record with Databricks and Spark-based solutions.

Responsibilities

• Architect end-to-end data and analytics solutions on Azure and Databricks.
• Design scalable data platforms for batch, streaming, and real-time analytics.
• Lead architecture reviews and establish governance standards.
• Define data lake, lakehouse, data mesh architectures.
• Translate business requirements into technical designs.
• Ensure security, governance, and compliance across platforms.
• Drive cost optimization and cloud modernization initiatives.
• Provide technical leadership and mentoring to teams.

Skills

Azure Databricks

Python

PySpark

SQL

Data Modeling

ETL/ELT

Data Warehousing

Real-time Data Processing

Azure Data Factory

Azure Data Lake Storage

Azure Synapse Analytics

Azure SQL Database

Cloud Architecture

Stakeholder Management

Leadership

Security & Governance

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, IT, Engineering, or related field

Tools

Terraform

Azure DevOps

Databricks Workflows

Delta Lake

Unity Catalog

Git Version Control

Job description

Fractal is seeking an experienced Solution Architect with deep Azure Databricks expertise to design scalable, secure enterprise data solutions. You will collaborate with stakeholders, engineering teams, and clients to define architecture strategies and drive modern data platforms.

The role requires leading design discussions, establishing best practices, and guiding cloud-based implementations across data lakehouse, lakehouse, and data mesh architectures.