Databricks Architect

Capgemini; Bristol (VA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 109,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

Retirement benefits

Job summary

Tundra Technical Solutions is seeking an experienced Databricks Architect to design and implement enterprise-scale data lakehouse platforms on Azure. You will build Databricks workspaces, data lake architectures, and governance models while leading deployment and automation efforts.

Strong security and IAM expertise are required for successful production readiness. The role emphasizes collaboration with security, data engineering, and governance teams to ensure compliant, scalable, and reliable

Qualifications

• Strong experience with Azure Databricks architecture and administration.
• Expertise in ADLS Gen2, Unity Catalog, Azure Key Vault, Private Link, and networking.
• Experience designing enterprise-scale data lakehouse and data platform solutions.
• Knowledge of data governance, security, IAM, secrets management, and compliance controls.
• Experience with CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code (Terraform preferred), and platform automation.
• Strong understanding of data integration, ingestion patterns, and enterprise source connectivity.

Responsibilities

• Design Databricks workspace, compute, networking, and private-access architecture.
• Define data lake architecture, including Bronze, checkpoint, archive, and quarantine zones.
• Establish data orchestration patterns, catalog structures, and platform standards.
• Develop high-level and low-level solution designs (HLD/LLD).
• Lead deployment and configuration of Databricks environments using approved automation frameworks.
• Implement security, governance, and access controls using Unity Catalog and Azure Key Vault.
• Configure and secure ADLS Gen2 storage, private endpoints, retention policies, and access management.
• Design and validate source system connectivity, authentication mechanisms, and data ingestion frameworks.
• Define cluster, runtime, operational, and security standards for the platform.
• Support testing, validation, troubleshooting, and production readiness activities.

Skills

Azure Databricks

CI/CD

Data governance

Security & IAM

Tools

Terraform

Azure DevOps

Job description

Key Responsibilities:

Design Databricks workspace, compute, networking, and private-access architecture.

Define data lake architecture, including Bronze, checkpoint, archive, and quarantine zones.

Establish data orchestration patterns, catalog structures, and platform standards.

Develop high-level and low-level solution designs (HLD/LLD).

Lead deployment and configuration of Databricks environments using approved automation frameworks.

Implement security, governance, and access controls using Unity Catalog and Azure Key Vault.

Configure and secure ADLS Gen2 storage, private endpoints, retention policies, and access management.

Design and validate source system connectivity, authentication mechanisms, and data ingestion frameworks.

Define cluster, runtime, operational, and security standards for the platform.

Support testing, validation, troubleshooting, and production readiness activities.

Required Skills & Experience:

Strong experience with Azure Databricks architecture and administration.

Expertise in ADLS Gen2, Unity Catalog, Azure Key Vault, Private Link, and networking.

Experience designing enterprise-scale data lakehouse and data platform solutions.

Knowledge of data governance, security, IAM, secrets management, and compliance controls.

Experience with CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code (Terraform preferred), and platform automation.

Strong understanding of data integration, ingestion patterns, and enterprise source connectivity.

The pay range that the employer in good faith reasonably expects to pay for this position is $50.85/hour - $79.46/hour. Our benefits include medical, dental, vision and retirement benefits. Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis.

Tundra Technical Solutions is among North America’s leading providers of Staffing and Consulting Services. Our success and our clients’ success are built on a foundation of service excellence. We are an equal opportunity employer, and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or other applicable legally protected characteristic. Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with applicable law, including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. Unincorporated LA County workers: we reasonably believe that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship with the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of a conditional offer of employment: client provided property, including hardware (both of which may include data) entrusted to you from theft, loss or damage; return all portable client computer hardware in your possession (including the data contained therein) upon completion of the assignment, and; maintain the confidentiality of client proprietary, confidential, or non-public information. In addition, job duties require access to secure and protected client information technology systems and related data security obligations.