Azure Databricks Solution Architect – Data Platform Leader

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

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) plan

Job summary

Fractal Analytics is seeking a senior Solution Architect with deep expertise in Microsoft Azure, Databricks, and modern Data & AI platforms to design and deliver scalable enterprise data solutions. You will partner with stakeholders, engineering teams, and clients to define architecture strategies and drive successful cloud implementations.

The role focuses on end-to-end data architecture, governance, and performance optimization across Azure data services and Databricks.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related field.
• 10+ years of experience in Data Engineering, Cloud Architecture, or Solution Architecture.
• 5+ years of hands‑on experience with Azure cloud services.
• 4+ years of hands‑on experience with Databricks and Spark-based solutions.
• Strong experience designing enterprise-scale data platforms.
• Experience working with large-scale structured and unstructured datasets.
• Excellent stakeholder management and client-facing communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Architect end-to-end data and analytics solutions on Azure and Databricks.
• Design scalable data platforms supporting batch, streaming, and real-time analytics workloads.
• Lead solution design discussions, architecture reviews, and technical governance.
• Define data lake, data warehouse, lakehouse, and data mesh architectures.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders to translate requirements into technical solutions.
• Establish security, governance, and compliance standards across the platform.
• Design data integration frameworks using Azure-native services and Databricks.
• Drive performance optimization, cost management, and cloud modernization initiatives.
• Provide technical leadership and mentoring to engineering teams.
• Support proposal development, effort estimation, and client presentations.
• Ensure adherence to enterprise architecture standards and best practices.

Skills

Azure Cloud

Azure Databricks

Databricks

Python

PySpark

SQL

Data Engineering

Data Modeling

Data Warehousing Concepts

DevOps & Automation

Azure DevOps

CI/CD Pipelines

Infrastructure as Code

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science / IT / Engineering

Tools

Azure Data Factory

Azure Data Lake Storage

Azure Synapse Analytics

Azure SQL Database

Azure Event Hub

Azure Service Bus

Azure Key Vault

Azure Monitor

Databricks

Delta Lake

Unity Catalog

Databricks Workflows

Job description

Fractal Analytics is seeking a senior Solution Architect with deep expertise in Microsoft Azure, Databricks, and modern Data & AI platforms to design and deliver scalable enterprise data solutions. You will partner with stakeholders, engineering teams, and clients to define architecture strategies and drive successful cloud implementations.

The role focuses on end-to-end data architecture, governance, and performance optimization across Azure data services and Databricks.