Databricks Analytics Architect: Lead Data Models & Metrics

Stateside; Adelphi (MD); On-site; USD 142,000 - 152,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous time off

Comprehensive health coverage

Tuition remission

Job summary

University of Maryland Global Campus (UMGC) seeks a Senior Analytics Engineer to own analytics-ready layers, transforming data into business-ready models and defining authoritative metrics. You will lead the semantic layer, govern data quality, and support AI, BI dashboards, and LLM-driven insights using Databricks and Redshift.

Requirements include advanced SQL and Python, Databricks expertise, data modeling, and governance experience.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS/IS/Data Analytics or related field.
• 7–10 years in data/BI/analytics with production data models.
• Experience with Databricks, SQL, Python, modeling standards, governance.

Responsibilities

• Architect, build, and maintain data models in Databricks and ensure performance and cost efficiency.
• Govern semantic layer and metric definitions with business stakeholders.
• Lead data quality, lineage, governance, and metadata practices.

Skills

SQL

Python

Databricks

Delta Lake

Unity Catalog

Dimensional modeling

Amazon Redshift

Tableau

Git/version control

Natural language analytics

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Information Systems/Data Analytics/Statistics/Mathematics

Master's degree (preferred)

Tools

Databricks

SQL

Python

Tableau

AWS Redshift

Job description

University of Maryland Global Campus (UMGC) seeks a Senior Analytics Engineer to own analytics-ready layers, transforming data into business-ready models and defining authoritative metrics. You will lead the semantic layer, govern data quality, and support AI, BI dashboards, and LLM-driven insights using Databricks and Redshift.

Requirements include advanced SQL and Python, Databricks expertise, data modeling, and governance experience.