Databricks Lakehouse Architect - Enterprise Data Strategy

bfiverecruiting; Juno Beach (FL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

bfiverecruiting seeks a highly experienced Data Architect with Databricks expertise to define scalable data architectures for enterprise reporting, analytics, AI, and ML initiatives.

The role partners with business stakeholders, data engineers, cloud architects, and leadership to translate requirements into robust roadmaps and implementation plans. Strong focus on security, governance, and cost optimization across cloud data platforms.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in data architecture, data engineering, or enterprise data platforms.
• Hands-on Databricks and cloud-based data architectures.
• Deep lakehouse, Delta Lake, Spark, and distributed processing knowledge.
• Proficient in Python, PySpark, SQL, ETL/ELT, and data integration.
• Experience on AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
• Expertise in data modeling, warehousing, and platform design.
• Experience with governance, security, metadata management, and lifecycle management.
• Ability to define standards, evaluate options, and lead design discussions.
• Strong communication to translate requirements into architecture.

Responsibilities

• Define enterprise data architecture and strategies using Databricks and cloud platforms.
• Design scalable lakehouse solutions with Delta Lake and medallion patterns.
• Set standards for ingestion, transformation, modeling, and consumption.
• Design batch and streaming processing with Spark, PySpark, and SQL.
• Define data modeling standards across conceptual, logical, and physical models.
• Establish governance, metadata, lineage, data quality, and access control.
• Implement security using Unity Catalog and cloud-native services.
• Evaluate cloud services and integration patterns; guide engineering teams.
• Create architectural blueprints, reference architectures, and roadmaps.
• Collaborate with architects, security, and data platform teams.

Skills

Data architecture

Databricks

Lakehouse

Python

PySpark

SQL

ETL/ELT

Cloud platforms

Data governance

Communication

Tools

Databricks

Delta Lake

Apache Spark

Job description

bfiverecruiting seeks a highly experienced Data Architect with Databricks expertise to define scalable data architectures for enterprise reporting, analytics, AI, and ML initiatives.

The role partners with business stakeholders, data engineers, cloud architects, and leadership to translate requirements into robust roadmaps and implementation plans. Strong focus on security, governance, and cost optimization across cloud data platforms.