Databricks Lakehouse Architect - Modernization Lead

Anblicks; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Anblicks seeks a Databricks Architect to lead design, data modeling, and migration strategy for lakehouse modernization across client projects. The role defines Delta architecture standards and cutover-safe patterns while guiding build teams through hands-on execution.

Responsibilities include architecting target-state lakehouse patterns, performance tuning, governance, and enabling AI-assisted conversion approaches to accelerate modernization across multi-cloud environments, primarily AWS.

Qualifications

• 12+ years in data engineering/architecture.
• 4+ years architecting Databricks/lakehouse solutions at enterprise scale.
• Experience with data modernization, migration planning, validation strategies, parallel runs, and cutover.

Responsibilities

• Design target-state lakehouse architectures with Delta patterns and governance.
• Drive data modeling on Delta for complex domains and align workflows to Databricks equivalents.
• Define migration plans, load strategies, validation/reconciliation approaches, and cutover designs.

Skills

Databricks lakehouse

Delta data modeling

Spark performance engineering

Data governance

Migration planning

Multi-cloud AWS

Tools

dbt on Databricks

Job description

Anblicks seeks a Databricks Architect to lead design, data modeling, and migration strategy for lakehouse modernization across client projects. The role defines Delta architecture standards and cutover-safe patterns while guiding build teams through hands-on execution.

Responsibilities include architecting target-state lakehouse patterns, performance tuning, governance, and enabling AI-assisted conversion approaches to accelerate modernization across multi-cloud environments, primarily AWS.